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Hai dr. My baby is 1 yr 8 months old. She doesnot like to eat rice with curries and spiciness. She always likes to eat with sugar and sugary products .she doesnot have breakfast like idli , dosa any kind and from 1 week she is biting everything she had loose stools , fever past 1 week .she is ok now. But her biting behaviour didn't change and another thing is she likes to drink milk in the bottle only slowly I am changing her habit with glass but at night time she is waking in the middle of the night to drink milk every day at that time she likes to drink in the bottle only. How to change that habit .please help me regarding all these questions. Dr. Has given iron syrup and multivitamin . From this age is it ok to give her sugary foods.
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Hi, You will have to train this baby.. Don't give in bottle.. Use glass.. Initially will have resistance.. But
later he will accept.. Food habits.. Only family diet. No special diet.. She should be considered as mini adult.. 3 times should have solid food along with family. Give in separate plate to maintain personal identity.. In between mail meals, fruit, fruit juice, one biscuit can be given. Avoid junk foods strictly..
Loose stools are commonin toddlers because they pick up and eat things from floor... Don't give sugar and sugary products.. Will cause loose stools Maintain hand hygiene.
Night habit of drinking milk should be avoided.. Will cry for few days.... If asking can give water in glass
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Her disinterest in food may be because of the stomach infection she suffered few days back.
Slowly she will regain her appetite.
Bottle feeding should be avoided as it leads to lot of stomach infection.
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Restrict sugar n salt intake.....try varieties of food items... prepared food should look good too....
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Dr. Raktima Chakrabarti
Pediatrician
28 yrs exp
Gurgaon
Thank you for your question.
Her biting habit is because of her age which is teething age during this age many toddlers do this and will go naturally, you can read or tell stories about the thing that teeth are not for biting.
For bottle feed I admire you that you are trying your best to stop it, but generally babies stop Gradually and by two years, one easy trick is just throw away all bottles of home and initially babies cry and by one week forget that habit.
For sugary food I can say that many kids have the liking for sweet food, you can just add fruit which is naturally sweet instead of sugar or jaggery at the most.
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Try to infuse good habits in her gradually
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C. Sridevi
Pediatrician
47 yrs exp
Chennai
Let her drink milk in bottle at night . In the daytime give her in glass.
Don’t add spice. Let her eat what she wants now but give nutritious food
Taste will change.
Do everything slowly say 10 days gap
Don’t rush her or force her to do . She will eat at some time.
For biting give her rusk biscuits or whole boiled carrot to eat
Try giving her vitamin supplements and threptin biscuit one per day
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