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I am worried about my 10 month old child's diet, is it OK?
Question
The food pattern of my 10 month old son is as follows: Early morning he takes breast milk for about 5 to 10 minutes. For breakfast, 1 to 1.5 idlis followed by milk for about 5 minutes. For lunch, rice/wheat/raggi with boiled vegetables/dal/pulses. In the evening he has any fruit or biscuit followed by milk for 2 minutes. For dinner again rice/wheat/raggi with boiled vegetables. At night he drinks milk for 5 minutes before going to sleep. Please note that he is fed only breast milk and no bottle feed is given. His weight is 8.5 kg. My doubts are: Whether this food pattern is correct? Whether the amount of milk intake i.e. the duration for which he drinks, is adequate? Should I give him bottle milk? Is his weight normal?
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Ms Arunima SahaDec 17, 2003
Nutrition Counsellor,
Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals,
Kolkata
Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals,
Kolkata
Firstly the weight of your child is absolutely normal. By how you put in the meal pattern, it can be said that your child has a good appetite (touch wood). He is weaning very well, however, I feel you must introduce some cow milk by 11-12 months age. Initially you could dilute the milk in 1:5 proportion. Please note that the milk should be boiled well. It should be diluted with boiled water. In terms of the food pattern, you could try to push him a little more on the breast milk because we can't feed your baby with a very large meal at a particular time, we will prefer that he should take his meals at small frequent intervals: early morning-breakfast-midmorning-lunch-pre evening-evening-dinner-post dinner/pre sleep. Restrict the quantity of food as he is going to be eating quiet frequently. DO NOT FORCE if your child refuses to take more at a time. You can consider giving him weaning foods which you can either make at home or purchase branded weaning foods. Give him dal ka pani, veg soup/ stew/ stock, tender coconut water, etc. In all these cases, do not try to feed a large quantity at a time, introduce foods one by one and in small quantities.
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