My baby is 7months old can any doc prescribed me what all foods should I start to my baby. As she is too weak.
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You should continue breast feeding on demand. Start complementry feeding with 3 katori food if child on breast milk or 5 katori if child is not breast fed. You can add ghee to increase calorie density of food. Also you should use snacks inbetween for 3 times a day. Start with liquid food and increase the consistensy gradually overtime as your child is able to eat up. You can use dhal, mashed khichdi, mashed dhal roti or chawal, mashed cooked vegetables, chawal kheer, suji kheer or halwa, daliya, sabudana kheer etc. For snacks you can used mashed fruits or biscuits etc.
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1. From the 7th month onward you can start feeding thrice a day as proper breakfast, lunch and early dinner. Now also breast feeding is the major source of nourishment to the baby, so please do not quit breast feeding. The feeding times can be around 9 am, 1 pm and 5 pm 2. The quantity for each feed in this month will be roughly the size of your baby?s fist and in terms of liter around 90 to 100 ml. 3. The consistency can be little thick and should stay in the spoon without spilling off. 4. Always feed a baby seated and not in sleeping position. 5. Sterilize all the utensils that are being used for cooking and feeding. 6. Please follow the 3 Day Rule before introducing any new food. I have structured the charts in a such way that the baby is gradually introduced to heavier diets, so I would advice you to follow the same order. First Week DayBreakfastLunchEarly Dinner MondayRice Cereal (HM)Plain KhichdiApple Puree TuesdayOats PorridgePlain PongalVegetable Soup WednesdaySooji KheerCarrot KhichdiPear Puree ThursdayBarley porridgePlain Ghee RiceBanana Puree FridayOats KheerFlavoured PongalGrape juice SaturdayBrown Rice UpmaRagi PorridgeCarrot Beet Soup SundayPotato PureeTomato KhichdiChickoo Puree If your child is weak some tests and more details need to be discussed and consult me on this site.
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