Dr. Shankar Rajdev

18 months old baby if active alert playful no fever no clinical symptoms that means your child is in perfect condition. Get her hb and stool examination to rule our anemia and worm infestation. There is no role of any vitamins and appetite stimulants. Please keep on recording her wt periodically. If there is any wt faltering consult your pediatrician.

Nothing to worry ..anxiety or fear from anything may be a reason..or due to some foods .some children wet beds at night upto 10 years of age..and its totaly considered normal ..

U would either need to take medications to stop your feed and try weaning the child away by giving top feed ,also you would need to be patient as child would be looking to have breast feed ,so you may apply something bitter on your nipples, so as to prevent it child from having feed, for any further information or assistance you may get back to us.

Thanks for query Give 5 ml of albendazole till 2 years and thereafter 10 ml albendazole. 5 ml=200 mg albendazole Single dose anytime Thanks.

If child is active and gaining wt well, no need to worry. Normal Temp range is from 97.5 to 99.5 degree F.

Most 3- to 6-month-olds sleep a total of 15 to 16 hours a day, including nighttime sleep and naps. There is no strict schedule but try to train baby for sleeping at nightime and early afternoon.

If your baby is having a lower respiratory infection than asthalin syrup can be given as 1.5ml twice a day

Hi, seems to be a case of food poisoning. Give her homoeopathic medicines -- arsenic alb. 30 and aloe soc. 30 - both after every 1 hour of gap for 1st day then reduce the frequency to 2 or 3 times a day till she gets better. Management: -only give boiled or r. O. Water to drink. -give her light non-spicy home-made food (like'khichri' curd, porridge, non-spicy rawa upma without oil or ghee, curd & rice, roasted slice of bread, black tea, pro-biotic like yakult). -avoid food from outside, stale food, dairy & dairy products, junk food. -also keep her well hydrated by giving her plain water, lemon-water'chaaj' (if needed, give her ors solution available in chemist) -let her take good sound sleep and rest.

lybrate-user, Thanks for the query. Please check your thyroid function test, because if there is uncontrolled hypothyroidism then even prolactin level also goes up. If that is not there then we may have to look at other reasons for hyperprolactinemia. And treatment for it. Thanks.

There will be slight variation in the development at that age. Some babies will crawl & some will not. Sitting without support is usually at10 months of age.