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What if my child is not eating well? - Dr. Sri Hari Alapati

Ask Doctors - Get Video Answers in HINDI Subscribe to -    / @doctorscirclehindi   for HINDI videos My child does not eat well. This is the common question encountered in our practice as a pediatrician. It is asked by almost every young mother so what we need to understand is the physiology of a development of a child. It is implant to know that the first year if life every child gains about 6 to 7 kgs. So a child who is weighing around 2 to 2 and a half kgs weighs around 9 kgs by their first birthday. That is when the child eats really well. After the first birthday during their toddler age group the child gains just 2 kgs per year. So a child between 2 to 8 years just need to grow 2 kgs per year. And this is the age group when their appetite has to drastically come down. Not knowing their physiology or not trying to understand the physiology or trying to force feed a child in this age groups leads to more of appetite loss and behavioural issues so it is important to respect a child’s appetite and not to force feed him. How you solve this problem? There are few simple steps that can be taken? One is to ensure that a child feeds on their own. Self feeding can be initiated as early as 9 months of age. Second is to encourage family feeding where all the adults and children feed at the same time at the same place in the same dining table respect the appetite of the child. It is important to respect the child’s taste and choice of foods also. It is also important to ensure that we do not implement out myths about foods on the children that the child cannot digest a particular child or it is too spicy for the child or this food is going to cause more illness.