1.If sweet potato & dals are given will it give restless sleep : if offered in single serving - yes..if offered as a part of serving,let the amt be less ! give more fibr vegies instead of filling your baby tummy !

2.Abt Dates is this ok to give. --- okay after 15months, check for allergy/heat rashes..start with boiled n removing the hard fibr,fine pureed,,

3.Is there any receipe to make him like idli & roti -- put some carrot juice drops/beetroot juice/spinach/tomato/and such colouring in the idlis,,see if he likes it. my daughtr was always fond of shapes so cookie cutters with diff shapes, n making shapes of idlis like star,happpy face n such, always made her eat..today too, thats the only that makes her eat idlis,,othrwise she will not even put it in her mouth,,she gags it !! roti, make in diff shapes, small big, or with some carrots, n such,,see if he likes it..give other forms of wheat, like wheat pastas n such if roti is abig deal for him ! but continue giving him..make him sit with family,somtimes it helps.

4.Last few days he is getting irregular bowel movements and hard stools,his diet is same .Can you tell me any fruits / veggies will give regular bowels.
---- prunes, pears, spinach, fully riped banana(get the raw but smooth n starting to ripe banana n put them in brown paper bags or simple newspaper to make them ripen ! ),juices,buttermilk,whole moong water, whole moong, curries like spinach n toor dal/moongdal,simple toor dal or sambhar, rasam,ne curries related to spinach or fenugreek or ne greens help...
above of all are good lubricants n when given on regular basis, gives good bowels..avoid starch or too much of wheat if baby is suffrng from constipant..google for foods that contain high amts of stach,,,esp potatoes,sweetpotatoses,wheat,enriched flouor..

5.To change 14 month old frm bottle to straw cup can you give any flavoured milk like rosemilk ,milkshakes(shud milk be boiled /cold milk be used).Like to get some tips that will work.-----
14months onwards you can start ne good milk drink like complan, horlicks,ask your dr for one..if your child is sufferng from contipatn problems on regular basis, offer the drink that has the highest fibr offering instead of malt or milk solids !!!
milkshakes u can give at room temperature,,i like to boil milk for my kids n store them in fridge even though i stay in US as i dont trust the pastrsd process here,,the milk spoils 10 days before the expiry dates and so i dont trust it,,so i like to boil n store it in fridge..its upto you n your decision you want to do that or not !
if straw is a problem,,start with the cup directly..let it be the other way !! its ok to do that..offerng drinks with regular straw oftn works better thn those complicated straws that comes in training cups or strawcups..only because the flow in the regular straw is a free flow,,at first at the most child will spill while drinking because he sucked hard, but thn he will learn,,well, far better thn the frustation of sucking thru small hole of that training strawcup which requires alot of efforts..kids dont like that ! so try with regular straw,,teach him to suck by lots of experiments, n see how it works out for him...

hope it helps.
mimitra replied. Hi Hetal,
I tried to add some color to idli and he took two bites.When i gave white idlis he hated that.Like to know abt these:

1.wat is wheat germ,can it be added to any food for kids.Is it good or not. where can i find this and what form.

2.Which is best for givin kids on a regular basis potatoes or sweet potato.which will create more gas for them.

3.Abt tofu shud it be heated or can it be added to foods as it is.

Hetal really need some help frm you.My son is 14 months and not sleepin at all at night.I wud like to let u know his schedule and get some help which will be for longrun... This is my email id plz write to me.

mimitra1(at)hotmail