HI,
My daughter is 2 yrs old and has a veryy bad appetite. Even if she is hungry she wont eat. Make a fuss and then be cranky. That definately effected her through the day or night. She was born small , 2.4 kgs and now weights 10.6kgs. Acc, to her ped she is doing OK. She was prescribed a few Apetite Stimulants earlier but they dont wrk at all. Now , she has again been prescribed an apetite stimulant and its wrking wonderfully for her. She eats when food is offered. Atleast, tastes it and then decides if she wants to have , whch she never did earlier.
I did some research about the ingredients of that product and found that it does increase apetite and also cures nightmares etc. But it can cause drowsiness and children tend to oversleep.
Mel,from ur posts , i learn that ur son too is fussy with his food and also ur post to gauri abt apetite stimulants. I am just worried if i shoudl give this to her or not. Its been 5 days since ive started it. Her apetite is gr8 now and she sleeps well too. (Donno if that is because of the med or because of eating well) First 2-3 days she had a few more bowel movements than usual and slept a lil more but now she seems to be ok.
I just need to be sure that its ok to give it to her. AM a lil worried if it will have any long term effects on her. She is been asked to give it for 15 days.
Thanks.
aradhana gauri replied. i started after my daughter completed 2 yesr..coz its a heaty preparation..right now i hv stopped giving her bcoz climate is very hot...she wont be able to digest Aradhana replied. Hey, thanks gauri for the quick reply despite ur buzy schedule. I appreciate it a lot.I will try the powder.. can u give me propotions for them.

Im not really bothered abt her weight.. but as a parent im always happy when she eats well... gauri replied. i may sound very old fashioned here but when it comes to babies i always follow elders advice ..n i will never ever trust any doctors...in both my babies case specially always my mils advice was always currct and 2nd person i always looked was hetal ...i have all her posts print outs which i always refer..,...thats y whether its eating habits or sleeping problem my mil doenst let me gv any medicine excelpt for a to z vit drops for 1 motnh n gripe water...to my daughters...the reson behind telling u this long story is she is against giving any medicene to babies but always help me with some home remedy...
my daughter too liek yours is still fussy about eating touch wood she is quite healthy...still soemtimes you have to force her to eat..now eats eats normal food like us ..but when she acts smart when she finds food not tasting according to her we force her to eat ....
for appetite...i make a dry powder for her n store in refrigerator...( not too much jsut for 15 days as it becomes wet very soon)...
take sugar (i use khadi sugar) i dont know what to call but u get in the form of big cubes..elaichi...n 2 minch of saffron...grind it in mixie ...daily i take half tsp..of this powder...but it in boiling milk...for 2 min ...just b4 going to bed i gv it to her....elaichi is suppose to improve appetite, n saffron for old believe for improving complexsion...but its heaty ..so it shouldnt be more then 2 pinch...elaichi has many benefits...it aids digestion...gives a good sleep...n improves hunger...i started this when my daughter completed 2 years...u too can try this...

and if ur ped is saying she is fine then u should also take it easy...children are very smart they eat properly when they are hungry ...they know what they want ...i only make sure that she eats soemthing....we leave it to her ...