Dear Hetal,
My daughter is crossing 6 months soon. Her daily diet is as follows
8.30 AM - 3 ParleG biscuits in milk
10.30 AM - BF (my milk)
12.30 PM - Cereal (Cerelac/Ragi)
3.30 PM - Lactoger 80 ml
6.00 PM - Cereal (Cerelac/Ragi)
9.00 PM - BF (my milk)
Her growth rate seems fine in terms of increase in weight. She is now 6.5 kgs. I have a couple of concerns
- She is NOT turning (NOT Sleeping on her stomach) by herself. If we just turn and give a push, she will sleep on her stomach otherwise she is just lying flat and playing with her legs, hands and keep pushing her body around.
- When we lift her, her shoulders does NOT stand stiff, instead she keeps a shrugging posture.
- And when me try to make her stand on our lap, she does not keep her feet down, instead she just rolls it up.

I am too worried about this, as i have all my relatives asking why is she like this as she should be doing all this by now. Please advise.

Awaiting reply
New Mom

Hetal replied. 8.30 AM - 3 ParleG biscuits in milk /// offer her iron fortified cereals, single grains,,start with rice,thn oatmeals, then barley and last millet ! if you dont get one, put the respective flour in the cooker, or overboil it and add some spinach leaves to it !

10.30 AM - BF (my milk) // no comments.

12.30 PM - Cereal (Cerelac/Ragi)/// start her with rice and 1 vegie,and start introducing her 1 vegie acc to her responses tofoods,,wait for 2-3days,if required,,dont rush. no hurries with solids.
start her on whole moong water or whole moong pulp and so on,,its great fibr and increases apetite too !
let her lunch time have rice, vegie, dal(whole moong or yellow moong dal), and some mild spices like turmeric,hing, curryleaves, etc,,all in details in links below.

http://www.indiaparenting.com/boards/showmessage.cgi?messageid=6593&table_name=dis_feeding

http://www.indiaparenting.com/boards/showmessage.cgi?messageid=6452&table_name=dis_feeding

order of introducing vegies :
http://www.indiaparenting.com/boards/showmessage.cgi?messageid=7329&table_name=dis_feeding

go thru them, you will get lots of details in there.

3.30 PM - Lactoger 80 ml//nocomments.

6.00 PM - Cereal (Cerelac/Ragi) ///
check the diet chart above,,introduce her to diluted juices or whole moong water at this time,,

9.00 PM - BF (my milk) // nocomments.

Her growth rate seems fine in terms of increase in weight. She is now 6.5 kgs. I have a couple of concerns
- She is NOT turning (NOT Sleeping on her stomach) by herself. If we just turn and give a push, she will sleep on her stomach otherwise she is just lying flat and playing with her legs, hands and keep pushing her body around.
Reply -> no problem, i just hope when she is on her tummy she is able to lift her head and follow you//looking at you wherever you walk around her...
prompt her or push her to forward. give a gentle but firm pressure (when she is moving around, on tummy),,on her feet,,lemee know if she is able to push herself forward with a push on your hand.if so, continue doing that,,its the sign that she will be able to skid herself forward and its the sign of crawling..once thorough with that,,we will prompt her to crawl ! do this everytime she is on tummy and it will not only help you know her force levels but her limbs will get ready to crawl !!so do that and lleem know the updates.

- When we lift her, her shoulders does NOT stand stiff, instead she keeps a shrugging posture.

Reply -> its quite common,,whenever her shoulders seems to bend or shrug,,give her a gentle massage on her shoulders,,with that she might put them straight. wait for amonth, if she continues to do that we will work on it,,as of now,,its quite common for thr backbone to be abit bend,,,all you have to ensure is that she should not continue doing that, or make it a habits,,sometips on making her sit?(which i want you to try and lemee know the updates),,are given in below,,we just discussed,,please start working on it and go slow, no hurries !

http://www.indiaparenting.com/boards/showmessage.cgi?messageid=1259&table_name=dis_milestones

http://www.indiaparenting.com/boards/showmessage.cgi?messageid=1271&table_name=dis_milestones

http://www.indiaparenting.com/boards/showmessage.cgi?messageid=1320&table_name=dis_milestones

- And when me try to make her stand on our lap, she does not keep her feet down, instead she just rolls it up.

Reply -> is she able to bear her wght on her legs ? she is not expected to keep her feet down or stand,,she might push it or do cycling(when laying down position, or kicks),,but when you make her stand by holding her from armpits,,is she able to bear her wght on her leg even for a min, whenver her feet is down,(you dont have to make her stand but continue holding her, just loosen your grip from armpits and see if she is able to kick your lap or is able to bear her wght on her feets,,thats imp,,,and leme know what she does..we will work on that one too.

about your relatives and all,,,just tell them that she is taking her own time and she needs a push from you and you are working on her,,as being alone its difficult to concentrate on baby growth and takng care of house responsibilties,,thats all !
good luck, rest all fine, lemme know her updates and it should help you.