hi, my baby is 11 months old.she is very thin.she is 95 percentile of her heigth,and 25 to 50 of her weigth.i am little worried.she takes gerber cereal for breakfast,juice between lunch and breakfast.for lunch she takes dal,rice with veggies,for dinner she take veggies and some fruits.and she takes 22 to 23 ounce of formula. i read about ragi here. can somedody tell me about ragi and how should i make recipeis with this? and when should i give her and what are the nutritional values? thanks nicemom replied. hi menu,
i found some recipes for ragi for you. go to the vegetarian message board . there they have a few people talking about ragi for kids. nicemom replied. hi menu,
when my daughter was 11 months, she was on the same points on the growth chart. all indian kids are tall but thin!!
actually speaking, you baby takes proper amt of calories. what i do, is give 2 gerber veg and 1 fruit in a day. cereal in the morning and dal-rice for lunch and dinner. basically if you go by the food pyramid, a child needs max amt of carbs, then veg.fruits, dairy and meat and then fats.
if you want to increase calories, give veggies like creamed spinach rather than beans which is only 35 cal as opposed to 45 cal (spinach). also banana & pears have more cal.
i have not heard of ragi!! so i can't help you with that.
but about the weight thing, by the time they are 2 yrs old, then come to the 60%tile as the most kids get very active at this age and they all slim down.
let me know if i was of any help.
are you from the united states?