what is her birth weight, current weight,,if your baby is underweight only if your dr has told then,only its a matter of worry..all babies grow at diferent rates and its not worth worrying unless a signal is given by your doc.about her tummy size,,if her apetite seems to be dwindling further, and she doesnt seem at all hungry,,or her bowels are not regular or have been irregular past few weeks or so,,it might be the reason that she is not feeling well in stomach...
also, it could be just gas,,sometimes with excess gas problems, the stomach seems to bulge out and baby often feels bloaty or heavy because of it and seems to be less hungry,,further causing loss of apetite...
some babies upto 3years have shown their organs like tummy, head to be a bit bigger than the proportionate sizes,,,and its completely normal....
but get her checked by your dr and ask your dr about her weight !!
good luck

I forgot to write that her current weight is 8.5 kgs and This month end she is goin to be 18th month.

Hello Hetal,
How r u ?
Over the weekend I had a visit to the doc. Just for ur info I changed her doc this time, going to the new one, this is the first time I am doing this but I had some mixed feeling abt the earlier doc. New one is lady is nearby to me and I am positive abt her first visit.
I think this is goin to be long one, requesting for bearing with me.

1. My daughter had cough and cold also a bit in chest, she picks this up in her day care on and often. and I got her new medicine by new doc which worked wonder I alrday saw the diff after 2 doses.

2. Tummy issue appearing big: as per her ped, she says some babies have that and nothing to worry, but to her my lill one appears gassy, like you said. So she has given deworming medicine to be given for 3 days

3. Weight issue: She has given her cough, cold, deworming and another medicine for general infections etc.
So once everythign is settled, wud back to plan on weight gain. Do share ur tips on this too.

This is her daily timetable.
1. 8.30 : Initially she used to have around 120-150 ml milk with bottle this was a month back. Now I since I want to wean a bottle I am giving her sipper bottle, but she only drinks half a cup. I tried putting cornflakes into it, sometimes she takes.

2.In day care : 10:00 breakfast : cornflakes, porridge of suji etc. half bowl

3. In day care : 12 to 12:30 meal : phulka, sabji, rice dal salad. Though everything is semi mashed formed. but she takes this meal with other kids.

4. In day care : 3 : I used to send her porrigaefor ragi etc. She has started hating it everyday. So my take on this was reduce this feed , let her have her full meal and then evening snakcs after that.

5. In day care : evening snacks 5 to 5:30 : upma,poha, idli, with some fruit 1 piece though.

6. Going home she wants to have her all fav since she throws all tantrum to get from me.. which is biscuits, chumure, dry-furits etc ? I tried avoiding all this since I wanted her to have proper dinner. But I got to give this since I need to keep her busy too while I work in kitchen

7. Dinner : I let her be properly hungry for this so time varies from 8 to 9 anytime has lill phulka or rice.

The prob I also thought that she passes stool also 2/3 times in day. one in morning, second in evening in day care and another at home in late evening sometimes.

2 days were good touchwood, with some change in her routine of no ragi in afternoon, there was less potty, and she ate well. only her milk in take is very less. I feel.

As a mother I also feel sad offering so many medicine to lill one, espc antiboitique, I don't know what ur thougths on that are.

do share ur views on this, also lookin for any tips

with birth wght,2.8kgs, at 18months,,,a healthy girl is expected to be around,,9.5-10.5 kgs..if she is just a couple 200grams less or so,,,,it can be achvd,,, she just needs some changes in her diet/texture/flavoours/spices or some timings schedule,or so..,,,let me know her schedule,,lets,,see if we can work out something ! and a couple loss in grams is not loss of apetite,,but just a phase of maturity or may be molars or premolars...

so i am fine even if she is even 9kgs.less than that, yes i am worried.

would love to hear updates, if pcble.

if her stomach size is more than proportionate, which your dr can only decide when he sees it,,practically....

do share after your visit,
take care,

Thanks Hetal,
Her birthweight was 2.8kg and now its around 9 kgs. Actually din't have a visit to doc in last 1-2 months since I had to travelled to US for work for some weeks, but as you pointed out she is showing loss of appetite. Doesn't want to eat food all she wants is her fav biscuits etc items. I am really worried.
I hope showing such tummy is normal. I will get the clarification from doctor over weekend right away. Thanks for ur efforts !!

Regards,
Mother