Hi Hetal,

I am so happy to find most of my questions answered here....

In breakfast(9AM), I am giving her iron fortified MIX GRAIN cereal by Gerber.
But I give her with some fruit paste.. should I give with milk??

Also, she takes her lunch by 11.30-12 so no brunch :-( I mean she eats her roti/rice at this time.

Actually, b'coz of day care her routine gets mixed up.. like there she eats lunch at 11.30 so at home also she will feel hungry by that time.
is it ok to skip brunch??
She also got that milk after lunch habbit from day care ...
But i will try to skip it atleast when she is at home :)

I totally agree with u about her sleep points. Yeah, she is overtiered and wants to sleep at eve ..I give her bath ..no massage:( she doesn;t stay at one place once she started walking..but I will massage her legs now ..thanks for this tip!!

yeah, and one more reason is her unusal BM ...he usually passes one in morning after her milk ..but at eve she is too tiered to pass it..
during the day she is in day care and they dont offer her water/milk anytime (she needs that for pressure)..thay have their routine ...so I have to give her lots of liquids once she comes home...but this may reduce her dinner intake sometimes...
wht do u think?


I liked all the food options u gave ...I will read all those recipies now :-)
Thanks for that!!

Hey, I got to know this by reading all replies, that u r carrying with 2nd one :-)
Congratulations and Good Luck for the delivery!! when is it?
and did u know its a boy or girl :-)

Give lots of luv to Nirija :) I hope I am not talking too much personal :)


Take Care,
Shilpa.

Hetal replied. hi her breakfast cereal is good,,try to introduce her with toddler gerber cereals,,,they have lumpy texture and they come in diff flavours,,babies love them,,,
if she is hungry by 1130 then give her brunch after 3 hours of lunch... in short,what i want you to give her is meal or snacks at every 3-4 hours,,until she sleeps,,whichmeans,,starting from breakfast, lunch, brunch,snack and thendinner...
see if thats possible...if she eats well,she will grow good,,onlymilk will not give her all nutrients....do understand that...
once she is done with eating,,,try again after 5mins see if she eats,,somebabies do that,,they eat some 70%oftheir meal at one sitting andthen rest 30% after some 5-10mins,,or offer a couplesips of water,,,andthen try...
if thisdone, during her lunch and dinner she will not need a milk feed...let her take atleast 2 meals wherein milk is not included !! also some babies like to have a lil snack before bed time before their milk,,like a couple munching crackers..it all dpends on what was in dinner...

she has the habbit of milk because she is not able to eat well during her main meals-lunch and dinner...

she is getting overtired,,give her good calm atmosphere at home,,let her sit and play instead of running around,see if that helps...

if your baby eats her meal well,with proper fiber and proper liquids intake(other than in meals and milk),,then her bowels will automatically come in routine..irregular bowels is because of lack of fiber and proper liquids like juices,,greens in her diet,,water intake,,and lots of fresh vegetables,fruits and multigrains..

what timesof the day she is in daycare ? timings ? what is their routine ?? dont they offer juices or water,if requested by you with some snacks ??
if not, then the best thing to make her pass a regular and good bowel,.,include greens like types of spinach, pruness or pears or apricots,, as a part of her early evening snack or just after coming to home or even dinner,,,,,,this will not make her feel full as these are light,,and also will make her eat wellher dinners...youarent giving these too many,,,a couple prunes, or grapes or 1/2 ripe choppedpear or 1/2banana with 2-3 boiled appricots..
this all will giveher good bowels..
also,in her dinner,giveher dinnerthat has gravys,lentils,fresh vegetables,including spinach(in US watchfor fresh bags of spinach),,andgive her dinnerwith liquidslike lentil soups with lotsof vegetables init...

allthis shouldwork good withher...

thanks for good wishes,,my delivery is in feb :)

takecare,
Goodluck