Parents of Preschoolers  Discussion Forum

My son is over active and does not sit for a moment, he eats 1 small banana and half glass milk for breakfast, 2 chapatis and little rice in the lunch and a bowl of rice for dinner alongwith 1 chappati some times. He drinks a medium glass of milk in afternoon.

His weight is only 12.900 Kg. he weight has remained steady since nearly last year he ranges around this same weight level of 12.7 to 12.9. His doctor tells that he is perfectly healthy and doesnot need a diet chart. However, when looking to other children of his age I think he is underweight as the average weight of a 4 year complete child should be around 16 kg as per the laid norms.

Kindly please guide me as to what diet should i give him for gaining weight. We are vegetarian.

Regards,

Swetal Pandya Sanna replied. Hi swetal,I am a mom of 4yr old and had the same problem.kids of this age need a minimum of 1300 to 1500 calories per day. so just take care that you feed him that much.eg: 1 cup(8 ounce) of cooked rice is 240 calories. 1 tablespoon of almond powder is 100cal.you can give him rice with lots of ghee(butter) full cream milk 1cup is 150calories..so on... So COUNT all the calories of foods you feed him and takecare its min 1300 calories.fruits and daals are protiens and vitamins only, but are important. This is what I followed for my kid and I have a lot of improvement.

takecare and happy feeding.
Sanna Bda.