hi everybody,
My son (10 months) recently got acute diarrhea. now he is OK after hospitalization & medication. his doctor told he is anaemic, as his Hb count was only 7. now he has prescribed, iron syrup, fo r him.
Pl. advice what kind of food i can give him to overcome the deficiency of iron in his body.
he is 10KG now & birth weight was 4KG. Hetal replied. with all the diet i see,,at first i dont see proper diet being offerrd to your baby...
a healthy 10months old is expected to eat/drink as below,,please go thru it :

http://www.indiaparenting.com/boards/showmessage.cgi?messageid=900&table_name=dis_milestones

some additional refernces, that you can ref later on as your baby will be ready for these soon by a month or so :

http://www.indiaparenting.com/boards/showmessage.cgi?messageid=1270&table_name=dis_sleeping

some ideas of recipes,,snacks, in below:

http://www.indiaparenting.com/boards/showmessage.cgi?messageid=6134&table_name=dis_feeding

http://www.indiaparenting.com/boards/showmessage.cgi?messageid=6637&table_name=dis_feeding

some finger food ideas that your child should be eating to some extent,,hwever rspect his pref related to textures and lumpier foods,,and allow him to accept it ! :

http://www.indiaparenting.com/boards/showmessage.cgi?messageid=7151&table_name=dis_feeding

so go thru them, at your convinience,,one by one,,and see wat your child diet lacks in nutrients, foods...

other than above,,since your child is anaemic,,offer him below :

see if the below schedule is acceptable to his apetite and he takes it :
1. breakfast/early feed = milk/formula/iron fortified,,make sure the formula intake is as above in 10month old diet charts...

2. breakfast//solis// iron fortified infant cereal or toddler cereal(comes in lumpier textures,,with diff flavours,,kids love it),,offer with milk/formula

3. brunch//before lunch snack = a seving of vit c fruit with banana///or let me say,,mosambi juice/with banana ! he likes banana so will be easier..or,,,this can be replaced by formula feed...dpends on child intake capacity,,

4. lunch=offer him more varieties of khichdi,,check the links above,,he should be eating all foods by now and should be able to eat multigrains, wholegrains...

5. snack time,,let this be her juice time or yogurt time or cheese and bread time !!!

6. dinner = offer more and more alternatives of family foods,,make sure to give him more vegies, and with every serving of spinach, make sure tomatoes are there(remove seeds), with serving of apple and banana//citrus is present like mosambi juice or pineapple juice,,with serving of juice/which you will be offerng diluted,,offer those iron drops just before that juice serving ! this will give your child max iron absorption.

7. List of iron and iron fortified foods: iron fortified foods/cereals,,multigrains(offer raagi if its available in your stores,,check the feeding board of ways of making raagi and such other recipe details),,foods like cheerios cereal, prune,potato bakesd with skin,dried figs(soaked and cooked and offered or if baby is comfortable offer raw),,kidney beans,oatmeal/cooked,,raw spinach like in salads or puree in vit c enriched juices,,cooked broccoli, boiled egg(only yolks,check feeding board for other recipes),,boiled raisins or sauted raisins or just offer him to chew,,,whole wheat breat/flour,,make chappatis for him in that flour and throw in some wheat germ pwder/abt a tsp per batch,,also offer green peas, apricot halves/dried,boiled with skin and pureed and strained and offered with banana will help,,see if your child is comfortable to peanut butter,,if so, offer multigrain bread with peanut butter,,your baby is ready for wheat bran,put it in his soups like spinach and tomato soup and it will help,,see if you can offer him boiled lentils soups(all dals except toor dal, channa dal),,and add in wheat bran or wheat germ in it and offer with multigrain bread or toast,peaches with banana will also help,if you are offering fruit juice, these days the juices are iron fortified,,see if you can get these !
your child is ready for tofu,,chickpeas(offer it moderately,once a week),and when you use rice--use the enriched white rice,,

for all iron foods, offer vit c foods which will enhance iron absorption,,and rem that plant source of irons is easy to absorb thn from animall,,so i am not suggestng you ne meats,,,
dont offer cranberries, or ne artificial drinks to your child,it might block iron absorptn ! if you are bf, avoid sodas and tea/coffee so that your child is away from caffnes,,and make sure to take iron supplements, if at all you are bf !

iron drops might give dry stools, or might give mild constipation, might upset stomach abit,,so make sure to give lot of vit c diet along with it,,avoid giving drop afternoon onwards,,,best time to offer is mornings,,,increase fibr in your baby diet to make sure he remains away from mild constipations probs,,,and keep him well hydrated !
all these should help along with drops that your dr has given !

last but not the least,,the below sites will help you get some really good recipes for baby food:
1.wholesomebabyfood dot com
2.http(:)//homecooking(.)about(.)com/library/archive/blmisc16(.)htm
3.superbabyfood dot com
4.check on indiaparenting diet section, nice recipes therein too.
5.indianchild dot com
6.tarladalal dot com.
7.nandyala dot org
9.indianmom dot com site was also pref by other members.
10. familyfun. dot com
11. kaboose dot com
12. and my fav site : http(:)//www(.)mommysavers(.)com/Articles/healthy_snacks_for_kids(.)htm

thats all i can recal for iron foods that might help your child to come out this condition !

take care, good luck. meenakshi replied. hi Hetal,
we are basically vegitarian. i have started gving him solids. in morning 150ml formula milk(DUPRO), then after one hour wheat bread with home made cheese. Then one medium size banana.(he is fond od bananas). Then he sleeps for one hour but take milk while sleeping around 100ml. in afternoon we give him moong dal or khichdi, then one apple. & in evening boiled aaloo with curd. In dinner we again give him some dal or some vegetable which we make in our dinner.
I feed him during night.
earlier we were giving him only milk all the times till 9 months.As i am working so couldn't take proper care for his diet.
now i have started all these after his illness.
Hetal ur advice will be helpful to me.
plz. reply.
Thanks.. Hetal replied. lemme know what all foods he is familiar with,,or has been introduced so far,,and it will be easier for me to make a diet chart for your son.