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hai everybody out there,this is my first querry to u all...my problem is with my 2.4 yr old daughter who very oftern falls sick ...doctors say shes got low resistence power...and she is a very poor eater tooo...she swallows all her food does not chew at all!!!!most of the times her arrogant and adament behaviour frightens me...can u all pls help me out in konowing how to
1.improve my childs resistence power and decrease the no of sick days in a month?shes only 11 kgs at 2.4yrs!and alls 8 days sick every moth.
2.how to change her eating habits ???she takes every thing in semi liquid form all smashed and that too 10-15 spoon full every 2 hrs!!!
3.what can i do to make her a soft kid! she litrally screems instead of talking...

frds pls help me out
momsays replied. For screaming.
Children are children. They will shout and scream but most of the times they will imitate what goes around So if she is in a company where screaming goes then she will also scream.
Possible tactics
Try to ignore when she screams, let her come down and then talk to her. Do not yell back at her, this will encourage her. Never use force or beat her, this is not good. Instead hug her and show her positive reinforcement.

Food eating
If she has teeth and is still not chewing then you will have to slowly transition her into chewing and eating. Possible ideas:
Slowly transition her into eating boiled items rather than mashed, say boiled fresh peas, finely cut super boiled carrots that will melt when put into mouth.
Encourage her to eat by showing her favourite show on tv. Diverting her.
Take help from other family members.

Try to start her food eating by giving her favourite food like say chips or chocolates. etc. But be careful if she does not chew.

My daughter had a same problem some time so I used to tempt her by showing chocolates etc and once she starts eating she will also eat her food. But this does not work always.

Resistance power:
Ask doctor for multivitamin drops/medicine. Give her lot of vitamin c juices like tomoatoes, apple juice et.
Make sure there is enough activity planned for her in a day to keep her up and running.
The only way to increase her immunity is to be natural.
Another thing is find out what are the causes that she is falling sick manys days. Like cold? infection? etc. Read about it over the internet and ask good doctor for advise.!!

all the best Hemal replied. Swarna,

I have the same problem....my son is 2.3 yrs....does not chew anything....everything is mashed Neha replied. hi
to improve childs eating habits , test their liking & then accordingly feed them juices, soups then shorbas, parathasetc. fill parathas with cheese or make diff. shapes of dosas & fill that with diff. veges. u can add their fav. flavor with idlis, parathas, dosas, or take their help 4 making sandwiches & fill the veges in the same