Lolita’s son is three years old. He is very fussy about his food and spits it out if he is forced to eat. Lolita introduced her son to chewy food only when he was 15 months old, much after he cut his first teeth. She often wonders if there is a connection between delayed weaning… [ Continue Reading ]
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Food may be such a significant part of our lives, yet it can sometimes be difficult to make the right choices when it comes to the needs of pregnant women, lactating women, babies, and growing children.
Doing a ‘Mango’ on a Picky Eater
For about a million moms ‘out there’, the most dreaded time of the day is mealtime. Breakfast, lunch or dinner, the litany starts: Mom: Come and eat. Kid: What’s made? Mom: Rice, dal, beans, salad, curd. Kid: Yuck. I’m not hungry. Mom: What? You just said you were starving. Kid: If it’s dal and beans,… [ Continue Reading ]
Does your Child Say ‘No’ to Food?
Come mealtime and a picture of an ensuing battle – getting your child to eat – invariably flashes past your eyes. All your efforts to make healthy food choices for your child meet with resistance, as there is no help from their end. This is a familiar story I am sure. Food negativism is a… [ Continue Reading ]
Avoid Bribing Your Child To Eat
While some amount of persuasion regarding food is alright, and the child likes a bit of fussing now and again, you should avoid overindulgence and bribing. I have known a family who, as a routine, took the child out for a drive while she ate her evening meal and another who kept collecting coins as… [ Continue Reading ]
Don’t Fall for the Latest Food Fad
Between two and five years, many children develop all kinds of food fads for many of which the parents themselves may be responsible. Very often the mother thinks that a particular food is good for the child and she insists on the child having it. The child becomes equally adamant and refuses to eat whenever… [ Continue Reading ]
Food for Babies During the Second Year
Now the baby’s growth is not as fast as in the first year, so the food requirements too do not increase much and are almost the same as in the first year, i.e., about 1000 calories. The baby can now try a variety of foods like sweets, ice-cream, nuts, roasted gram, popcorn, wafers and household… [ Continue Reading ]
This diet can help with Heartburn during Pregnancy
Heartburn is caused by the uterus pushing against the stomach, forcing acid into the oesophagus. Here are a few points to keep in mind while planning a diet for yourself. Lemonade or ‘nimbu paani’ with honey makes a refreshing drink at any time of the day. Try eating small but frequent meals. Do not be… [ Continue Reading ]
Why is Your Child Thin?
When it comes to food Shefali just can’t seem to be able to convince her seven year old daughter to eat regular meals. It seems to Shefali that she’d been trying literally to force-feed Tanya, from the day the child was born. But to no avail. Tanya eats only what she absolutely feels like eating…. [ Continue Reading ]
Pregnancy Diet When You Have Diabetes
Diabetes is characterised by excessive amounts of sugar in the blood and urine. People who suffer from diabetes may have high levels of thirst, hunger and may suffer from weight loss. A few do and don’ts As the sugar levels are always very high, introduce a variety of bitter foods in the diet of a… [ Continue Reading ]
Eating Disorders in Children
The feeding problems of infancy or early childhood include: Anorexia Regurgitation Pica Anorexia Of all behaviour problems anorexia is most common in children. But it can be easily prevented and cured. A mother’s most common complaint is that the child does not eat anything. The mother says she has tried everything to make him eat…. [ Continue Reading ]