Suggest weight gain food for infants
Patient: I recently visited a friend who has a 1 month old baby. He has not gained even 1 ounce of weight and he cannot keep any formula down. They have resorted to giving him mashed potatoes and gravy through a bottle but he constantly throws up. What can I do? Doctor: HiIt's not advisable to give anything apart from breastfeeding or formula feeds at this age. So please stop your friends from following such measures. There can be multiple reasons for poor weight gain and vomiting episodes. The most common reasons are improper feeds, hypertrophic pyloris stenosis, electrolyte disturbances, inborn errors of metabolism etc. So, kindly advise them for a complete check up be neonatologist and investigations as per examination.Hopefully this will help.Take care