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My child is 4 months old she is breast feeding. my child weighed 2.8 kgs when she was born. Now she weighs 5.75 kgs. In the first two months she gained 1 kgs each month. But in the past three weeks her weight remained the same. she feeds for 5 minutes only during every feed and feeds about 10 times each day. What alternative is there to improve my kids appetite and weight? Can I start to give her Cerelac? Check Out the Answer
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My daughter is 6 months old & feels pleasant when she see a shadow. This is any indications or simply a hobby. 2) She also wants to suck any liquid is there any diet problem or just she likes. Check Out the Answer
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My son is 10 years old. But he is under weight i.e. 23 kgs. He frequently suffers with stomach pain. He is not pick up the weight and height according to the age. I think he has a digestive and stool problem. Please suggest me some advise immediately. Check Out the Answer
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I took my 3 months old baby girl for vaccination few days ago. As usual, the doctor took her weight, length and head circumference. The doctor said her head circumference is smaller than the "normal size" guide. May I know why is it important to measure baby's head circumference, and if it's smaller than normal babies what does it mean? Will this affect her brain/mental development? Thanks so much. Check Out the Answer
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I have a 9 month old baby boy, Dr.'s have measured head at check ups, this time measured 3 times did not get the same measurement, head this time measured 51-53, wanting to send for ultrasound. What does this mean? My family has big heads? Is it hereditary? He has hit every milestone and has been standing and pulling up early. Help! Check Out the Answer
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My son is 3 months old and my pediatrician has expressed some concern about the lack of growth around my sons head and how small his "soft spot" is. It is the size of the tip of my index finger. He is growing great in all other areas and his hand eye coordination, I feel are above average. He grasps items. Should I be concerned? Check Out the Answer
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Sir also in the biology book of 10 and 11 class it was written that when one person is tall and its genotype is Tt and one person is dwarf and its genotype is tt and they both cross over each other then three children will be tall and one will be dwarf . What does this mean?? I am not able to explain you my problem .Could you please talk to me. I want to ask you that "what is genotype ratio"? Check Out the Answer
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How do I find out what the proper weight is for my nine year old son? Is there a chart that I can access to help me. Thank You, Check Out the Answer
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Dear Doctor, My daughter was in the range of 100 Th percentile of length(31 inches) and 50th percentile of weight(18 lbs) when she was 10th months. Now 4 months later she is still 31 inches ( fell down to around 50th percentile in height) and 23 lbs ( 75th percentile in weight). I am worried of this complete lack of height gain for the last 4 months. Mentally she is developing correctly and now can express her self very well mostly by sign and sometimes verbally. My self and my husband both are of average height so I would not be surprised if she also turns out to be of average height but this complete lack of height gain over such a long period of time is worrying me. She does not seem to have calcium deficiency because she takes 16-20 ounces of dairy products daily and recently got 4 teeth ( totalling to 15 teeth ).Also can you please suggest what tests we might need to perform to ascertain if there is some problem with her or not. Check Out the Answer
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We took our 2yr. 11.5 mo. daughter to a growth clinic at a near by children hospital. A large amount of lab test were done and I was sent the results.(none of which I could tell and thing about)They also done a bone age of her hand and nothing was stated in the letter as to if it was normal or not About the only thing that I did understand was that she was thought to be of short stature. I am on the short side myself being 5ft 2in but my husband is 6ft. We have two other children and their height and weight has always been normal for their age. A bit above at times for my son. They also stated in the letter that they may test her for Turnners in the furture. Other than short stature she has no signs of turners. She had two hemangiomas removed when she was 8 months old. One of which was under the skin at the base of her skull.I was wondering if possibly she could have another hemangioma inside somewhere that could be causing her not to grow correctly. Her eating seems to be the same as the other children in my daycare so i don't feel like that is our problem. When she was 19 months old she weighed 19lbs. She is now 35 months old and weighs 20.9 lbs. She is 30.5 inches tall. She wears a size 4 or 5 in shoes and has very small hands ears nose and thin fingers. She is in preportion. Just very small portions. She is active, smart and very seldom sick. Our family doctor ask about her every time any of our family is in the clinic and seem to not be at all happy with THIS clinic at our children hospital. Also I might should let you know that she did suffer a fall/drop when she was less than 2 days old at the hospital as a result of a nurse being in a hurry to get all the babies to the mothers rooms before shif change. But a head X-ray done the next day showed no fractures to the skull. She was also a 37.1 week baby that weighed 5.1 lbs and was 18 inches long. Both of my other children were also 18 inches long and one at 37 weeks weighed 7.1 lbs and the other weighed 6 lbs 3 ozs at 41 weeks. I'm going to say this because it is a common question I have never drank, smoked or done any type of drugs that could be the cause of her slow growth. Please let me know your suggestions. I am very worried about her and feel like we have been put on hold at the growth clinic because I was told that I could not talk to the doctor until our return visit in three months and that that was soonest that any one could see her. Check Out the Answer
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What is the prevalence and incidence rate of Growth Hormone Deficiency among Indian children? Check Out the Answer
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Respected Sir, My son is 10 month old, he is very active and smart but his weight is only 7.5 Kg since last 3 month and remain constant. Sir, I would like to know, why his weight is so constant? Even though he is very regular in feeding and other home made food. Sir, hope for positive reply Thanks Check Out the Answer
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My daughter is 3 yrs old and weighs 12 kgs. Her weight is same for the last 1 yr. She is otherwise very active but looks very lean and thin and all her bones show. She does not have craving for any type of food. She does not like to have anything after 4th or 5th spoon. Nor she likes juice or milk. Her birth weight was 2.96 kgs. I'm worried. Please suggest. Check Out the Answer

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