Baby C’s appetite seems to have decreased lately. She used to have a ravenous appetite before her first UTI (urinary tract infection) attack 3 months ago, so ravenous that when she suckles on my boops, she made really loud and embarrasing sounds. She could never get enough of my boops. But lately, I have to force her to drink my milkie and she has not been gaining much weight over the past 1 month. At almost 5 months, her weight is only 6.4kg. Her birth weight was 2.75kg. I think the antibiotics that she’s taking everyday is the culprit for suppressing her appetite. Also, a child with Kidney Reflux has poor appetite and poor weight gain 🙁
I was really concerned and asked Dr Indon of SJMC if Baby C is underweight but she told me yesterday that her weight is average and normal. I then asked her if it’s alright to feed Baby C infant drops to increase her appetite and she said no problem. I had actually bought the Appeton infant drops with Lysine (Lysine helps to enhance an infant’s appetite) on Sunday but hubby and mil were quite alarmed that I am feeding this to Baby C without first seeking the dr’s go-ahead. They wanted me to get the green light from Dr Indon. Now that I’ve gotten the go-ahead, I’ve been feeding Baby C with this infant drop everyday and I think her appetite has increased. I also fed Sherilyn with this infant drop when she was a few months old until she was 1 year old.
Do you feed your infant with any infant drops or multivitamins?
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all my 4 kids started having vitamin supplements when they were 1 yr old. I started with Fei Cai Sui at birth but Scott Emulsion & syrup multivits around 1 yr old. Antway if it’s indicated in the lable (most stated 1 yr and above) why not to help increase baby C’s appetite. Or may be u can introduce a bit of nice tasty solid naturally once she is ready , with sweet tomatoes or cheese or orange that can boost appetite.
According to my cousin’s wife, Lysine is a growth agent which could make kids grow faster… not sure how true is that…
So far I’ve not really feed Darrius any sort of multivits except those we got from the clinics.
Thanks for sharing. Glas her appetite has incerease.
I have feed my kids multi-vitamin too when they was 1+, and now I change to Appeton tablets type. But too bad, my dotter don’t like it.
Yes I do. Same one, Appleton Infants drop. Plan to change to Scotts Emulsion when older.
No multivitamins for my girl la…..only Scott’s Emulsion cod liver oil.
my lil missy dont like Scott Emulsion. i try to force her to take it, she will spit it right out, how leh? sigh 🙁
I didn’t feed my baby with any multivitamin even now already 15 mnths. I did asked my pead in the previous visit, he told me is not necessary if baby Clarisse has proper meals each day. I think maybe I should try to feed her Scott Emulsion.
I feed that to Jona when he is a month old till one year old – yeah, just to boost his appetite.