Baby Care & Child Health Problems

Appendix I

Average Weight and Height of
Boys and Girls at Different Ages

Appendix II

CDC Growth Charts

Appendix III

Recipes of Common Weaning Foods

1. Suji Ki Kheer

Method: Boil milk and add suji. Cook on a slow fire till it becomes semisolid. Add sugar. Cool and serve lukewarm to the baby.

2. Rice Kheer

Method: Wash rice after cleaning and picking it. Boil milk and add rice. Cook on a slow fire till it becomes semisolid. Add sugar. serve at lukewarm temperature.

3. Khichdi

Method: Cook rice and dal together and mash. Boil spinach, mash and strain. Add the spinach puree, salt and heated oil to the rice-dal mixture and stir. Cool and serve lukewarm.

4. Porridge of Khichdi

Method: Clean and wash dalia and dal separately and cut vegetables. To boiling water add onion, ginger, bay leaf, cardamom and dalia. Cook until half-cooked. Then add dal and vegetables and cook until soft. Season with salt and oil.

5. Rice Upma

Method: Roast rice and dal and grind into granules. Cook green gram dal with ¾ cup water and mash. To hot oil, add mustard, onion and fry and then add water and salt. Add the rice granules and vegetables to the water and stir cook for 10 minutes and add the green gram dal paste. Drumstick leaves may also be used instead of vegetables.

Note: Suji Upma may also be made in the same way. Use suji in place of rice and dal.

6. Poha

Method: Saute onions and cumin and mustard seeds in oil. Add vegetables and cook till tender, adding minimum quantity of water. Finally add puffed and soaked rice, and cook for 2-3 minutes.

7. Ragi Adai-Sweet

Method: Dissolve jaggery in water. Add Bengal gram flour, ragi flour and coconut scrapings to the jaggery water to make thick dough. Prepare the adai on a greased iron pan or tawa.

Note: Ragi is good for the growth of babies

8. Apple Carrot Soup

Method: Peel and dice the apple and carrot. Boil then in a pressure cooker with 2 cups of water. Add the cinnamon stick to the mixture. Open the cooker and remove the cinnamon stick. Blend the mixture in a blender till the required consistency. Heat and simmer the soup for five minutes. Serve hot.

9. Biscuit Custard

Method: Methods bring the milk and sugar to a boil and add the crushed biscuit. Allow it to mix with the milk so that the milk thickens. Mix well so that the custard does not have any lumps.

Note: Instead of using refined cornflour to make custard, digestive biscuit makes this custard healthy.

10. Banana Smoothie

Method: Pour all ingredients in blender. Mix it for 30 seconds and serve cool.

Source: Selected Nutritious Recipes – 1983 National Institutes of Public Cooperation and Child Development, New Delhi.