PEDIATRICIAN'S  ANSWERS (Updated 30, Sep. 2000)

My daughter has the habit of sucking her thumb during sleeping.
Only then she gets sleeping. It is even very difficult to remove her thumb from the mouth.
And she will hold some soft cloth in another hand.
How can I correct her?

Answer:

Unfortunately, there are no drugs or clear-cut advise to give that you can comply with to make your child stop her thumb sucking. It is better to ignore the symptom if possible and give attention to her more positive aspects. A child who actively tries to stop thumb sucking should be encouraged and praised. The greatest likelihood of success occurs in situations where the children themselves desire to stop.
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I have a 9 year old son who is very choosy about vegetables.Whenever I give him curries along with Rice or chapathi he seems to consume very less amount of vegetable and finishes the curry with great difficulty mostly because I ask him to do so.Otherwise,he eats other food with interest.He doesn't like certain vegetables and seems to like certain vegetables.That means he cannot eat much variety.He is otherwise normal and healthy.His not eating veggies is worrying me.Hope he outgrows it soon.Since we are vegetarians,I am worried.please advice.He takes chapatis everyday.He eats creals before going to school at 7a.m,I give him tiffin like paranthas and bread for tiffin.He has normal,rice,sambhar and a curry for lunch and evening he has some Tid-bits for snack along with a glass of milk.He hates fruits but eats bananas,whenevr I buy it.Sometimes he has apple pieces(3 or 4 pieces)with honey.For dinner I give him chapathi with a freshly made curry.Hope I am giving the right food for my child.please advice.As I am staying in Singapore I am in great need of your advice.

Answer:

 It is good that you have noticed and mentioned that your son is normal and healthy. You don’t have to eat all the fruits, vegetables or curries available in the world to be healthy. It is perfectly OK for a child (just like an adult) to have preferences regarding food. For a mother this may look very alarming. But please don’t worry. As long as he is doing well, with regards to his health, give him the food he prefers and not the food that you want him to eat.
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DR,
My son is urinating a lot and i am changing his diapers every 2 hours. I have a feeling that he is not putting on any weight though he eats normally, because of frequent urination.Could you please advise me on this.Also, do you have any idea on the children's diet that helps to put on weight?
Thank you, mala.

 Small children may urinate quite often (averaging about 6-8 times per day). During the cooler seasons and in cold places children generally tend to urinate more frequently. But we suggest that you get your child examined by a pediatrician and follow his advise. As regards diet, please check out the previous questions on this topic (question nos. 1-4, 2-2, 2-8 & 2-9)
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I would like to know about my child...
my child got the conversation when he is having high fever and how long we should care for this and what are the medicines , to use in case of emmergency.. as well as the hospital is little far from the place to take treatment and what is the first aid that we have to do..
with regards

Answer:

We just want to know if tonsils operation for an 8 year old boy is essential.he takes homeopathic medicines regularly and does not get frequent attacks of cold .here the weather being too cold and there is snow fall for a long time during winter we are scared.so just advice us on this.

Answer:

Please refer to Question # 3-5.
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I have cold probelm and too much water in coming from the nose.  what are causes and the precautions one should take to prevent this?
 

 Please consult an adult physician.
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My daughter is a ADHD child with slight brain disfunction.She is not under medication for hyper activity. I received advice from the Hyperactive children support group at London that hyperactivity can be controlled by proper diet. They also advised me to give her Primrose oil and also Trace elements. Please enlighten me as to the correct dosage of primrose oil and trace elements.
 

I am having leg pain for 5 month
 

 

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