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Hi, My child is 28 months now. Since very small he had frequent sore throat. Now once a month he suffers from sore throat. Why is this happening? Do i have to do different checkup or something else? Please advise....

Hello, It's normal for parents of a toddler to be worried, as your child has history of frequent sore throat (once a month). During this phase children are developing immunity and have frequent history of running nose, cough, sore throat.I just want to know whether your childs sore throat is associated with fever, difficulty in swallowing or eatin...

I have a 23 months old child. Its been 15 months since his first tooth came out. As of now most of his upper teeth has came out. His lower front 2 teeth and first molar has came out but not lateral incisior. Is there any problem, should i be concerned or it is just normal delay. Yadu Bhattarai    ...

Well children have different timings for eruption of teeth.. The baby teeth complete erupting by 3 to 3 and 1/2 years, so it's normal to have delay in eruption. Usually lateral incisor erupt earlier than molars but in some kids it may happen as a normal thing. One more reason the teeth do not erupt is if the tooth is not formed in the children, tho...

I just wanna ask if my son can eat solid food now or cerelac. He is 4months and 20 days. He look interested in food....

It's better to start after six months. As mother's milk is the best food for infant below six months,it provides all the necessary nutrients, helps to develop immunity, prevent from respiratory infection and diarrhoea. But if you think that mothers milk is inadequate and your child seems interested in food, you can start with semi-solid food after ...

My child is 15 months old boy. I got a complain of bowed leg of my child. I have already consult to junior assistant physio, but according to her the leg is normal. But most of my family member complain about, leg not being normal. What to do ? Plz help...

Hi Sonu ji, If you think it is bowed leg, then it’s good to see the specialist. It should be them to decide whether it’s normal or not. If it is bowed knee then, it’s best to be investigated and treated early. Please see Dr.Subhana Karki or Dr Anupama Yadav in Endocrine OPD in Kanti children’s hospital on Sunday.   D...

My 10 month baby boy is still the same during night time as he cries alot and when i carry him in my lap then he sleeps right after . Why is that? I got my friends babies who are good at night . I got worried if he is going to be same in coming years . Help me please . Is there any remedy?...

Hi, Has it been always the same or changed recently? Does he have any other issues? If his feeding, weight, urine and poop is normal, then no need to worry. It must be because he is habituated with it. Try to make him fall asleep in bed. It may take a while but it will eventually happen.   Dr.Roshma Gurung MD,Pediatrics Kanti Children&rsq...

Namaste, My name is Manju and I have a baby of 4 years (completed this month). His weight is 21 kg and height is 3.5 feet. I would like to know if my baby height and weight is maintained or not. Is he overweight or not. His daily diet contains regular food twice, Lito once, milk twice, 2 pcs of banana and 1 egg. Weekly 2 pcs pomegranate and 2 pcs a...

Firstly, in order to assess the growth (height and weight), we need the exact date of birth and his height and weight during birth.  Also accurate method should be used to determine the height. Considering that the height that you have provided is correct, then for his age height is ok but the weight seems little over. He has touched the line ...

Hello I have 17 months baby. 2 months earlier he caught common cold and cough. We took him to the doctor and he gave some medicines. He was feeling well after the medicine. But after 1 week phlegm (sigan) started coming.  At first it was thin but it started to grow thick and has not stopped still now. His nose needs to be cleaned every half an...

Sunil Ji, First of all how long has this phlegm (sigan) been coming. Next thing is that with cold is there other problems also like fever, difficulty in breathing (wheezing / noisy breathing), cough, etc. If it is just common cold for 4-5 days then there is no urgency in seeing the doctor. You can wait for few more days. But if there are other prob...

Hello my baby boy is just 2 months and he is suffering from common cold. It has been more than 1 week. What shall I do? And another problem is that he has a white, milk like layer in his tongue. Sometime he coughs hard and sometime makes different sound while coughing. I have dog in my house so can it be due to the dog’s hair in my baby&rsquo...

In 10% of cases, common cold may last for 2weeks.However, in order to see if everything is fine see the pediatrician. The white in your baby’s tongue can be two things: First it can only be layer of milk; secondly it can be fungal infection. The method to differentiate it that if it is layer of milk it will go away if u clean with soaked han...

Hello Namaste, I have a 10 month old baby (DOB 2073-10-29) and he seems to have problem in breathing because he makes sounds like “Ghyar Ghyar” during breathing. In past 2 months, 2 treatments were done in this regard. The doctor said that there is no infection but the breathing pipe seems to shrink from time to time. He also added that...

Renu Ji, In medical terms, this problem is termed as "Reactive Airway Disease". If this problem occurs frequently then it will be converted into Bronchial Asthma of Childhood or Child Asthma and it should be treated as Asthma. This problem occurs due to a virus and we doctor term this as "Duplicate Asthma" because as the child grows...

My Baby has constipation since he was 6 months old. Now he is 17 months old, still constipation exists. Since last three months we have been giving "Smulax". He is still breastfeeding, and we are giving him vegetables like broccoli and pumpkins and daily half cup of apple juice. Still no improvement. Please help me to make my baby free from constip...

Constipation in children is generally because of food habit and other common reason for constipation that need to be tested is hypothyroidism. However, in hypothyroidism child’s development is not per their age. What you can do for now is do Thyroid function test to rule out hypothyroidism. If it’s normal then, you needn’t worry. ...

Hello!! Namaste mero 4yrs ko baby teti boldaina,, jun aru usko age ko baby le sabai bolx kina hola?? Kehi problem ta xaina hola ki k garnuparx hamile yesko lagi?? Plz suggest ????????????????????????...

Firstly, How many words and sentences can your child speak at present?? Other question is :Is only his speech affected?? Was their any complications during birth??  If everything is normal and there is delay in speech only then, you need to get your child speech therapist. But, however if other milestones/development is also delayed, then con...

My daughter is 12 days old. Is it ok to oil ear and navel for new born babies?  ...

You can start oil massage your baby as soon as the baby is discharged from the hospital. But it’s a big “no no” to oil ear and navel of newborn baby. Many parents culturally have this practice of oiling babies’ ear and navel. You might be surprised to hear that this a wrong practice. Oil is the source of infection, which bre...