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Is Your Child Suffering From Mental Illness?

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For a child every experience is a new experience. Different experiences and stages in life Build different perceptions in their minds. There is a really fine line between a child throwing tantrums and a child with symptoms of mental health problems. A number of times, these behavioural changes are recognized only as a stage of a child’s growth by a lot of parents but ignorance is not always bliss. If you just brush it off and your child’s behaviour actually has its roots in a mental illness, you’re only allowing it to grow. Most commonly occurring mental health problems in children are: 1 . Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) 2 . Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) 3 . Conduct disorder (CO) 4 . Mood and anxiety disorders like depression or bipolar disorder 5 . Schizophrenia 6 . Eating Disorders like anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge-eating Dr. Promilla Butani always insists, knowing the triggers and causes of mental illness are critically essential jus

How to introduce Solid foods to your baby

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Dr. Butani’s Best Pediatrician in Delhi offers pediatric as well as maternal care services. She provides a vast range of pediatric treatments, Counselling of parents and adolescents. Here’s Dr. Butani’s advice on transitioning your baby to solid foods. The first food for infants is breast milk but when your infant grows 1 year old, it is necessary that you start giving solid foods to them. However, milk should remain an important part of our diet throughout the life as it is a source of various essential nutrients. Just like you need to keep some points in mind while breastfeeding (Read our blog ‘Importance and The Ways of Breast Feeding by Pediatrician Dr. Promilla Butani’) you need to pay attention to a few things before you start giving solid foods to you baby. When is the right time? When the baby is between the age of 4-6 months parents are advised to start giving solid foods to them. Generally, babies smaller than that age have a tendency to push out the foods with the