Patient's question:
The child can walk at ten and a half months, and has lost a lot of weight recently. I wonder if it's related to his grandmother always mixing one scoop of powder with 60 milliliters of water to make 80 or 90, diluting the milk formula. The most he gets is 100 milliliters {a little milk formula is added}. Is it due to a lack of nutrition or should he be dewormed?What kind of help is needed: How should it be adjusted?
Doctor's answer:
! It's true that diluting formula reduces nutrition, but it's definitely not as good as mixing it with the right amount of water. For example, if someone like the child's grandmother mixes the formula this way, the child is essentially just drinking something a bit more concentrated than water, which is definitely not nutritionally sufficient. This is also why the child has become quite thin. If the formula could be mixed with 80 or 90 milliliters of water per scoop, it would be clearly stated in the instructions. Don't mix the formula like the child's grandmother does anymore. If you want the child to gain weight again, then mix the formula according to the correct method.