Services Nutrition Counselling
Service 05
Feeding is the first skill of parenting — and the most questioned. From breastfeeding to the teenage appetite, we turn the noise of advice into a calm, practical plan that fits your child and your kitchen.
Why nutrition counselling
What a child eats between birth and school age shapes immunity, growth, concentration and lifelong eating habits. Yet most feeding problems — the child who won't eat, who eats too much, who is always 'weak', who has anemia — are managed with more worry and less plan.
Nutrition counselling at Happy Kids Clinic is a proper consultation: growth plotted, intake discussed honestly (including what the child actually eats, not what the plan says), and a practical roadmap built for your family's routine, budget and food culture.
“We never chase a single 'miracle food'. We build a plate, a rhythm and a calm that lasts.”
— The counselling principleBy age & stage
Exclusive breastfeeding — latch, positions, supply worries, and knowing exactly when (and whether) a top-up is genuinely needed.
Starting solids right — iron-rich first foods, textures by month, allergens introduced early and safely, and the messy months handled with patience.
Appetite dips are normal; feeding battles are optional. Structured meals, 'division of responsibility' and gentle strategies that actually end the food wars.
Lunchboxes, screen-time snacking, milk refusal, juice overload — recalibrating habits before they become teenage problems.
Calcium, iron, vitamin D and protein for the growth spurt; healthy weight, eating disorders awareness, and body-image-positive conversations.
When to visit
A little pickiness is normal. These patterns are worth a proper conversation — the earlier, the easier.
How we manage it
Charts, intake and habits — we start with the real picture
What the child actually eats, not what the plan says
Built around your kitchen, budget and family food culture
Small techniques that end the food wars at the dinner table
Plans are tuned at follow-ups until they fit like a glove
No food diaries to obsess over, no shaming — just progress
What you gain
Mealtimes become calm again — for everyone
Iron, protein, calcium and the rest — without force-feeding
Deficiencies caught and corrected early
Weight and height curves moving the right way
You'll know why children eat the way they do
Plans that grandparents, nannies and school all can follow
The picky eater
Most picky eating is a normal phase that parents accidentally turn into a battle. Here's the calm alternative.
A feeding consultation looks at the whole picture — medical, developmental and behavioural — not just the plate.
Nutrition FAQs
Children's appetites are naturally uneven — one day a feast, one day a nibble. The reliable measures are growth on the chart, energy, and the number of wet nappies/regular stools. If the trend on the chart is healthy, the child is eating enough.
Around 6 months, begin with iron-rich foods — mashed dal, cooked and mashed vegetables, soft fruits, egg and meat (in India's context, well-cooked and appropriate to your family's diet) — followed by a variety over the coming weeks. We'll give you a month-by-month start guide.
Vitamin D is commonly recommended for infants, and iron is checked around 9–12 months. Beyond that, supplements should follow a need, not a trend. We'll tell you exactly what your child needs — and just as importantly, what they don't.
Under 1 year: breastmilk or formula is the milk; cow's milk only after 1 year. Juices are best avoided or strictly limited — whole fruit wins. Excess milk or juice is one of the most common causes of poor appetite and anemia in toddlers; we'll set the right limits.
Gently, and with evidence. We can write down the feeding plan in simple language that family members can follow, and you're welcome to bring them along to a consultation — an informed family is a supportive family.
Keep exploring
Nutrition counselling runs alongside growth tracking, weaning advice and the vaccination schedule — one doctor keeps it all consistent.
Serving families in Wagholi · Kharadi · Viman Nagar · Lohegaon · Hadapsar · East Pune
Fix feeding, calmly
No food diaries to obsess over, no guilt. Just a plan that works with your family's real life.