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Giving rice as packed lunch to small children becomes messy. Try giving whole wheat bread with different stuffings.

Kaladi- a popular dish in Jammu region.

You will need green corriander chutni, sweet tamrind chutni, big chunk of paneer and grated carrots, finely chopped onions, tomatoes and corriander.

On a tava add a spoon of butter and toast the slice of paneer with a little salt. In the same tava, add a little more of butter and toast two slices of bread. Spread green chutni on one slice and tamrind on the other. Place the paneer on the slice with green chutni. Sprinkle a little chat masala and the vegetables. Cover this slice with the other slice with tamrind chutni on to the vegetables. Press this sandwich with a flat laddle.

This is a complete healthy meal for your child . Adults can also eat this minus the butter.

hi moms

I would suggest vegetable parathas,like allo paratha, ghobi,or mixed vegetable paratha where in you can grate the vegetables mix with atta  or u can stuff it .

you can even grind palak or tomatoes &mix with atta , the color also changes , the children also likes it because it is very attractive & somethig differnt than routine. It is very healthy also.

hope u all try this once.

Hi,

Pack simple lunch as chapathis,Upmas,Idli,dosa,vegetable avalakki

Hi Santi,

You can pack bread & omlet, Chapati & omlet,Chapati roll with different fillings ,

other bread items like dosa, plain akki roti, akki masala( i.e grated vegitables with salt and chilli powder) roti,

Ready rice like lemon rice, vegetable rice, geera rice, fried rice.

South indian rice Bisibelebath, pulliyogerai, vangi bath (instead of brinjal other vegitables like beans cutted with long piece and split the same),grained atta idly, rava idly, masala idly, upma.

along with one small box of salad or cut fruits or sweet.

It gives complete food to child.

hi

why cant u try fried rice.its very easy and simple dish.and also it covers all vegetables like carrot.beansnpeas,capsicum,cabbage..........list wil goes on .the taste wil also like every kids.if not fried rice means u can make veg.pulao or veg.biryani.

Children are very particular in what they eat. So try to send the food what they like.

As he is in preschool send limited quantity. Try Buttercorn, sandwiches.  pack 1sweet like besan laddu. snacks like chakli,kodbale,nippatu. With breakfast so that it will be intresting.

If u pack the breakfast then make it attractive. If u are making dosa then make ten small dosas rather than putting one big one. First we have to make them understand the importance of breakfast.Day by day they will change. Morning atleast make a habit of eating little breakfast at home. Involve him in packing the lunch box.  

My son of age 5 's urine is always surrounded by ants. Is he diabetic? Bcoz my father and grandparents are diabetic. I'm not. Please help me.

If your son is otherwise fine, Urine surrounded by ants is no indication that someone is diabetic , this is quite a common feature, but because diabetes runs in families so whenever you visit your paediatrician next do discuss your family history with him so that he/she  can keep a watch.

Greetings Doctor,

Hi Natalia,

No 2 kids are same so u cannot compare him with your daughter, From what you have written, doesn’t looks like there is a problem, some kids start speaking late, so if his understanding of things and hearing is all right,don’t worry, just continue talking to him, reading to him and otherwise stimulating him and just relax and enjoy your babies!