Infant growth is an important variable that determines the nutritional and health status of children and during growth faltering supplementary feeding is very essential and saves a child’s life. The overall purpose of this study was to establish the association between dietary intake of supplementary foods on recovery and growth of children attending Daynile district hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia. A one month follow-up period longitudinal study with 28 participants was pulled from a baseline study that included 196 children (6-59 months) attending Daynile District Hospital. Children with global acute malnutrition (z-score less than minus two (-2)) were selected for the follow up study. Data was collected using digitized questionnaires in the Open Data Kit (ODK). Baseline data was analyzed using SPSS v20 software, nutrient intake and follow up data were analyzed using Python version 3.7 while Ena-For-SMART version 2015 was used for analysis of anthropometric data. P-value less than 0.05 were considered significant. From the baseline study, majority (90.3%) of the children had eaten food prepared from dairy products. Carbohydrates such as grains, tubers, and roots were also among the highest (88.8%) consumed foods. The study children had a high prevalence of stunting (18.4%), wasting (17.3%), and underweight (27%). A significant association (p=0.032) between mother’s complementary feeding practices, household income and minimum meal frequency was observed. From the longitudinal study, the feeding regime indicated that 9 out of 28 children (32%) transitioned from Ready to Use Supplementary Foods (RUSF) to Lipid based Nutrient Supplement (LNS), 7 out of 28 (25%) did not transition from RUSF while the remaining 12 (43%) children received LNS all through the entire one month of monitoring. At the end of the follow up, 56% (16 children) improved and were transitioned to LNS. The overall mean height, weight, and mid upper arm circumference differences for all the children who took RUSF and LNS slightly increased throughout the assessment period though the mean difference was not statistically significant. Treatment of moderate acute malnutrition with RUSF and LNS resulted in recovery of children. Therefore, there’s need to introduce effective and sustainable supplemental feeding programmes as a stop-gap solution in an effort to address the high malnutrition rates among these children. Keywords: child growth, nutrition status, supplementary foods, dietary intake