skinny and tall- pediasure doc says - Page 2

[JBaxter]

I would keep with the smoothies Full fat yogurt, Fruit, some half and half... Im putting in some probiotics and powered vit C.

Will he eat pancakes? I put pumpkin in mine ( organic mix using oil egg and milk) We butter them up well and a spread of peanut butter and a bit of maple syrup. They rock LOL.

[Minxie]

Originally Posted by curious&eager

JBaxter- yes, he's been teething. He just cut 6 teeth in the past month. I'm sure that plays into his lost weight too. And maybe that's all this is, teeth hurting too much to eat and play. I've put the gel on his gums and given him Tylenol at times, but there is only so much Tylenol you can do in a month of teething and I'm not sure how much that Hyland's teething gel really works although little man does like it's taste.

Crashing to offer:

Hyland's makes teething tablets that seem to work better than the gel. I was able to use the tablets alone without Tylenol with my DS when he was that age.

[jwoodbri]

I was just coming to find healthy suggestions to fatten my daughter up. My DH took her to the ped today and they were concerned about her weight. She's 15 months. 20% for height and 3% for weight. I did check the other chart mentioned and she's at best 5-10% a little better. She is certainly petite but doesn't look skinny. They marked her as advanced skill wise so she's doing just fine which I already knew. I'm torn because part of me says I don't need to do anything but the other part is concerned enough to come look for suggestions. She eats a lot of yogurt, cheese, eggs usually everyday. She used to be big into avocado but we've slacked off on it a bit. I guess I'll have to try her with smoothies not sure if she would go for it. She won't go for whole milk. Any subbing for other ideas too.

[Marissamom]

I would focus on high-calorie foods and if you're worried about vitamins and minerals do a multivitamin. I got DD eating more foods by letting her take bites of everything we're eating, except the things she doesn't have enough teeth to handle (she only has 6, so there are things like lettuce that she just can't chew up), and she actually climed on the growth chart between 12 and 15 months, though she's still below the 5th, but since she went from less than 14lbs at 9 months to almost 18lbs at 15 months, her ped has been quite pleased.
I'm also wondering how much whole milk he's drinking? could it be that he's mostly filling up on milk, and then not taking solids? Milk is not the miracle food the USDA claims it is, and if he's still nursing, there's really no reason he should need it. DD's favorite foods right now are burritos, yogurt, bread, peas, and this week she wants to carry an apple around all day. One thing I've noticed is there are some foods she'll like one day and refuse the next, so I've taken to offering at least two foods at a time so she has a choice, because if I just offer something she doesn't want she'll give up on eating.

[CrunchyChristianMama]

Originally Posted by jwoodbri

I was just coming to find healthy suggestions to fatten my daughter up. My DH took her to the ped today and they were concerned about her weight. She's 15 months. 20% for height and 3% for weight. I did check the other chart mentioned and she's at best 5-10% a little better. She is certainly petite but doesn't look skinny. They marked her as advanced skill wise so she's doing just fine which I already knew. I'm torn because part of me says I don't need to do anything but the other part is concerned enough to come look for suggestions. She eats a lot of yogurt, cheese, eggs usually everyday. She used to be big into avocado but we've slacked off on it a bit. I guess I'll have to try her with smoothies not sure if she would go for it. She won't go for whole milk. Any subbing for other ideas too.

To me this is the great part about adding lots of HEALTHY fatty foods to your child's diet. It may help fatten them up, but if so, it's not because of a bunch of sugar and it's not unhealthy for them. So working on adding more healthy fatty foods to your child's diet isn't going to be bad for her. Her brain and growing body need those fats.

[SiobhanAoife]

If you try all the whole foods sorts of things and they don't work for you and you decide to do Pediasure, you might want to first consider PediaSmart, which is a competing product that is organic and presumably less evil.