Thanks! help for finicky toddler!

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Thanks for all the support and great advice. I am still breast

feeding but only about 2 times a day so he's not getting much. He

is not much of a drinker of anything so he only drank a little bit

of the smoothies I have tried. However tonight I tried also adding

tahini as Elizabeth suggested and I don't know if that made him

really like it or what but he drank most of it! I didn't think he

would like the spirulina but I may try adding that next time. I did

not know of the product pediasure but I may look into that as well.

So I have some new ideas and I am encouraged! ~Danielle

 

 

, " Elizabeth Murray "

<funwiththekids wrote:

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> I don't know if I'll be much help, but I know what you are going

through!

> My daughter is actually in the negative percent for her weight and

3% for

> height. But I don't put too much stock in those charts.

> Do you still Breastfeed? I do and so I know she gets lots of

nutrients from

> that, including protein. Some kids are just small!

> She is currently 21 months old and starting around 14 months all

she would

> eat was fruit! Like your son. This went on for 4 months. I

would give her

> lots of other things and she'd have a bite then not eat anything

else until

> the fruit came out! I was worried for a while, but then I just

started

> putting lots of good stuff in her smoothie (hempseeds, ground

almonds,

> tahini, wheat germ) that would increase her protein intake and she

would

> just drink it up. I also added spirulina for a while and she

actually

> started gaining weight! But now she won't touch it if it has

spirulina :-(

> Anyway, you've probably already tried smoothie, so I don't have

any other

> advice except keep trying and don't give in! We don't need meat to

> survive! And he will come around to eating veggies again!

> Now my daughter eats just about anything (except pasta for some

> reason...don't know why....)! At least he has picked a good time

of the

> season to eat fresh fruit! It was hard to find good fruit in the

winter!

> Hope this lets you know you are not alone anyway!

> Elizabeth

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> On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 8:18 PM, mylameoww <mylameoww wrote:

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> > I am at my wits end lately with my son. He is 15 months old

and won't

> > eat much of anything lately...except berries (any kind both

fresh or

> > dried) thats all he asks for and one of the only things he wants

to

> > eat. As an infant he ate almost everything, so this is a new

problem

> > and very frustrating. I hear these kinds of food jags are

normal, but

> > he is in the low 10 percent for his weight already (always has

been)

> > so I worry that he eats enough. I've tried so many things, and

now he

> > is losing interest in the things he used to like, especially

> > vegetables, he won't eat any lately. so my other concern is now

my

> > husband is starting to think we should give him meat! (husband

eats

> > meat, but myself and son don't) any advice for how to handle

this??

> > Thanks for your thoughts!

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