maddy's 15mo. checkup

alisa1228

she has always been a peanut, but now her dr. is a little concerned.  she wants her on pediasure or enfamil next step instead of whole milk, until we reevaluate at her 18mo checkup.  i don't get it - the girl is always eating.  i think she is just super active.  but i still feel like a bad mom who doesn't feed her child enough.

TexasSmith

Aww, don't feel like a bad mom! Some babies are just small. If you are concerned, have you considered getting a second opinion?

rayskit10

TexasSmith:

Aww, don't feel like a bad mom! Some babies are just small. If you are concerned, have you considered getting a second opinion?

i agree. i mean, if she eats a well rounded diet and eats meals and snacks everyday, she may just be little. when Truitt went from the 90% at 9 mos to 75% at a year to 25% at 18 mos, all my dr asked was how he eats and when i told her his diet she said she wasn't worried....

jen5-03

Aw! Toddlers are crazy eaters. No need to feel guilty. Eloise dropped 30% over 6mo (from 9mo to 15mo) and her pedi suggested that I add more fats to her diet - avocado, olives, butter, olive oil, peanut butter. After hearing that I realized that her favorite foods were tofu and veggies - none of us would gain weight eating that So basically her diet was a little too healthy.

M&M614

Oh please don't worry too much.  I agree iwth the PP -- if she eats a well-rounded diet and she's still just small... maybe she's just supposed to be small.

 Mia also dropped quite a bit.  She went from 75% to 4% from her 9mo to 22mo (she was sick when we went in...).  At 24mo she was back up to 10% and her weight vascillates to be honest. 

We're human!  We're all different.  Embrace her tininess and enjoy being able to still carry her around. 

rayskit10

jen5/03:

Aw! Toddlers are crazy eaters. No need to feel guilty. Eloise dropped 30% over 6mo (from 9mo to 15mo) and her pedi suggested that I add more fats to her diet - avocado, olives, butter, olive oil, peanut butter. After hearing that I realized that her favorite foods were tofu and veggies - none of us would gain weight eating that So basically her diet was a little too healthy.

if you haven't heard me rave about avocado before, let me tell you once again: it's one of the only foods out there that a human being could live on with no other nutrition (other than water, of course)

here is the little bookmark that i used to justify avocado as a 1st food to my 1st (useless) pediatrician and still keep to sing the praises of this delightful fruit :

https://www.peertrainer.com/DFcaloriecounterB.aspx?id=2022

M&M614

I feed Mia a steady diet of peanut butter and avocado before drs appts. 

LisaK2b

Is your doctor non-asian?  The only reason why I ask is because it's usually almost a given that asian babies/kids are always smaller than non.  All my little cousins are in the 10-25% tile.  My aunt is a physcian assistant at a pedi office in Sugar Land and all her kids are little too.  And I would think that she's doing everything right for her kids?  Emmy is as big as her 3.5yo girl. 

But I agree with other posters, try a more high fat diet.  Emmy is a big meat eater and loves drumsticks and pork ribs.  It's sad when we hide her green beans as "dessert" because we want her to eat the fatty stuff first.