carnation instant breakfast for toddlers?

mistresscox

I'm having an incredibly difficult time getting DD to eat anything for breakfast.  I offer a variety of things and she's just not interested.  Even if she says yes to something when I put it in front of her she refuses to eat it.  The only thing she wants in the mornings is milk.  I was thinking of getting some of the carnation instant breakfast things to add to her milk (giving her chocolate milk and hopefully more nutrients) but I am not sure of the nutrition info on them.  Are they super high sugar?  Is there a reason I shouldn't give them to her?  

momtoRaegan041008

My husband starting drinking them for breakfast and my daughter thinks it's so cool to have a breakfast milkshake like daddy.  I only give her half a package or 3 small spoonfulls of the powder and then mix that with milk.  She really isn't much of a milk drinker, so it has really helped to get her to drink more milk.  Sadly, I have never looked at how much sugar is in it.  I guess that makes me a bad mommy.

mistresscox

momtoRaegan041008:

Sadly, I have never looked at how much sugar is in it.  I guess that makes me a bad mommy.

It doesn't make you a bad mommy at all!  Honestly if I hadn't spent so much time on the bump when pregnant and when Cameron was tiny I wouldn't even think to look at that either.  I am in no way a nutrition person, but I am trying to pay attention to what all I give her.  

It's good to hear that your daughter likes it though-I would hate to buy a whole box and have her refuse to drink it.  Might still happen, but hopefully not.   

KatieLG04

we did a 1/2 packet a day when DS was 1 and was low on the weight chart.  Within 3 months he was right back where he should be so the extra calories really helped.  We really didn't have to do it for too long and it didn't seem to hurt his appetite doing the small addition.

2bearichards

My daughter is not on the charts for weight and we met with a nutritionist who suggested giving her one Carnation Instant Breakfast a day.  I actually give them to both my kids since neither is a very good eater.  While I haven't seen a change in her weight, I at least know she is getting some vitamins.

I compared the "lower sugar" CIB to the regular one and, I can't remember specifically, but it was higher in something that made me not buy it (sodium maybe?).

anna7602

I have no idea what the effect is on kids, but when I was having a hard time gaining weight during my pregnancy, the OB recommended it and I really started packing on the pounds quickly.

momtoRaegan041008

mistresscox:

momtoRaegan041008:

Sadly, I have never looked at how much sugar is in it.  I guess that makes me a bad mommy.

It doesn't make you a bad mommy at all!  Honestly if I hadn't spent so much time on the bump when pregnant and when Cameron was tiny I wouldn't even think to look at that either.  I am in no way a nutrition person, but I am trying to pay attention to what all I give her.  

It's good to hear that your daughter likes it though-I would hate to buy a whole box and have her refuse to drink it.  Might still happen, but hopefully not.   

My daughter had to meet with an Endocrinologist when she was around a year and half and they suggested the Carnation Instant Breakfast and adding powdered milk to her food.  She wasn't a fan of it before now.  They had a really good deal on Amazon about a month or so ago, where you got 3 big canisters of it.  All chocolate though. 

nic326

I do. I can hardly get DS to sit and eat anything in the morning so I give him one of these in the morning, or a yogurt smoothie.

Emcat1980@yahoo.com

This is actually a fairly common recommendation from pedis for kids who are having trouble gaining weight. It's a good source of nutrition when mixed with milk and generally pretty well received!

Jen&Len

We do half a packet a day on the days that DS doesn't eat well (which is most days).

mistresscox

Sweet-thanks for the advice ladies! I'll be off to the grocery store tomorrow to pick some up.  

lauren&matt

I love that stuff and used to drink it when I was working (and young and skinny and didn't care about sugar or calories, lol Anyway, I have heard a lot of pedis rec it... but don't buy the low-sugar or no-sugar or whatever that it... it has splenda (or something artificial... I cannot remember) in it. Just buy the real stuff.