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Suggest Treatment For Weight Gain
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Our 21/2 year old grandaughter is underweight. Her parents have worked with Nutritionist. The child refuses to drink her enriched formula...wanting only juice. Today this has become a battle of the wills. her Mom is beside herself. Our granddaughtesr has taken in 1oz of juice at 8 AM and refused milk all day. Her Mom thinks she should give in give her juice. I think she should consult Nutritionist, distract her from this battle and keep milk on ice and accesible to child. Would you kindly share your input with us? Thank you. L.
Our 21/2 year old grandaughter is underweight. Her parents have worked with Nutritionist. The child refuses to drink her enriched formula...wanting only juice. Today this has become a battle of the wills. her Mom is beside herself. Our granddaughtesr has taken in 1oz of juice at 8 AM and refused milk all day. Her Mom thinks she should give in give her juice. I think she should consult Nutritionist, distract her from this battle and keep milk on ice and accesible to child. Would you kindly share your input with us? Thank you. L.
Wed, 18 Mar 2015
Hi, hope you are fine.
Yes, she should consult a Nutritionist. As far as my concern, At this age, mostly kids become fuzzy. It should be keep in mind that parents should not foce feeding to their baby ever and they should make eat their kids variety of foods , not juice only. If your baby don't like milk ok ..you can make recipes with milk and make him eat. And because you are only who make learn your kids to eat different types of foods,how would they know? It is totally upto parents . Because I have a baby she is 10 months old and I do so as I mentioned above and she learned to eat whole variety of foods.
Hope I have answered your query
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Yes, she should consult a Nutritionist. As far as my concern, At this age, mostly kids become fuzzy. It should be keep in mind that parents should not foce feeding to their baby ever and they should make eat their kids variety of foods , not juice only. If your baby don't like milk ok ..you can make recipes with milk and make him eat. And because you are only who make learn your kids to eat different types of foods,how would they know? It is totally upto parents . Because I have a baby she is 10 months old and I do so as I mentioned above and she learned to eat whole variety of foods.
Hope I have answered your query
Best wished
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