wow.

i NEVER knew that. Yeah girl go get u some! That stuff is EXPENSIVE For what it is.. its like, 10 bux for a 6 pack.

Just call.. u dont gotta go down there incase they say no and u get embarassed.

thnks sandy

what i posted earlier said that pediasure is eligible for WIC, you're not guaranteed to get it.

never hurts to ask though!

I think if your son is underweight and has troubles gaining they should give it to you without a problem.

its not that.its cause some days hes not eating as much as i want him to.

You don't need expensive pediasure just because he doesn't eat as much as you want him to on some days.

Watch how he eats. You'll notice that he'll eat more on some days and less on others. This is 100% normal behavior for kids. Sometimes, when they are growing, they will eat non-stop. But when they aren't spending a lot of that energy in growing, they don't need the same amount of food.

If he is gaining weight and has no other problems, you probably won't get the pediasure through WIC. They give those to people whose children have Failure to Thrive - which is a major concern.

thanks

I wonder if Alyvia would qualify for it then. They haven't used that exact phrase with us yet, but depending on who sees us (some of the nurses are more hardcore than others) they get that look on their face.

Has she always stayed within her weight percentile? My daughter was in the 25 percentile when she was born. Just a wee little thing, overdue she was 6lbs 12oz and only 18 inches long if you stretched her way out. She wore newborn diapers for more than 3 months! She weighed around 16 lbs at one year She has just always, always been a small person.

There were some times I was not comfortable with her weight and talked to my doctor about it. He said she stayed within the same range percentile wise and he was not concerned. She was growing. She just didn't grow fast or big.

I bought a bunch of baby food books (super baby foods come to mind) and made all her food from scratch. Fed her whole grains, etc. So whatever she did get in her, I knew was GOOD food. In researching nutrition for babies/toddlers, I started noticing she was normal. Some days she'd eat like it was going out of style and then she'd slow her eating way down. The eating times were high growth periods. The slowing down times were when she didn't need all that food energy to keep her growing. I started to relax and know that her body was smart. It is innate that they would know when they are hungry and when they aren't. I didn't want to be that mom who became a short order cook, trying to get her to eat whatever she would. I finally came to see that when I cook, she either eats or she doesn't and I cannot fret about it. I have to let that go. Kids can (not saying anyone here has that issue) use food as a tool of control. They are in control of what foods they eat and how much they eat.

She was 6 pounds 13 pounces when she was born (which was, umm, 25th I think?) and then slowly dropped percentiles since then. Her last two appointments she was under 5% for weight and height combined, and I think right at 5th for height alone. I think she's about 18 pounds now, at 15 months old.

That sounds about like what my daughter was. Sigh. I know it is hard. We want the very best for them and worry if they don't gain weight.

I *boosted* my daughters food with wheat germ and flax seed meal and carnation instant breakfast. I remember well all that time trying to make all her food more and more calorie laden and nutritious.

How often is she nursing? I'll bet her weights jump when that slows down and/or stops.

She nurses probably four times a day (but she'd stay attached at my boob 24/7 if I let her) and then off and on all night. We co-sleep and she nurses pretty much all night long... whenever she rolls over she pops a boob in her mouth. We're having a battle with whole milk right now. She'll only drink it if it's chocolate (which I really don't like) and will spit it out if it's white. A few people suggested warming the milk in the microwave but I'm a paranoid fruitcase and I'm scared that the microwave might... I don't know... make the milk bad if it's warmed up? Ugh, that probably makes no sense. I'm just so scared it'll make her sick.

It won't make it bad. If you leave it out after you warm it for a long time, it will. But a little warm milk never hurt anyone Instead of chocolate, try using that Carnation Instant Breakfast in it.

I worried the same way you do about warming milk up, but that's the only way I can get Kaylee to drink it is if I take the chill out of it. I only pop it in the microwave for 25 seconds or so (Of course every microwave is different), JUST enough to take that chill out of it & she'll guzzle it right down! The only time she's ever got sick was when we were over at Shane's parents one night for dinner & I was getting ready to make her a bottle.. Shane's dad jumped up & offered to do it & asked how long to warm it up for, I told him 20 seconds or so because they have a newer microwave.. Well he must have had it in there for 45 seconds (I went to pee while he was doing that) & Kaylee chugged it all & threw up chunks of milk not too long after. If you only warm it up to get that coldness out of it, Alyvia will be fine!! I know what you mean about being scared to make her sick though, but it's worth a shot to see if she'll drink it then.

I drink warm milk before bed in the winter. Well, I actually warm the milk on the stove and add chocolate... so I drink warm chocolate milk In the 'OLD' days, babies were served milk that had been warmed on the stove.

OOH! Since you're here, Ingi! Do you think Ovaltine would be a good choice for a toddler? I was going to ask my dad to pick some up for us this weekend during his visit!

Michelle: I might actually get brave enough to try it tonight!

I'll pm you the pages with the Nutrition fact on both Ovaltine and Carnation Instant Breakfast

You're my hero

Could you possibly PM that to me as well Ingi? I was curious about ovaltine as well. I'm not familiar with the carnation instant breakfast. Adriana just doesn't drink milk, period. I keep offering it to her tho.