Pediasure

[juryk]

Re: Pediasure

@Ira

juryk, pediasure is all well and good, you should try it but if your toddler is old enough to eat, i would suggest keep introducing new foods to eat as well. Keep offering food even if she refuses to eat. WIth my extremely picky daughter, i sometimes have to apply the 5 bite rule. She has to take atleast 5 bites out of her food before she is allowed to leave the table. Like you, i also get tired of trying to feed her. Her pediatrician says she will eat when hungry but when she is hungry she only asks for certain foods (like milk!) and not a variety. Sometimes it helps if my husband feeds her because if i am frustrated, she can feel it and reciprocates my frustration with hers. Also, some days,i try to leave the food on the table with her and she feeds herself. My mom says its better for her to take a few bites of her own will than me feeding her the whole bowl forcefully. Same advice by her ped. Some days i also try to add high calorie things to her diet so she gets her calorie requirement in. Like butter in her noodles or nutella on her toast.

I totally understand how you feel. So i just thought i would list what works for us sometimes. Other than pedia sure maybe you can let her have full reign on what and how much she want to eat instead of forcing her?

Jazakallah ira…Inshallah I will try to introduce pediasure nd keep trying diff variety of food.