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OT follow on formula versus cows milk for an underweight toddler
"Anne Rogers" wrote in message
... Nathanael is very underweight, both for his height and head size and for his age. He weighs about 23pounds and is 34 months, over the last few months he has lost weight as he was at one stage 25 pounds. Have you seen a doc/dietician? What do they recommend? You might also want to look at the "build-up" drinks, which are chocolate, banana or strawberry milk flavours. We used to buy them by the crate for my (invalid) father, and I seem to recall my underweight nephew chugging a few to try and bring his weight up. We could get them from the hospital for free or buy them from tesco (usually in the pharmacy section rather than the milk drink section), ready to drink or in powder form that you add to cow's milk.. http://www.nestle.co.uk/Nutrition/He...Build-upRange/ If you are boycotting nestle, I'm sure there are a couple other brands on the market. |
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OT follow on formula versus cows milk for an underweight toddler
Have you seen a doc/dietician? What do they recommend? You might also want
to look at the "build-up" drinks, which are chocolate, banana or strawberry milk flavours. We used to buy them by the crate for my (invalid) father, and I seem to recall my underweight nephew chugging a few to try and bring his weight up. We could get them from the hospital for free or buy them from tesco (usually in the pharmacy section rather than the milk drink section), ready to drink or in powder form that you add to cow's milk.. http://www.nestle.co.uk/Nutrition/He...Build-upRange/ We've seen the doctor and flagged the problem, his suggestion is to generally just encourage eating well, but not to prevent him from having chocolate and to try and add in a cereal bar each day, so all very general rather than specific advice. The plan is to review it in 3 months. He is so small he had to be weighed on the baby scales, not the regular scales, it looks really silly to seem him squatting on them! Anne |
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