PediaSure for underweight toddler?

[Roni]

Originally Posted by Reader

I'm not a fan of Pediasure, either, but maybe the doctor suggested that because he thought it would be the easiest fix? We have 2 underweight boys, and neither my husband nor I need any extra fat. We have done olive oil, heavy whipping cream, avocado as a topping, guacamole, or plain (one kid loves these & they are an awesome source of fat), and even bacon and cooking in bacon grease for them. Still they are thin, just like my DH was as a kid. Neither of them tolerate sugar very well, and I wouldn't want to introduce unpronounceable ingredients as a main source of their calories.

I think you're right. I wish I had gotten to talk to the Dr. about it, but something made her decide this after the appt. was over.

BTW, since we already have some in the house, we decided to try it. DD will only take sips of it. So, we're going to need a new solution, anyway. She does like bacon.

[karstmama]

my take-away when ds was younger (and not touching the curve for *height*, so might be different than being low percentile on the *weight* curve, so total grain of salt needed here) was that before age 3, growth (again, heightwise) was due to caloric intake and not hormones so before that age small kids need all the quality calories they're willing to take in. if she likes pediasure, fine. if not, the other suggestions all seem great. now, if she's just petite & so is the rest of the family that's certainly less of a worry!

and ds is starting to catch up some in the last year or so! just below 10th%! way better than 'hey, where is the line?'