Is she getting taller? My daughter is 2.5 and is the same weight as when she went for her 1 year appointment. She has grown about 4-5 inches though.

Thank you ladies! :-)

They've been worried about my daughter's weight since she was a year old. They monitor it very closely which is soooo stressful because I cannot force feed her. I stopped giving her cow's milk and switched her to soy, which she was a also allergic to. I also cut back her liquid intake a LOT so that she would be more hungry. I just recently switched her to Almond milk and she also does carnation instant breakfast. She's FINALLY eating and gaining a teeny bit of weight. One of her pediatricians was never all too worried about it, while another had me feeling like a terrible, neglectful mother. I understand how frustrating this can be, OP. Try and get her to snack on things like peanut butter and crackers or cheese and crackers or cream cheese. I also give my daughter hummus and crackers. ANYTHING that she will eat, I will feed her and while I have my boys on an eating schedule, if she asks me for a snack or something in between meals and other snacks, I feed it to her. Hang in there!!

If she won't drink those then I would get a vitamin and just keep trying to get her to eat. Have you tried feeding her more times throughout the day? I wouldn't worry too much though. She will eventually start eating more and gaining weight.

I talked to my dietician about my kids because they're petite and highly active so I was worried about them losing weight. Her recommendations were to let them snack through a day. So offer breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner and before bed snack. Before bed we give them whole milk with chocolate carnation so it tastes like chocolate milk. We add butter or oil to anything that we can for their meals. Mashed potatoes, noodles, veggies.

My son went through a picky stage of pretty much only eating cheese. I started giving him pediasure. He didn't lose or gain any weight while drinking those. He is finally getting out of the picky stage and is gaining weight now.

I give my daughter Pediasure once a day and it's helped her put on some pounds. She's on the petite side too so her pedi recommended it when she was around 18 months.

Walmart & Target sells the generic version and they're about a few dollars cheaper than the Pediasure brand.

We tried to pediasure, every flavor, and she refused to drink it! We still have her on whole milk.

We do try and there are certain things she loves and will eat, but she seems to be getting fuller faster, if that makes sense. She might take 4 bites and be completely done with food.

I wouldn't say it's necessarily typical, but if she's really become an extremely picky eater, I would think that was the cause and wouldn't be hugely concerned except trying to get her more calorie dense foods. Smoothies made with fruit, spinach, and yogurt are healthy and full of nutrients.