For those mamas who have given their LO pediasure, when did you know when to stop? We started…
For those mamas who have given their LO pediasure, when did you know when to stop? We started pediasure about 2-3 months ago and I honestly don’t even know why. I think my daughter went through a not eating phase and she was always small due to being premature so I supplemented with pediasure. She’s 14 months now (12 adjusted) and weighs almost 23 pounds. When I say she’s small, to me, she’s short. and in my mind I feel stupid because pediasure isn’t going to make her grow taller. At this point, I feel like she’s chubby. Her arms and legs are very chubby and I don’t think she needs the pediasure anymore. only issue is she’s used to it. she doesn’t like the taste of regular milk now. I’m also not really a fan anyways because it causes so much mucus, but almond milk is too few calories. Thoughts?!
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Emily ·
Try mixing the Pediasure with whatever milk you are transitioning to. My daughter is almost the same age and is also 23 lbs. She is in the 67th percentile for weight, so I don't think your sweet babe is too small. I don't think she is chubby either. Babies have rolls 🤷♀️
CurlySue·
Мама двоих (1 год, 5 лет)
What a cutie!!!!! Maybe try making her smoothies. My baby girl gives me a hard to eat anything! She lives off of breastmilk and snacks. I make her smoothies which helps. Just fruits and spinach for the most part, she loves them!
Monica·
Maybe switch to the pediasure sidekicks? That one is less about weight gain and more about supplemental nutrients, I think. My son gets that a few times a week because he's a picky eater, but definitely doesn't need to gain weight.
Do you give her the vanilla or chocolate pediasure? You could try to steep vanilla sticks in plain milk, strain it, then have her drink vanilla flavored milk. (I assume that's safe for kids, because it's straight vanilla, not the extract with alcohol or anything.)
cantdeletebutimgone·
If I remember correctly you're only supposed to give pediasure for 8 weeks, 2 a day. My daughter has always been very small we started giving her PediaSure when she was 2. She gained about 4 lb and we stopped after 2 months. I started giving her smoothies that included fruits vegetables and greens like spinach and kale and I also cooked and then added quinoa