I have a 2 year old with growth and eating problems.

Jennifer - posted on 01/27/2010

I have a son who is 2 1/2 and was in the 3% for weight for at least six months. I started when he was 2 giving him 1 pedisure a day on top of his 3 meals. He gain 3 pounds in 4 months which is HUGH. He is now 28 pounds still very skinny for his age and not an ounce of fat on him but he ia gaining and that is great progress. A frined of mine told me about it and it worked for her as well. Good luck everyone I know what it is like to fight over food every meal every day.

Khushi - posted on 01/17/2010

my daughter is 5 and refuses to eat on her own,i have a maid for her. also she chews or keeps her food only on the right side of her mouth . i dunno what to do???

Rachel - posted on 01/03/2010

My 3-year-old daughter has a feeding disorder and cyclic vomiting syndrome (which probably caused the feeding disorder). We go to the feeding clinic at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. Things are 100% better than they were a year ago when my dautghter lost weight for 6 months in a row, but we still have to work very hard to get enough calories into her. I'd love to talk if you are still looking.

Tracey - posted on 11/17/2009

Hey Amy
Great to hear your son is eating and experimenting more. That clinic sounds fantasitic! My son also is 2 years old and has growth issues due to lack of eating. He has been tube feed since he was 5 months old as he had really bad reflux and refused to take anything orally (oral food aversion). He also has just started to make a few gains taking alittle bit of food orally ontop of his tube milk feed. I really sympathise with you i know exactly what it is like to fight with your child to eat without pushing too hard at the same time! Some days i feel the whole day is all about him and tube feeds / food.
We have found that our son is more into the crunchie plain type foods and also not sooo great on the slimy/sticky textures. We were recommended to do lots of messy play with the textures he isn't good with, and exposing it to him at dinner table. Like having a side bowl of jelly for example every meal with no pressure to touch or eat it. over time he has slowly got used to the smell and look of it, then he started playing with it and eventually he put some in his mouth. It is all about taking it really slow and baby steps. Good luck!

Rachel - posted on 07/29/2009

I have an amost three year old was diagnosed with a feeding disorder at 14 months. She was on an only liquid diet until after she was 2. She is treated at the feeding and swollowing clinic at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin by a behavioral psychologist and a speech pathologist, a nutritionist and other health care professionals, She eats yogurt and Boost pudding every day, high calorie liquid nutritional supplements, and some small amounts of food. But, we have to fight with her at least once a day to get her to eat, and recently she lost weight between appointments. Things are much better, but it can get really tought. When we travel, she stops eating altogether. Although I feel like the light at the end of the tunnel is closer, sometimes it still seems very far away.



And I get very tired fighting about eating even once a day with her -- as my husband put it, its a total moral buster for the day.

Cindy - posted on 04/21/2009

unfortunately i am still getting no where with my son the dietian didnt work they only gave me strategies to use on him and i have tried every single before even getting to the appointment at this moment my 2yrs 8mths old is 12.4 kilos and is about 88 cm in height and the doctors said as long his weight and height percetile are the same there is nothing they can do but my 7mth old is only three kilos behind him and i am really getting worried about him. it is good to talk to other people who have problems with their kids eating

Sarah - posted on 04/19/2009

I have a son that just turned 3 who just now weighs 20 pds We have had several test they always say short stature or failure to thrive I am so happy that their are other people out their that have eating problems. It is nice to be able to ask for help or ideas on how to feed the lil man! Has anyone thought of growth hormones, I want to but our family members are against it.

Rachael - posted on 01/07/2009

wow, that is great, he is making great progress

Cindy - posted on 11/26/2008

i have a two yr old that i have to fight and struggle with every day to at least eat one meal i have pested the doctors about it and have gotten no where but now that i have spoken to a speech therapist about his delay in talking they have referred me to a dietian but i am unsure whether it will work. the speech therapist thiks the fact that he does not eat properly is the reason for not talk as he is not using the mouth musles properly

Marie - posted on 11/24/2008

That is amazing! My oldest is 7 yo. He has a chromosomal deletion that causes small stature in the first place and then it also caused a severe cleft lip and palate which caused all kinds of feeding issues! My 4 yo has Asperger Syndrome with Sensory Processing Disorder. That has been a lot harder. Where my 7 yo's issues are mostly mechanical (he does have mild SPD too) the 4 yo just can not tolerate so many foods due to texture, color, smell- all kinds of things. I am open to any and all ideas that would help! :)