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Child Nutrition (Expert Forum)
22 months and 17.14lbs
Answered by
Renee Radenberg - Child Nutrition, nutrition
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To help the Registered Dietitian evaluate your child's nutritional status, please state your child's weight (in kg or lbs.), height, and age in the content of your question.
To help the Registered Dietitian evaluate your child's nutritional status, please state your child's weight (in kg or lbs.), height, and age in the content of your question.
22 months and 17.14lbs
by Tehyamay, Feb 11, 2008 05:32PM
My daughter was born at 5.4lbs. since birth she has not progressivly gained weight. At 9 months she got sick and lost a lb in 3 days. since then she has only gained a lb maybe 2, she is 22 months now. We brought her to her 18 month check up, at that time she weighted 18.7lbs. My doc refered her to a specialist and at her appointment she was down to 18.1lbs. Given special instructions of giving her high fat, high callorie foods we went home. One month later we went in for a Weight check and she weighted 17.18lbs. We were advised to give her 3 pedisures a day on top of meals but that does not seem to be making a difference. 2 weeks after her weight check I brought her into the doctors office for another weight check and she had lost another ounce. Throughout this whole time since seeing the specialist she grew 3/4". I am starting to worry about her. She is now down to size 1 diapers. My month and a half old baby is in size 1. Please help! I need suggestions.
Doctor's Answer
by Renee Radenberg, Feb 12, 2008 09:45PM
, Feb 12, 2008 09:45PMTo: Tehyamay
The diet they have her on is what I would have suggested. Did the MDs do tests on your daughter to see why she is losing weight? Your daughter needs an examine of her GI, cardiac, rule out certain disease states, and have all blood-work, etc done to find out the weight lose. If they did not, then maybe you may want to consider changing doctors.
Heather