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Child Nutrition (Expert Forum)
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Renee Radenberg - Child Nutrition, nutrition
This forum is for questions and support regarding child nutrition issues such as: Acne and food, Allergies and food, Balanced Menus, Diabetes, Finicky Eaters, Healthy Snacks, Nutrition, Weight Loss.
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.
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by vix_hh, Sep 20, 2009 10:43AM
hi my 10 month old daughter has a feeding tube and is on a high calorie milk formula called infatrini. She has had problems gaining weight since her birth she arrived 4 weeks early and spent 4 week in nnu as she had no detectable sugar level. She also had very poor muscle tone.She also had a problem with vomiting until abut 4 months ago. She continues to have problems with her weight ( although she is currently in proportion due to the formula she is on) and with drinking fluid her current doctor can find no reason for this and is doing no further test to find the cause of it. I am really worried as she is showing no sign of growing out of it. Do you have any idea what could be causing this.
Is your child male or female?
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Female
What is your child's height?
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71 cm
What is your child's weight (kgs or lbs)
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19lb 3oz
Doctor's Answer
by Renee Radenberg, Sep 20, 2009 09:02PM
, Sep 20, 2009 09:02PMTo: vix_hh
Your daughter has been through a lot. From what you have stated things have settled down, such as no vomiting, and hopefully she will start to gain weight. If she is not gaining weight, then suggest either increasing the tube feed rate or change tube feed formulas to a 1.5 or 2 calorie per cc. Has your MD considered starting her on baby food, if tolerated, along with the tube feed? That would help her gain weight.
