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Child Nutrition (Expert Forum)
not gaining weight proper
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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.
not gaining weight proper
by dcausey, Nov 04, 2009 11:32AM
This is my grandchild that we have had all kinds of weight gaining problems. started a almost birth 5lb 10 oz at birth
reflux and very slow weight gain. He has had test for refux upper and lower gi, tested for cystic fibrosis, genetic disorders . Spent 13 day in childerns hospital. the only thing that came back abnormal from the very begining was his pku. we were told it was borderline and retest and is was also borderline. We were told that has nothing to do with his weight gain. So in march at 14 mo old he had a feeding tube button placed. his weight was 14lbs having 16 oz of pedisure in his tube feeding nightly. and 16 oz in the day time plus food if you can get him to eat. he is now 22 months old and did weights 22 lbs until today see the GI doctor said to reduce to 8 oz at night. so now he has lost 3lbs in 1weeks. need to know what is the next step. Also he is meeting all his mental mile stones
reflux and very slow weight gain. He has had test for refux upper and lower gi, tested for cystic fibrosis, genetic disorders . Spent 13 day in childerns hospital. the only thing that came back abnormal from the very begining was his pku. we were told it was borderline and retest and is was also borderline. We were told that has nothing to do with his weight gain. So in march at 14 mo old he had a feeding tube button placed. his weight was 14lbs having 16 oz of pedisure in his tube feeding nightly. and 16 oz in the day time plus food if you can get him to eat. he is now 22 months old and did weights 22 lbs until today see the GI doctor said to reduce to 8 oz at night. so now he has lost 3lbs in 1weeks. need to know what is the next step. Also he is meeting all his mental mile stones
Is your child male or female?
:
Male
What is your child's age?
:
22 months
What is your child's height?
:
2 ft 6 in
What is your child's weight (kgs or lbs)
:
19.5
Doctor's Answer
by Renee Radenberg, Nov 09, 2009 09:04AM
, Nov 09, 2009 09:04AMTo: dcausey
His weight and height are both below the 5th percentile for his age. The recommendations with tube-feeding children are to tube feed at night, if possible. In your case have the amount cover his nutritional needs for the night feed so if he does not eat well during the day, he will get what he needs at from the night tube feed. During the day try to feed him regular food so he develops an appetite for food (will not be full from the tube feed formula). You can try to set up feeding him 3 meals of food so he starts to become hungry between meals and hopefully will not resist being feed orally. For the day time feeds suggest giving him a nutrient dense drink such as Pediasure or milkshake (milk and ice cream blended) in place of milk at all meals for additional calories and protein for growth and weight gain. Hoped this helped you.
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