Kelsey Rathbone — Apr 19, 2013
From the time my daughter turned one, she started a slow decline in her weight. At first, her pediatrician and I decided to give i…
From the time my daughter turned one, she started a slow decline in her weight. At first, her pediatrician and I decided to give it some time since we just took her off the high calorie infant formula for premies. When we returned for her 18 month visit, she was barely on the growth chart and had not really gained weight...maybe a couple of ounces in the six months from her one year appointment. Her pediatrician gave me Barbara Cox's name and number and suggested to give her a call to help with my daughters nutrition intake. I thought I could do this on my own and we would see positive results by her two year check up. By the time her two year appointment came, she was below the chart and had not gained weight from 18 months to 24 months. Setting aside the fact that she was a picky eater, she simply did not want to eat and when she did, it was very little. Despite the lack of food, she was surprisingly a very active child. My daughter turned 2 in March and about a week and a half after her birthday, we had an appointment with Barbara. Barbara was very insightful and clearly had the knowledge and experience to help me, as a parent, understand what nutrients I needed to give my daughter beyond the everyday foods she was given. I truly did not realize I was creating bad eating habits for my daughter by allowing her to eat whenever she wanted simply because I just wanted her to eat. In allowing this, when it came to Lunch or Dinner time, she wasn't hungry therefore, not getting t
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From the time my daughter turned one, she started a slow decline in her weight. At first, her pediatrician and I decided to give it some time since we just took her off the high calorie infant formula for premies. When we returned for her 18 month visit, she was barely on the growth chart and had no…
From the time my daughter turned one, she started a slow decline in her weight. At first, her pediatrician and I decided to give it some time since we just took her off the high calorie infant formula for premies. When we returned for her 18 month visit, she was barely on the growth chart and had not really gained weight...maybe a couple of ounces in the six months from her one year appointment. Her pediatrician gave me Barbara Cox's name and number and suggested to give her a call to help with my daughters nutrition intake. I thought I could do this on my own and we would see positive results by her two year check up. By the time her two year appointment came, she was below the chart and had not gained weight from 18 months to 24 months. Setting aside the fact that she was a picky eater, she simply did not want to eat and when she did, it was very little. Despite the lack of food, she was surprisingly a very active child. My daughter turned 2 in March and about a week and a half after her birthday, we had an appointment with Barbara. Barbara was very insightful and clearly had the knowledge and experience to help me, as a parent, understand what nutrients I needed to give my daughter beyond the everyday foods she was given. I truly did not realize I was creating bad eating habits for my daughter by allowing her to eat whenever she wanted simply because I just wanted her to eat. In allowing this, when it came to Lunch or Dinner time, she wasn't hungry therefore, not getting t
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