Guest guest Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 I found a great way to help my daughter gain weight was to add flax oil and/or nut butters to her smoothies! You can also use coconut milk in rice and it not only tastes great, it will help her put on weight. I add sesame oil to her veggie rice....fry plantains in walnut oil (oh god, it's good too) etc. We just add the nut butters and healthy oils to any foods I can think of. We also use homemade salad dressings to put on salads or other foods. They are easy to make and we just make enough for one meal at a time. I went through an issue with my pediatrician some time ago being threatened that she would act if my daughter didn't start gaining enough weight. Try looking at her family genetics. Where was her father at this age? Where were you? Is this really about her diet or just about her growth patterns? I bet she'll have a growth spurt soon. Additionally, while I believe most picky eaters are really listening to their bodies, there are ways to help her expand her dietary horizons. I've worked to help my " picky eater " learn to think of food not as something scary but just as food. When she made that shift and realized " I can take a few bites, decide if I like it and go from there " it helped her find the willingness to try new things. Now, this 7-year-old who refused anything that appeared out of the ordinary loves navratan korma, a variety of tofu items from Chinese restaurants, homemade salad dressings and a variety of other ethnic dishes. Good luck to you. Lucy Hello to all my vegan and vegetarian friends. I am asking for advice and shared experience on an issue that my family is having. My middle daughter, Mckayla Marie (almost 10 yrs old) is a very very picky eater. She is slightly below the 5th percentile on her body mass index, which means that she is a little under weight. She does not like many of the common fattier foods like avocados or olives, and she can only eat so many nuts. She does like peanut butter and I get her to eat it as often as possible. She is vegan, although she is allowed to try other foods if she wishes, but so far she chooses not to. She was raised omni most of her life, but she just could not do it anymore. She is an ethical vegan, her sisters and I are also. She has only lost about 1-2 pound, but she is not gaining. Do any of you have any tips on how to slip her extra fats? She is such a small eater too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 One more thing..... her body will request more food when she needs it. For now, it's likely she's eating foods that she is processing more completely and truly utilizing. She's probably eating REAL food rather than the highly processed junk that the body doesn't recognize as food thereby creating a physiological request for more intake. Make sense? --- Lucy Watkins <lucywatkins wrote: > Thu, 12 Jan 2006 05:07:30 -0800 (PST) > Lucy Watkins <lucywatkins > helping children gain weight > > > I found a great way to help my daughter gain weight > was to add flax oil and/or nut butters to her > smoothies! You can also use coconut milk in rice and > it not only tastes great, it will help her put on > weight. > > I add sesame oil to her veggie rice....fry plantains > in walnut oil (oh god, it's good too) etc. We just > add > the nut butters and healthy oils to any foods I can > think of. We also use homemade salad dressings to > put > on salads or other foods. They are easy to make and > we > just make enough for one meal at a time. > > I went through an issue with my pediatrician some > time > ago being threatened that she would act if my > daughter > didn't start gaining enough weight. Try looking at > her > family genetics. Where was her father at this age? > Where were you? Is this really about her diet or > just > about her growth patterns? I bet she'll have a > growth > spurt soon. > > Additionally, while I believe most picky eaters are > really listening to their bodies, there are ways to > help her expand her dietary horizons. I've worked to > help my " picky eater " learn to think of food not as > something scary but just as food. When she made that > shift and realized " I can take a few bites, decide > if > I like it and go from there " it helped her find the > willingness to try new things. Now, this 7-year-old > who refused anything that appeared out of the > ordinary > loves navratan korma, a variety of tofu items from > Chinese restaurants, homemade salad dressings and a > variety of other ethnic dishes. > > Good luck to you. > > Lucy > > > Hello to all my vegan and vegetarian friends. I am > asking for > advice and shared experience on an issue that my > family is having. My > middle daughter, Mckayla Marie (almost 10 yrs old) > is > a very very > picky eater. She is slightly below the 5th > percentile > on her body mass > index, which means that she is a little under > weight. > She does not > like many of the common fattier foods like avocados > or > olives, and she > can only eat so many nuts. She does like peanut > butter > and I get her > to eat it as often as possible. She is vegan, > although > she is allowed > to try other foods if she wishes, but so far she > chooses not to. She > was raised omni most of her life, but she just could > not do it > anymore. She is an ethical vegan, her sisters and I > are also. She has > only lost about 1-2 pound, but she is not gaining. > Do > any of you have > any tips on how to slip her extra fats? She is such > a > small eater too. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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