Natalie went to the doctor today for her 15 month appointment. We found out that she has lost weight! She was 20 pounds at 13 months and now she is down to 17 pounds 14 ounces. She is only in the 3rd percentile for height and even lower than that for weight. Natalie is officially on the extreme fat and protein diet. Her calorie intake should be anywhere from 2,500 to 3,300 per day. The doctor gave me a pamphlet on "Power Packing" her diet. She gets to eat everything the rest of us shouldn't. Butter on vegetables, peanut butter on everything, fruit in heavy syrup, smoothies made from ice cream, double cheese on her grilled cheese, potato chips with dip, fried chicken, whipped cream, and milkshakes. I also have to load her whole milk with instant breakfast powder to boost her calories. The girl already eats like a truck driver. I wish I had her metabolism!
So, I went to the store tonight and walked the junk food isles and PURPOSELY picked out items that are fattening. An overweight girl looking at labels of highly fattening food and then putting them in her cart. Ridiculous. I should have sent Paul.
Every inch of my mother being hates the fact that my daughter is putting junk into her body. I just hope she doesn't start hating the healthy stuff when she has reached her weight gain goal. Not to mention her mother doesn't need all that crap in the house either! Ah!
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Erin my best friend went through the same thing with her three boys and I wouldn't stress too much. She looks healthy I just think some kids are smaller framed. Your little natalie is adorable!!!
I know this is from awhile ago, but I totally understand. When my two and a half year old was younger (up 'til about 20 months), she was barely clinging to the charts. She ate a TON, full fat yogurt with cereal and oatmeal and a banana at every breakfast. And at one point she was under 20 lbs again at 20 months old. Then, miraculously, between 21-24 months old she put on EIGHT lbs and has totally 'normalized', ever since being in the 30-40% range. Now my seven month old is teeny tiny, and my doctor's attempting to freak me out about it, and I'm just like, "Nope, as long as she seems healthy, active and happy, I'm just giving her time to get to her own normal, I'm not worrying about what your chart says is normal!"
I feel for you though, it's hard when your kid is 'outside' the norm, and as much as you feel like you should just listen to your instincts, it kills you to think you might be wrong about something and not listen to the doctor on something important.
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