Hi.  This is my first post to Lactnet.  I am a WIC Peer Counselor and
Lactation Specialist.  My daughter was 30 inches long and weighed only 18
lbs at 15 months.  She had a good day if she ate 10 bites of food all day.
I didn't worry because she breastfed at least eight times a day so I knew
she was getting nutrition.  She is now 18 months old and eating a little
better - up to 20 bites of food a day.  She now weighs 20lbs.  I was lucky
enough to have a doctor who is also an IBCLC. She reassured me when I
worried about her lack of eating solids.  (I began worrying about it around
8 months.) I guess the proof is in that she has had only two illnesses in
her life -minor virus and ear infection.  I know that she is healthy and
developmentally normal.  That's what is important.  You certainly can't
force them to eat.  I know because I've tried.

Leann Wann
WIC PC and LS
Mom to Tyler - 3 and Anna Grace - 18 months




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