Hello,

This is my first time posting to the list. I hope I don't break any rules.
:-) I did search the archives before posting to try to find answers, so I'm
pretty sure I'm not just asking the same old question.

I have a friend who is nursing her 19 month old. He does eat solids, but
isn't all that interested in them, and only weighs about 19 pounds.

Here are some quotes from my friend about her pediatrician's advice:

"The doctor said we have to get him eating high calorie foods.  I told her
it's not that I'm depriving him of food he's just not interested.  She told
me to start trying him on Pediasure, she'll set up an appointment with a
Dietician or Nutritionist but that will take a couple of weeks."

"Her suggestion was that we may have to refuse him altogether and while
he'll go crazy for a while (understatement!) he'll get the idea then that he
will have to eat solid food."

I'm not too impressed with this advice, and was wondering whether anyone had
some authoritative advice to counter it, or something she can bring to her
doctor to explain why she shouldn't wean. At 19 months, I guess it wouldn't
be a huge tragedy to wean, except that I don't think this is for the right
reasons, and I'm concerned that weaning would actually aggravate the
nutrition/weight gain problem rather than solving it.

Any thoughts? My friend is in Toronto. Maybe she could stop by Dr. Newman's
office and pick up some literature? Isn't that where he's located?

Thanks in advance, all.

Elvi Dalgaard

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