Almost 5 yr old eats nothing but likes yobaby yogurt
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My almost 5 yr old DC eats nothing. Loves milk. Doesn't like food. We've already done the take milk away but that didn't work so we have it back after a month.
We have a baby and I was feeding him yobabu yogurt blends. He didn't like it so I asked her if she wanted to try it . She loves it and stakes it to school. Is this weird that she's eating baby food? What else do you think she'll eat? |
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They make yobaby yogurt for toddlers. He could eat that. But I have no issues with giving my 3 yo the Yobaby yogurts. The ones for babies are made with whole fat yogurt as opposed to low fat for older kids. My kid is skinny as heck and could use the fat.
Have you tried other yogurts for your kid? |
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| You means he was previously on an all-milk diet? Or does she eat/drink anything else? |
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| That yobaby junk is loaded with sugar. I would avoid giving it to either kid and try to give her real food. Milk is much better than that stuff. |
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The only concern I would have is that excessive dairy can lead to constipation. My one son loves his dairy: milk, cheese, yogurt, you name it. If we give him his fill of dairy, he'll be constipated in 2-3 days and he gets painful cramps. So we have to ration his dairy and he's fine.
As another PP pointed out, you can get YoKids blend which is better designed nutritionally for older kids. Also, you might want to try her on cottage cheese. It will add some protein to her diet. Another option is to make yogurt shakes for her and see if you can mix in some berries and protein powders (look at protein shake recipes on-line) to make it more nutritionally balanced for her. Keep offering her different foods that are closer to milk and when you find something that works, expand on the concept. |
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| If your child only eats diary there's a huge danger of anemia. I'd cut it all and start offering real food now. |
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Btw yobaby is crap no 8mo old (orf anybody any age) should be eating that.
Have you read the ingredients in it???? |
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If your child eats nothing but soft foods, and has NEVER eaten anything but soft foods, I would speak to a speech therapist (yes, a speech therapist) because this is a muscle issue about chewing. STs deal with the muscles that control chewing.
If this just occurred after the baby, perhaps he is having an issue about wanting to be a baby too. Indulge for a few days until he gets sick of it. |
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Milk, sugar, fruit, and live active cultures. How is that crap unless you are talking about added sugar? |
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You don't mean she literally eats nothing, do you? She must eat something, if you took the milk away and survived for a month? So: what does she eat? And how's her growth and development? And what does the pediatrician say? |
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| She will iron-deficient if she will only take milk and yogurt. Has she always eaten "nothing", or is this new? |
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| It's not weird she's eating baby food. It's weird she's not eating any food. |
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| My kids, now in college, ate a lot of yogurt. Just be sure to give her a vitamin. Could she be imitating the baby? |
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Well, the good thing is that YoBaby yogurt is fortified with iron. The latest I have heard on this is not that the iron and calcium totally cancel each other out, but that a person's body will end up absorbing more of whichever nutrient it is that they're lacking. The biggest issue I can see with the YoBaby is that it's a very small serving size-- 60 calories? I forget-- and if it's all she's eating for lunch, she's not getting much. She literally eats nothing but milk products? No bread? Fruit? NOTHING? |