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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks PPs, your posts are incredibly helpful. Even as a baby, DD didn’t recognize when she was full. She spent a week in the NICU due to poor feeding. I nursed her and when she didn’t gain much, I pumped and bottle fed breast milk for the first three months. The most she ate was 3 oz at a time. I threw away a lot of milk.

Since upping the supplements a week ago, something unexpected has happened. I was worried that the supplements would take the place of food and that DD couldn’t manage both. But that hasn’t happened. In fact, she is eating MORE now that we are supplementing. She now gets a hearty breakfast, protein bar for snack, lunch, a supplement and snack after school, dinner, and a supplement before bed. It’s only been a week but so far so good.

I’m also happy to report that we have found an awesome pediatrician. She comes highly recommended by people here, she has helped two friends’ daughters with eating disorders, and she instantly bonded with DD, possibly because she is well under 5’ herself. She didn’t discount the feeding tube approach, but didn’t feel it’s right for DD right now. Given DD’s ability to manage the supplements on her own and her new found enthusiasm for food (or fear of the tube), she recommended reevaluating in one month. Meanwhile, she will study her chart, calculate her nutritional needs based on her activities, and we will discuss a new game plan for weight gain. I couldn’t be more relieved. Not that she said all is well, but that she promised to fix whatever is going on together.[/quote]

I'm so glad to hear this.  (I'm the PP who suggested dialing it down and working with your DD and DH to find something that DD can take ownership of).  It's great that you have a doctor who you all can relate to and work with... and that she is taking a measured approach.[/quote]

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