Toggle navigation
Toggle navigation
Home
DCUM Forums
Nanny Forums
Events
About DCUM
Advertising
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
FAQs and Guidelines
Privacy Policy
Your current identity is: Anonymous
Login
Preview
Subject:
Forum Index
»
Tweens and Teens
Reply to "DD gained 28 pounds over the summer with Dad."
Subject:
Emoticons
More smilies
Text Color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Violet
White
Black
Font:
Very Small
Small
Normal
Big
Giant
Close Marks
[quote=Anonymous]Our daughter had a significant weight gain at her 12 year old appointment. Our pediatrician (rightfully) gave the parents a talking to. We made some changes - cooked more at home (which I hate), increased her activity, and changed the kind of desserts available. The next year she grew 4 inches and had gained 4 pounds. And now years later is perfectly healthy teen with a healthy weight that hasn’t varied more than 2 lbs in years. We said nothing to her and just implemented family changes. Swapped popcorn for chips at lunch. Offered fruit, single serving cheese, and nuts for snacks. Dinner was lean protein and veg, starches were limited. Dessert was a scoop of slow churned vanilla ice cream - not a McDonald’s sundae. I signed us up for a swim class so we swam 4 nights a week. When she expressed interest in a sport, we signed her up for some lessons so she got a really focused workout. [/quote]
Options
Disable HTML in this message
Disable BB Code in this message
Disable smilies in this message
Review message
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
