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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We give him milk with cereal for breakfast (unsweetened cheerios are his fave but we also do honey bunches of oats), but it's probably at most 1 c. He won't drink it straight. We've even tried making[b] chocolate milk with cocoa powder and some honey but again, not interested. 
The pediatrician suggested fortified oJ, and yes he will drink that but i don't like the high sugar content. 
In the smoothies -- almond / coco milk or coco water[/b] [/quote]

OP, this is a problem.

You say he's a picky eater and are concerned about his calorie intake and then you restrict oj (sugar!) and make smoothies with almond or coconut water instead of milk or yogurt. 
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This isn't the time to battle sugar....especially the fructosr from OJ!!

Your main goal should be getting calories and fat on this kid AND encouraging him to enjoy food. Who wants a smoothie with coconut water in lieu of a nice creamy whole milk one?! Especially for a kid.[/quote]

Yeah that's making me wonder if mom is anorexic. I would only give my kid coconut water if he was sick. I think there is a huge overlap between eating issues in mom and kid. My 8 month old ate grapefruit last night. I exposed her prenatally and via breast milk to green vegetables, coffee, hot sauce, grapefruit, etc. People have a crap diet (without realizing, lack of insight is a feature of anorexia) then wonder why their kid is so picky. They don't even expose the kid to good food during the critical 6-18mo span of time when baby is interested in mouthing things because they simply don't have it in the house. [/quote]

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