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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't have answers OP, but interested to see what others say and would love for you to report back after your next appointment.

My 8 yr old (and I) got a big lecture from the pediatrician at her last appointment because, while she'd gained weight and height, the doc felt her growth rate for weight was slowing too much. But she eats plenty, has lots of energy, plays sports, and sleeps well. So it's not really clear what we are supposed to *do* about it. We've started offering higher calorie add ons to meals and snacks (mostly in the form of glasses of whole milk, smoothies with protein, etc.) and maybe it's helping?

I don't really know what else to do. Obviously I care about my kid's nutrition, but it doesn't seem like there is anything wrong, so it's baffling.[/quote]

My pediatrician encouraged us to:
1) Offer both my daughters “fourth meal” before bed, whatever they would eat, usually a yogurt or a piece of toast with honey
2) Add butter and oil wherever we could, like butter on steamed broccoli and not just the plain broccoli; more-than normal butter on toast; oil on top of pasta, then the sauce
3) Whole milk only, even well into middle school

They’re both on track now, just barely, but enough that the pediatrician doesn’t lecture us anymore![/quote]

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