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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just a glass of orange juice. He doesn't want to eat breakfast. He's fallen off the growth chart but the pediatrician assures us that everything is fine.[/quote]

Can I ask what your ped's rationale was? I have never encountered this in practice (a child who doesn't eat falling off the growth chart and no concerns being raised...)[/quote]

He eats dinner. We put him in front of the TV and shovel food into his mouth (but only pasta and rice because that's all he likes). We insisted that the doctor do blood work to see if anything is wrong. He was found to be anemic so we give him iron every day. The iron makes him constipated so we also give him laxatives. I was thinking of consulting a dietician but the inital consult is $300 out of pocket.
I think the doctor's rational is that he's always been small. He fell off the growth chart at 6 months but we were able to bring him back up by 9 months. It's dipped again and apparently that's his growth pattern.
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PP, if I were you I'd call Birth to Three for a feeding evaluation. He might need feeding therapy. 
We've been there and DS is doing much better. Pediatrician didn't know sh!t about feeding issues.[/quote]

I heard feeding therapy is where they force-feed the child. Is that true?[/quote]

No, not at all. Call for a feeding therapy evaluation.[/quote]

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