This is OP. I’ll bite. What I did to her to give her anemia is give her a genetic condition that makes her prone to anemia (and other things). We check her iron levels periodically, and she’s anemic right now. Her genetic condition also makes her need A LOT of sleep so we need to get home pretty early to do bath and bedtime. She’s in preschool. For her to still get to to fun things like go to the pool during the week (that other, healthy children get to do) we need to save time somewhere, so I was thinking I would pack dinner for at the pool. But it still needs to be a high iron dinner.

I left all of this out of my OP because you don’t need those details to answer the question “what high iron foods can you take to the pool?”

And no, PP, I didn’t object to you suggesting snacks and not dinner. I said I would make them into dinner. Because the whole point of this project is to save time by not feeding her again after we get home. But snack suggestions that I can make dinner are helpful.

I guess it’s too much to hope that people will read this and think, “wow, I guess OP did know what she needed better than I did!” Instead they will just criticize something else about my post or my parenting or my character.

Confused why she needs to dinner AT the pool?

Dinner before you go to pool OR

Give her a substantial snack when you pick her up and then a proper dinner when you get home.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. Thank you for the suggestions! In law school professors called it “fighting the hypo” (as in hypothetical) when students wouldn’t just answer the question but instead needed to change the question to something else. I’m noticing that now two responders are saying, “don’t give her iron for dinner, do it at other meals!” DCUM can’t resist fighting the hypo. It’s kind of fascinating. I wonder if I do it to other people or if I just don’t answer if I don’t have an answer to OP’s question. I am also going to notice if it happens so much in real life or if this is just a DCUM thing.

Sounds like you have a little research project, OP. Congrats!

After you do that, perhaps you could google "foods rich in iron," and cross reference the responses with "foods your kid likes." When you're finished, please return here and we'll let you know how to use that information.

This x100. I’ve never heard of “fighting the hypo,” but I think this is more of an “ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer” situation.

+1. This is a case of DCUM fighting the stupid.

Just send meat. Any kind of meat including fish.

Hard boiled eggs

And fruit.

Lazy dinner for lazy mom.

Make a bolognese with ground beef, frozen chopped spinach and jar of Rao’s marinara. Mix with pasta of your choice (fusilli is my kids favorite) and pack warm in thermos

Lamb kofta or falafel with hummus for dipping
This recipe is fantastic and both the nuts and lamb have iron
https://www.onceuponachef.com/recipes/lamb-kofta.html

Sautéed ground beef, frozen chopped spinach mixed with mac n cheese stored in thermos
Hamburger (slider sized) kept warm in thermos- assemble on slider bun at the pool.
Canned tuna mixed with Italian dressing- can serve with crackers or as sandwich
Cheerios and an orange or orange juice
Beef chili in thermos

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. Thank you for the suggestions! In law school professors called it “fighting the hypo” (as in hypothetical) when students wouldn’t just answer the question but instead needed to change the question to something else. I’m noticing that now two responders are saying, “don’t give her iron for dinner, do it at other meals!” DCUM can’t resist fighting the hypo. It’s kind of fascinating. I wonder if I do it to other people or if I just don’t answer if I don’t have an answer to OP’s question. I am also going to notice if it happens so much in real life or if this is just a DCUM thing.

It's not that some of us aren't deliberately posting a direct answer to your question, but just giving you another perspective and option that you might not have thought of and could work out well...especially since " give her iron at other meals" (and other similar ideas posted upthread) isn't an unreasonable suggestion....AND it might actually "work" if you are open-minded and give it a try 1x or 2x a week.
There's no harm in this. There's a lot of us who have BTDT when it comes to chronic anemia .

Yes, but DCUM always assumes that people are kind of dumb and haven't thought of the other perspectives themselves. I mean, if OP's child has an iron problem at age 5 and she has even talked to a doctor about it, I'm sure she's considered these other (rather obvious) ideas already and whether they work for her.

The kid needs an iron supplement and a well balanced diet.

Anonymous wrote:OP, has your daughter been tested for celiac disease?

Celiac disease in a young person can cause the anemia.

Or high lead levels

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. Thank you for the suggestions! In law school professors called it “fighting the hypo” (as in hypothetical) when students wouldn’t just answer the question but instead needed to change the question to something else. I’m noticing that now two responders are saying, “don’t give her iron for dinner, do it at other meals!” DCUM can’t resist fighting the hypo. It’s kind of fascinating. I wonder if I do it to other people or if I just don’t answer if I don’t have an answer to OP’s question. I am also going to notice if it happens so much in real life or if this is just a DCUM thing.

Sounds like you have a little research project, OP. Congrats!

After you do that, perhaps you could google "foods rich in iron," and cross reference the responses with "foods your kid likes." When you're finished, please return here and we'll let you know how to use that information.

This x100. I’ve never heard of “fighting the hypo,” but I think this is more of an “ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer” situation.

Yes, I mean look at the OP, her child was poorly nourished and now has anemia and she wants to drag her to the pool and feed her a half assed meal. Not exactly the brightest bulb

OP, has your daughter been tested for celiac disease?

Celiac disease in a young person can cause the anemia.

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. Thank you for the suggestions! In law school professors called it “fighting the hypo” (as in hypothetical) when students wouldn’t just answer the question but instead needed to change the question to something else. I’m noticing that now two responders are saying, “don’t give her iron for dinner, do it at other meals!” DCUM can’t resist fighting the hypo. It’s kind of fascinating. I wonder if I do it to other people or if I just don’t answer if I don’t have an answer to OP’s question. I am also going to notice if it happens so much in real life or if this is just a DCUM thing.

You’re annoying

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. Thank you for the suggestions! In law school professors called it “fighting the hypo” (as in hypothetical) when students wouldn’t just answer the question but instead needed to change the question to something else. I’m noticing that now two responders are saying, “don’t give her iron for dinner, do it at other meals!” DCUM can’t resist fighting the hypo. It’s kind of fascinating. I wonder if I do it to other people or if I just don’t answer if I don’t have an answer to OP’s question. I am also going to notice if it happens so much in real life or if this is just a DCUM thing.

Sounds like you have a little research project, OP. Congrats!

After you do that, perhaps you could google "foods rich in iron," and cross reference the responses with "foods your kid likes." When you're finished, please return here and we'll let you know how to use that information.

This x100. I’ve never heard of “fighting the hypo,” but I think this is more of an “ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer” situation.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. Thank you for the suggestions! In law school professors called it “fighting the hypo” (as in hypothetical) when students wouldn’t just answer the question but instead needed to change the question to something else. I’m noticing that now two responders are saying, “don’t give her iron for dinner, do it at other meals!” DCUM can’t resist fighting the hypo. It’s kind of fascinating. I wonder if I do it to other people or if I just don’t answer if I don’t have an answer to OP’s question. I am also going to notice if it happens so much in real life or if this is just a DCUM thing.

It's not that some of us aren't deliberately posting a direct answer to your question, but just giving you another perspective and option that you might not have thought of and could work out well...especially since " give her iron at other meals" (and other similar ideas posted upthread) isn't an unreasonable suggestion....AND it might actually "work" if you are open-minded and give it a try 1x or 2x a week.
There's no harm in this. There's a lot of us who have BTDT when it comes to chronic anemia .

Yes, but DCUM always assumes that people are kind of dumb and haven't thought of the other perspectives themselves. I mean, if OP's child has an iron problem at age 5 and she has even talked to a doctor about it, I'm sure she's considered these other (rather obvious) ideas already and whether they work for her.

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Anonymous wrote:This is OP. She’s anemic and a supplement hasn’t raised her iron enough to make her not anemic. So her doctor suggested high iron meals in addition to supplement for the next 3 months and then recheck. I do appreciate the suggestions but every time I ask something on DCUM it drives me nuts that multiple folks won’t just answer the question and instead second guess the premise of the question.

Thanks to folks who offered suggestions!

If my kid had anemia I don’t think I’d be dragging them to the pool to eat their dinner out of a bag. I’d prepare a fresh thoughtful sit down meal that’s will nourish they body and then hit the pool or whatever.

My youngest was anemic and I fed him liver, red meat and plenty of seafood. I also made spinach mufffins with chickpea flour.

+100. Stop half-a**ing OP. Take care of your kid. Fix whatever you did that caused the anemia in the first place.