Guest guest Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 Hi, and everyone, I had this disagreement with everyone in 's life about keeping on the bottle. I felt that it was vital to keep him on the bottle because it was the only guarenteed calories we could get into him every day. I won the fight until just before he was two, when his dad just took the bottle away one day from both and his one year old sister. As I feared, did begin to look skinnier, in spite of the fact that many days he seems to eat a fair amount. What I am doing now is putting toddler formula into whole milk for his sippy cup, just as I did for his bottle. This has the same calories as pediasure (30 cals per ounce) without all of the sugar and slow emptying issues of Pediasure. Then after dinner, but before bed, since he is not permitted to have anything but water after bedtime, because Dad is worried about his teeth, I give him a sippy cup full of a high-cal yogurt drink. I have found two of these. Dannon has one and there is an organic brand, too. The Dannon has 270 calories in 8 ounces. The organic brand has 240. Either is certainly a calorie shot right before bedtime. I think he is looking a bit better although we still don't need an x-ray to count his ribs. If I had my vote, I would still have him on the bottle and worry about the teeth later. Not getting adequate nutrition will harm way more than a person's teeth. I am not a doctor and so you must consult your doctor, but these things have helped us. Conny, 's great-aunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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