Can't get her to drink her milk

[Barb Glare]

Hi,

it's a good idea to see the paed. But the crossover of percentiles is not necessarily a bad thing. And if it is its important to get to the bottom of why things have changes. Breastfeeding was clearly supporting her growth and development very well. Has she been sick? Or are their allergies or intolerances in the family? Eczema? Asthma? Ear infections? Is she just now growing to her genetic percentile - ie was she bigger than she was destined to be as an adult - and she's had to "slow down". Bottles seem to be a necessary part of baby development - it's advertised heavily. but most breastfed babies go from breast to cup without ever using a bottle and frankly they just don't get it! Is she having calorie dense foods - they can have plenty of good fats, meant etc at this age. And thats all better than cow milk. Once again, the common foods we are often sold as good for babies are low cal- many of them we would eat if we were dieting - not if were were trying to grow. But good to get it all checked out.

[~ Mylitta ~]

Tina, I couldn't get Kyson to drink cows milk until he was almost 2.5 years old. He would flat-out refuse to drink it. We tried a whole bunch of tricks to try to get him to drink it (babychino's, soy milk, adding a little flavouring, different cups etc.) and nothing worked. Then one day he decided he liked it and has drunk it ever since. Funny little monkey. I wasn't terribly worried though because he always ate a lot of yoghurt and cheese.

Shayla has recently gone from the 75th percentile for weight, down to the 50th and then the 25th according to the MCHN's chart. I don't pay much attention to the chart though and just look at her and she is a very normal looking 14 month old. I think the reason she dropped in the percentiles is because she crawled and walked so early. Most of the kids that the charts are based on would not be walking at the age she was, so she's had month of extra baby fat burning exercise so she was bound to be lighter than the average kid her age. Also, when I plot her age on the WHO charts (which are based on bubs that are/were breastfed) she's actually still closest to the 50th percentile.