I'm currently using pediasure for my 2y old daughter, after consuming for half a year, the effect is still not noticeable. is there any other formula milk will help toddler to gain weight, as well as less expensive? thks.

This post has been edited by saab900: Apr 18 2011, 04:29 PM

Pls take your daughter to the doctor and have her examine to determine the root cause of her under weight.

How is her food intake?
She is already 2yrs old, rely on milk alone is not enough. Mayb you can do something with the food. Trigger her interest to eat more.

I agree with cc980024..milk should not be the only source of food. Maybe can try out to cook different types of food for her to entice her. food is always trial and error. Kids may like it today..and hate it tomorrow and vice-versa.

For two year olds, milk is usually secondary nutrition. Good and healthy food is a must! Try this : Special Porridge

Cook porridge with carrots and potatoes. Fry some ikan bilis in a shallow pan using olive oil until crispy. Remove excess oil with kitchen towel. When ikan bilis has cooled down, grind it in a blender and sprinkle 1 tbs over a bowl of porridge. My daughter loves this recipe!

You two year old should have at least 2-3 complete meals a day with two servings of milk. My daughter is in the 92 percentile in height and her her weight is just nice for her height. When she was two she drank Enfagrow twice a day and has at least 2 meals a day with adequate protein, carbs and fats.

Understand tat small kids at the age of 14mths - 36mths.. sometimes they love their food and sometimes they reject without reasons. My boy was like tat before.
So I feed him porridge.. when he lost interest, I fed him rice (watery) for a few mths.. and lost interest again.. switch bk to porridge. Will have to keep trying.. but as long as they eat.
Until they are 3yrs old, things could get better when they can understand and know wat they are eating.

thks for the advice. my daughter is a small eater and very active, wonder that could be the reason she can't put on weight. she is 25 months now and only 9.9kg. i'll try to give her more variety of foods and try some of your recipe.

I think it's perfectly normal...during that age. My son is 20 months and he's active..sometimes i wonder where he gets his energy from and there are times that he refuses to eat. I don't force him to eat if he's in those "I'm not going to eat anything" phase today. As long as I know he is still active and do eat here and there (like fruits, yoghurt, bread) and of coz his milk..it should be ok. His weight is about 10kg.

Somehow, i noticed that he likes eating what we eat, so if I would give him whatever we eat.. not just porridge (btw my son hates porridge). Maybe you can try that too? Give your daughter food that you eat..of coz just cut or mashed it up

i oso give ikan bilis, but instead of using oil to fry it, i put in oven, bake till crispy, then mash till powdery. Bcoz my bb is under 1 yo, so, i dun want to use oil so much. This method is more easier n less oily. just to share.

Very good idea. Y I never thought of that. Anyway, my mum did the job. She fry the ikan bilis, smash to powder for the porridge. In her fridge, all time ready with this bilis powder. Once in a while, I will steal those bilis powder and cook for myself.

Out of curiosity..though i know we are asians..and we tend to just follow what our parents fed us when we were babies..but..do you ever divert from giving just porridge to your toddlers?

Frankly, i think it's rather jelak...though you can play with the contents but still ..base is porridge.

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Added on April 20, 2011, 9:46 amOne thing i can admire the mat salleh is that they are quite creative when cooking food for their kids..be it the recipe or just presentation.

This post has been edited by phythia79: Apr 20 2011, 09:46 AM

I believe not all parents practice daily porridge base .. is just most of the meals by rice porridge.
We did prepare smash potatoes + carrots for my boy last time. Sometime sweet potatoes, pumpkin. Anything soft because that is what he could take that time. But of coz now no more.. as he is already 4yrs old. But is still asian.. eat rice with dishes.. hahaha.

haha, it does smell very nice to mix with porridge, i don't have to steal... i will sapu all leftover from my bb. Hahahha...

i oso smash it into powder form n store in fridge. 1 more thing, as ikan bilis could be very salty, salt is no-no for bb now, so, i will wash the ikan bilis, then put ikan bilis in filter n put into water, for at least 5 hrs, to let salt come out b4 i overbake it.