Hi, My daughter is 5.5 and is very tall for her age and is also slightly overweight. She has also suffered from constipation most of her life.
Recently we've made a real effort to get her eating far more healthy foods. She didn't eat very unhealthy foods before but did eat a lot of white bread and butter, she loves peenut butter and rice cakes and she was drinking Rocs organic which is full of sugar. She was also eating sweets, pop corn, cakes etc mostly at MIL's house.
Now she's eating loads of fruit, raw carrots, sweet potato, butternut squash, onions chicken, potato, pasta and some rice dishes. She now drinks either sugar free squash, watered down apple juce or milk.
I think she's done so well and I'm delighted that she's taken it so well. I just feel that I need some advice on what to feed her to help with her constipation. Only recently I found out that bannana's aren't good. Are there any other foods we should be steering clear of or limmiting? She loves rice cakes and I'm not sure wether they are good or not? Also, she loves peenut butter but it's so fattening. Is there an alternative? She's happy to eat brown bread instead of white now which is good.
I'd just like some information about what exactly she should be eating and not eating to help with her constipation and to contol her weight. She has a very big appertite and isn't very active, so it's tricky. I don't want her to be hungry but I'm aware she isn't really doing enough to burn the callories.
Do you know of any websites that can let me know how many callories she should be eating, just so I have a rough guide and also things like portion size etc?
Thanks. 