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Underweight 3yo

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Snickers94 · 29/12/2024 01:43

Hi everyone,

My 3yo daughter is getting thinner and her bones are becoming prominent. She is a very, very picky eater and rarely seems to want food. I can count on one hand how many times she's told me she's hungry in her lifetime.

At childminders she apparently eats well. At home, she eats safe foods. She rarely eats fruit or veg at home and is now underweight and in the 1st centile. Before age 2 she was always between 25th-50th 😢 I've not been to the doctor yet, as they rarely seem to give useful advice. I get a lot of concerned comments about her weight from friends and relatives and have tried different techniques to get her to eat. They haven't really been sustainable.

Has anyone had any luck with helping their kids gain weight? TIA 🙂

OP posts:
mollyfolk · 29/12/2024 23:15

We were sent to a dietitian when my picky DS measured underweight. They sent us to a workshop for picky eaters and I followed all the advice - basically about how to add calories to the food they eat - and we were very successful. It wasn't easy to do but it worked,

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