Post by textbookcase on Sept 21, 2016 10:27:58 GMT -5
Ugh, I'm sorry. I'm not on a lot these days and I came here this morning looking for a post about it, too. I can't believe this is the world we live in in 2016.
I haven't read all the replies, but if she's on the small side, borderline anemic, and having some issues with eating, it might be worth requesting the comprehensive celiac panel to see if celiac could possibly be causing the issues. Those are common symptoms.
Oh, thanks! That's interesting. I'll talk to her dr about that possibility. She doesn't have any stomach issues, no pain or diarrhea. I'll definitely look into it.
Can I ask why they think she's FTT? Sounds like she's staying on her curve if she's consistently between 5-10%ile (and now 16%ile)? DD (10) hovers around the 3% for weight and 25% for height. But she's been stayed on that curve since she was 9 months old so our doctor isn't concerned (so I try not to be).
She's strong, healthy, and active. Just small.
Yeah that was my question as well, she has always been tiny, it's not a new thing. She has stayed on the curve, just on the low end of it. She did shoot up in height this year but her weight has stayed low. I'm not really overly concerned about the weight, I'll definitely keep my eye on it and sneak in as much healthy fat as I can. I am concerned about her becoming anemic, I have problems with that myself so I'm for sure going to try to push more iron.
The texture issues is interesting, I might have to look into that. She is so weird with her pickiness, sometimes she will eat certain foods with no problem and other times they make her vomit, literally. Smell seems to be an issue with her, she won't eat things with strong smells (like cumin), or she throws up.
Have you tried getting referred to a feeding specialist? I know our local children's hospital has a Feeding and Swallowing Clinic and also does therapy. I had a friend whose son went to them and he is doing great now.
I will talk to him about that at her follow up, thanks!
I haven't dealt with it with a toddler, but my go to for weight gain is always smoothies. When Ethan had GI issues and dropped too much weight, we went that route and it helped when Amelia was almost FTT this year. I'll throw a whole avocado and a giant scoop of PB in there and some cocoa powder and banana and whatever milk they can drink or use pediasure instead of milk to really load the calories (and usually some loose spinach because why not get in some extra iron and vitamins).
The avocado makes it creamy and the cocoa and peanut butter and banana made it taste fine for my kids, and it's super super calorie dense.
Post by textbookcase on Sept 9, 2016 9:52:32 GMT -5
B is 4, almost 5, and had her yearly physical yesterday. She has only gained a lb in a year, bringing her up to 33 lbs. she has always been tiny, always in the 5th - 10th percentile for weight. This time she was in 75th for height and 16th for weight. She is also borderline anemic, not quite there yet but he said to start pushing more iron rich foods. He also said to give her pediasure after dinner. We have done the pediasure before and it didn't seem to help with weight.
She isn't a picky eater but she doesn't eat very much and if I try to get her to eat something she doesn't want to eat she works herself up into a frenzy and vomits up whatever it is. Getting her to eat is like pulling teeth.
Has anyone dealt w this? Advice?? How do I make her gain weight?
Post by textbookcase on Sept 6, 2016 17:58:05 GMT -5
We aren't involved w GS anymore but when we were the meetings were at 6. Our 4h meetings are usually from 6-830 (that one is a killer, thankfully only once a month). Sports practices right now are from 6-730, but as it gets dark earlier it will move to like 5. We do a lot of dinners in the car, showers and bed as soon as they get home. They're usually in bed by 9. Ages 12, 9, and 4.
It's hard this month! I think I'm getting The Special Power. Or Exhume.
Ooh.. Can you see if lending is available?? Maybe we could trade after we're done!
Side note, remember how the Lending feature was such a big selling point? "Download books and lend them to your friends, just like regular books!"
Now NO ONE has lendable books.
I know, I was so excited to be able to lend. I think I borrowed one from my cousin and that was the only one that was ever available! I'll see if we can trade! I ended up getting The Special Power.
I have the same issues with my girls. What I do is find books that were published a long time ago but at their reading level. They tend to be topically less mature. So basically classics. I also look for books that have won awards
Also there is a series of books called Dear America. They are historical novels written in the perspective of a girl writing in a diary during a historically important time in US history. There is a gold rush one that is great. Anyhow, these are mostly at a 7th grade-ish level so it might be good for your younger one. These books are written by different authors so some are better than others.
Lastly, my 3rd grader just read Lions of Little Rock which is on the summer reading list for rising seventh graders. It takes place the year after the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock. It was a great read and sparked some amazing conversations, especially in today's political climate
Thanks! I think my 5th grader will especially like the Dear America series.
They go to a homeschool charter school, so they do have a teacher and go to workshops 1-2 days per week. I asked her and she said to use AR Book Find, which I have been searching all morning and it's getting frustrating!
Post by textbookcase on Sept 2, 2016 12:48:18 GMT -5
particularly middle-upper grades, how do you find appropriate books for them to read? I know about ArBookFind.com. K is 10 and in 5th grade and she is supposed to be reading books with an ATOS level of 6th - 9th grade. C is 12 and in 7th grade and her ATOS level is 7th - 12th grade. It seems like all of the fiction books they read on their own/are interested in are in the upper 4th - lower 5th level but those books seem to be the most age-appropriate subject matter for them to be reading. The books with the higher ATOS levels seem to be a bit too mature. They aren't allowed to take AR tests with a lower ATOS level than they have tested for.
OK I keep coming back to this innocuous thread like a psycho. My dad used to say, "Never choke an artichoke, it'll choke you back!". But my dad was really cheesy. I lived in mortal fear of the spikes around the heart killing me. True?
Lol, I remember being deathly afraid to eat the little things you take out of the heart because my mom said you could choke on them.
Also, eating them w mayo is far superior to butter.
Post by textbookcase on Sept 1, 2016 19:25:25 GMT -5
For eating, no necessarily growing them. My stepdad and I are debating, lol. He is from Boston but has lived here in California since like the 70s. He thinks people on the east coast don't eat artichokes at all. I think people eat them regularly everywhere and he's crazy. WHO IS RIGHT?