The Stress of Parenting

[PhillyGirl]

I am so stressed out. My daughter is 14 months old and is just not gaining weight. I have done all that I can do and still she is only in the 3rd % for weight. The doctors are making me freakout with words like failure to thrive. I just feel like I am at the end of my rope. And there are all these mothers at church with there advice on how to put weight on her; like I haven't tried it. I got a good book from my nutritionist that says the parents responsibility is to offer a varied of foods and the childs responsibilty is how much they it or if they eat at all. They all say not to force but it is so hard when everybody keeps reminding me how small she is. Anyway, if you have any good advice great; if not I just needed to vent.

[mxmama]

Oh I am so sorry you feel this way. I cant offer help because I I am in a similar situation. I am going to post about it soon.


I hope things change for you and your daughter

If she isn't sick I wouldn't worry too much about what people say... even the doctors.

Just my opinion

[5ft Diva]

Go back to the first time you posted this. You are the mother and you will know what is right for your daughter. Do you feel intuitively that something is wrong w/ her or do you feel everything is okay? Follow that feeling, no one else is privy to that. I met another lady this weekend who's daughter (20 mo) is in the 1% for weight. She didn't seem too worried, just made sure she was getting the nutrients her daughter needed - what else could she do, put her on steroids? This was her 4th child, mind you. Hope that helps.

[PhillyGirl]

This is the same post I posted a few months ago. Some how it got posted twice. Things are going better. I visited with a nutritionist. I wrote about it in another post; extremely picky eater. Sorry for the confusion.

[mxmama]

saw the date was older... but I also saw no replies sorry

[5ft Diva]

Oh, my gosh, that is funny. No wonder the conversation sounded so familiar!