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naddy (telly)
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Username: telly
Post Number: 651
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Friday, June 08, 2007 - 10:26 am: | 
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hi smiley,
thanks so much for your responses. you dont know how alone i feel at times especially when other kids around me just eat and eat and eat. one of my nieces, who's the same age as my daughter, just sits down quietly in her highchair and open her mouth to accept food. that sight can be really depressing for me.
i live in woodlands.
anyway, now my daughter has just developed a cough and her appetite is worse. i think i can only hope that this sickness will open up her appetite like your daughter!!
forever friends,
my daughter has ALWAYS been a fussy eater. from the very beginning. admittedly, she had a tough beginning. she was premature and had low birth weight (even in my womb she wasn't eating!) and spent almost 2 months at the hospital. i had a difficult time introducing the breast after being used to bottle-feeding for 1.5months at the hospital. but i managed and now i cant even get her to take the bottle!! |
smiley (smileyface)
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Username: smileyface
Post Number: 1114
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Friday, June 08, 2007 - 11:13 am: |
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hi naddy,
i can understand your anguish cos i have been thru. i used to feel really really upset too when i see other kids eating porridge and other food whereas my gal just on cereal n milk. others look at me in such a way that as if me n my mum r lazy n not cooking for her to eat. keep saying we no try feed her porridge. say till as if i m a bad mummy. the pressure is really really too much for me to take also...nearly go berserk. i told them my gal simply refuse to eat and there is no way to force her but many dun believe me cos they says no kid will be like that  these comments really make me v upset.
ya. hopefully ur gal after recovering from her cough will open up her appetite. but my gal that time really sick till v jialat...i.e. 4-5days no eat n drink & was on drip and thereafter her appetite then open up. its was v v heartache but she n me somehow survive thru that tough period. her wgt dropped abt 0.8kgs and this 0.8kgs i use at least 4mths to build up on leh and within days it was back to her wgt at 12mo. i was so sad to see her so thin that i break down crying. maybe she was really really hungry after starving for so many days that once she able to eat, she eat anything i offer her at hospital which i can oni give her plain porridge with some light soy sauce and vegetable sauce. she eat it like some delicacy....n since then onwards i wean her off cereal & jar food totally.
my gal also low birth weight when i give birth to her at wk38. she was oni 2.455kgs and all the while she dun drink much milk n its battle time trying to make her drink milk. i m so sick of feeding her milk that can go crazy. n i see other bb drink so fast n much make me so red wif envy.
what i can encourage u is that to perseverence on. 1 fine day, she will eat like other kids. but the wait can be long....but the day will come eventually. she just not yet discover the beauty of food. |
Red Tulip (red_tulip)
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Username: red_tulip
Post Number: 44
Registered: 12-2006
| | Posted on Friday, June 08, 2007 - 6:39 pm: |
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Hi Naddy,
What i learnt is that your child must understand that she cannot used food to manipulate you. Try not to force then to eat the food no matter how desperate you are. It will make them more resistant to food.
I will suggest to offer her anything and everything even what other parents consider as junk food. Something go into the mouth is better than nothing. My son love soup, so we just go along that line and cook all kinds of soup. Later we found out KFC potato is another choice and he had it at least a few times a week.
Next, if she do not want anything, just act as if you don't care and let her do whatever she wants to do. Try again about half an hour or 1 hour later.
You can also try giving her multi vitamins syrup by adding it to her plain water.
Hope it helps |
smiley (smileyface)
Member
Username: smileyface
Post Number: 1124
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 - 4:34 pm: |
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Hi Naddy,
so how are u coping now? ur gal better in eating? |
naddy (telly)
Member
Username: telly
Post Number: 672
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 - 7:43 pm: |
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hi smileyface,
my girl is now recovering from the very nasty flu bug. her temperature hit 40 and only came down to 38.5 for 4 days. took her to kk where i weighed her again and found out that she is now 6.6kg!!! she lost 200g in one week and i took months to put that 200g on her!!!!!!! gaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!!!
just now we went to a food centre and she likes the chicken rice. so i kept on feeding her the chicken rice. tomorrow, i'll cook chicken rice and i hope she'll eat more.
but normally for her, what worked today will not work again tomorrow.
but, i no choice lah. i'm still trying to find out what she likes and does not like. so, i'll still cook whatever she wants.
i've also made another appointment with a dietitian. i've actually sworn off the dietitian after seeing her a few months ago but i'm now desperate so i'm hoping for some miracles.
red tulip,
i dont think she's manipulating. she can go for days without food. she only needs milk, and that's breast milk direct from the source. she also likes kfc's whipped potato but only when we give it to her ocassionally. give that to her too often and she'll hate it.
she's on multi vitamins as given by her doctor - poly vysol. she has no problems eating that cos i just (~heh~) stuff it in her mouth every morning. |
smiley (smileyface)
Member
Username: smileyface
Post Number: 1125
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 10:49 am: |
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hi naddy,
oh no, u must be v stressful.
but hor chicken rice is cooked using chicken stock. if kid having cough then cannot take chicken or else will worse. y not u cook claypot rice for her? taste v nice also. can use rice cooker cook the claypot rice. i will be cooking that this weekend for my gal also.
can try cheese pasta also.
or simply bread dipped in western mushroom/pumpkin/vege soup....this can buy outside cos i dunno how to cook also. but dun buy can soup lah cos msg a lot. |
naddy (telly)
Member
Username: telly
Post Number: 675
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 12:13 am: |
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hi smiley,
today my daughter has decided to open her mouth and welcome food into it!!!!!
yes, i made chicken rice.. hmmm? it'll worsen the cough? you mean, chicken in general will worsen cough? my friend once told me only fried chicken will.
she actually ate about 6 bites out of my nutella sandwich in the morning (chocolate - worsen her cough also, hor?).
lunch - about 3 tablespoons of chicken rice, 1/8 of an apple.
teatime - 4 bites out of a fish sandwich i made for myself
dinner - 2 tablespoons of chicken rice
dinner round 2 - garlic bread soaked in cream of asparagus soup + 1 tablespoon of rice+fish
she has never eaten so much! she must have been quite full cos just now, i only needed to breastfeed her for about 5 minutes before she fell asleep.
for all these angmoh soups - it's very easy to make. i refer to my favourite angmoh cooking website - www.videojug.com > food.
for cream of mushroom: http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make-cream-of-mushroom-soup
cream of asparagus: http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make-fresh-asparagus-soup
i'm actually a cooking-idiot and am only learning how to cook now. so, i'm totally dependent on reliable recipes which tells me exactly how much of each ingredient to use. that's why i love videojug. everything is explained. they even have those super basic things like how to make chicken stock - it turns out great!! i've thrown away all the other chicken stock that i made before this.
and, i'll try claypot rice. how to cook claypot rice? |
smiley (smileyface)
Member
Username: smileyface
Post Number: 1126
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 11:26 am: |
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hi naddy,
glad to hear that ur gal appetite is improving n eating a lot now  same as my gal....after a major sickness, golden mouth decide to open n eat...hee.. now u dun have to worry anymore..heehee
yes, chicken, egg in general will worsen cough, n in cases of v serious cough, fish also cannot take. left with pork n green vege can take only.
i m also cooking idiot le...
claypot rice i just throw rice in rice cooker and when half cook, i throw in already seasoned meat (can be chicken or pork) and chinese sausage n vege. then wait for rice to be totally cooked. tats all lor
for the western soup, what type of cream u used huh? i go ntuc see but dunno which type to buy. |
naddy (telly)
Member
Username: telly
Post Number: 678
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 8:44 pm: |
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hi smiley,
the golden mouth is now closed again. haiyaaaahhhh....
for the cream - somewhere near the cheese section of any supermarket, the cream will be there. i normally use emborg cream. it comes in a 200ml green and white box. it tastes like very rich milk. i actually like adding cream to my daughter's porridge cos it makes the porridge taste so much nicer!! heheee... then, if she cant finish it, i'll have no problems finishing the porridge. |
smiley (smileyface)
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Username: smileyface
Post Number: 1129
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 8:37 am: |
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hi naddy,
my gal last 2 days also golden mouth closed. only manage to coax her eat her porr and rice half a bowl...so sianz. we have so difficult kids. today i ask my mum not to cook porr and rice for her. just let her eat egg sandwich for lunch and mashed potato for dinner. change of taste to see is it she sick of porr n rice. or maybe she is teething so refuse to eat much.
ok. i will go look for the cream to cook the cream of brocolli tomorrow. hopefully she will eat it up
cream is fattening leh but i think our gals need to fatten up so i will try add to her porr also since surely got left over after cooking soup.
lets jia you jia you....encourage each other.
u sahm or ftwm? i m ftwm... u can msn me anytime smileyquek@yahoo.com.sg is my msn address |
naddy (telly)
Member
Username: telly
Post Number: 683
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 10:25 pm: |
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hi smiley,
my gal's not eating again. am i surprised? no. i'm just hoping for a miracle from the dietitian lah.
a few days ago, we went out to eat and she seemed to like garlic bread with cream of asparagus. i'm going to cook that tomorrow. the recipe i'll get from videojug, of course. that's my lifesaver!
i'm a sahm. only for this year. i've taken a year off to take care of my daughter.
i've added you to my msn. i'm usually on msn at night. |
smiley (smileyface)
Member
Username: smileyface
Post Number: 1134
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 12:06 pm: |
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hi naddy,
when is the appointment with dietitian? |
naddy (telly)
Member
Username: telly
Post Number: 692
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 10:43 pm: |
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hi smiley!
her appointment was just now.
my daughter's still 6.6kg. sob sob.
the dietitian says she needs about 1000 calories per day. where am i going to find all those calories???!!!!
dietitian also prescribed nutricomp caloric, something to boost her calorie intake. 5g of the powder must be added to 120ml of water. hopefully she'll gain weight lah.
you know, when my daughter eats 4tbsps of rice + 1 tbsp of chicken/fish/meat, that will give her only 180 calories? i hope i wont be so obsessed and start counting calories.
by the way my daughter liked the asparagus soup + bread. i'm so relieved! i'm gonna cook that every week and i hope she wont ever get sick of it.
how did your daughter respond to the broccoli soup? |
smiley (smileyface)
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Username: smileyface
Post Number: 1135
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 8:48 am: |
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hi naddy,
slowly she will gain weight if she is eating. no need eat a lot actually. i see some other kids drink lesser n eat lesser than my gal yet much more chubbier than her.
1000 calories is A LOT leh. even my gal cant achieve that. my gal oni on 2 solid meal a day n some snack sometime & 3 bottles of milk. but i can see she is gradually gaining wgt with this intake. so i think 1000 calories a day is not necessary. pls dun keep counting how much calories intake ur gal take each day, it will be v v stressful.
ya...cook something she like. i remember last time my gal refuse everything n eat oni bread so everyday i give her bread till she get sick of it then i try other food. it somehow works lor cos she will take bread for maybe a few weeks daily then she reject. but at least she get something on her tummy. then at 1 time she eat oni potato and cheese. then at 1 time oni eat cereal wif jar food.....
my gal ate almost a pc of bread with abt 1/2 small bowl of brocolli soup. still ok lah, not say fantastic but gd enough i feel. heehee...
my expectation not high cos she already improved a lot compared previously. i m thankful to god already.
now daily my mum will cook different type of chinese soup for her and she eat with rice. n she dun like the vege n meat to be mixed in the rice. she take 1 mouth rice with soup and 1 mouth vege/meat like tat,. she prefer this way. u try it out.... |
naddy (telly)
Member
Username: telly
Post Number: 705
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Monday, July 02, 2007 - 10:39 pm: |
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hi smiley!
just now i took my daughter to the polyclinic for a jab and she has gained 80g in one week!! of course, to other people, this is actually not that much but i'm very, very pleased!
lately, this girl has been opening her mouth more and more frequently. yayyyyyy!!!!
nowadays, i feed her round the clock. i start off with breakfastwhen she wakes up. then i continue feeding her anything and everything write up to about 10 or so when i stop all feeds to prepare her for lunch.
after lunch, i'll continue stuffing all sorts of things that she may like to eat and i'll stop about 1.5 - 2 hours before dinner. after dinner, i'll continue feeding her fruit and rice and anything until her bedtime.
this method seems to work for her small stomach. and i am SOOOOOOOOO grateful!!
anyway, i wonder if our children are fussy eaters because we dont eat much during our pregnancy? my pregnancy was awful and i had MS til i was about 5 months pregnant. i vomited vitually everything i ate throughout the first 4 months of my pregnancy. after that, things were slighty better but i'll still vomit many times a day until i was about 5+ months. only then did i stop vomiting.
so, you can imagine how poor my appetite was during my pregnancy!
for my next pregnancy,i can only pray that i wont have such severe morning sickness. |
smiley (smileyface)
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Username: smileyface
Post Number: 1143
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - 9:01 am: |
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hi naddy,
glad to hear that ur gal is improving n has gain wgt
80g in a week is v gd already
ya...feed ur gal in small amt frequently will help open up her appetite.
my MIL blame me for not eating much during my preg. but its not because i dun wan to eat le but cos i got G.diabetes during preg, i got to control my sugar and carbo intake. i was hungry most of the time yet cant eat those food...i was v miserable tat time. rice can oni eat half a bowl at a meal. if i take fastfood, i can oni eat burger but no fries cos tat means double carbo intake,. n of cos no soft drink, kopi or tea must be kosong. i was so deprive of food tat time. YET ppl still blame me for not eating much n cos my gal to be small size n fussy eater. haiz |
smiley (smileyface)
Member
Username: smileyface
Post Number: 1145
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - 3:38 pm: |
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naddy,
haiz...my gal golden mouth been shut for these 2 days. so sianz. wonder y also...
this time round i wonder how long she wanna strike. |
naddy (telly)
Member
Username: telly
Post Number: 715
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 9:44 am: |
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at least, you had a reason as to why you needed to control your diet. dont blame yourself. it's definitely not your fault!
my sis also had gestational diabetes but as she was hungry all the time, she only controls her diet on monday and tuesday. because tuesdays she had to prick herself. thankfully, everything turned out okay for her.
for my next pregnancy, i'll just stuff myself with food even if it means i'll vomit everything out 2 minutes later.
anyway, i've managed to feed my daughter at least half a slice of bread soaked in pediasure for bfast. i hope your daughter will start eating again soon!! |
trillionire (trillionire)
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Username: trillionire
Post Number: 25
Registered: 5-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 6:14 pm: |
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Hi, I like to join in ....
my girl has a preference for sweet stuff such as cakes, chocolate bread, kueh, etc. She used to be a very good eater, non-stop when come to her favourite sweety. I had no problem feeding fish, meat, vegetable (favourite), porridge, noodles, pasta .... any kind of tasty food. (last time got things to eat, I must hide n eat. Now, she treat food transparent)
Since last year, I noticed she could survive with a 120ml milk/soya bean and plain water for 2 meals then eat half her usual share for dinner. She's more like every meal just 'patronise me' with a 2-3mouth!
Previously, I heat up her food n try feed after an hr or so 'break' when she kept turning/hiding her head-refusing food. My girl is a lazy eater. She swallowed all her food, be it bread, rice, noodles, pasta or kueh EVEN THOUGH she has all her teeth+molars!
I'm sick of feeding her. Ask her self feed, she no interest in food so end up play and mess around.
Thot starve her a meal will make her hungry but didnt work. Teacher suggested i stop liquid as well so she got nothing to rely on. Last time, my mum say like that call gaam jiek or got worms .... must go c doc not? |
smiley (smileyface)
Member
Username: smileyface
Post Number: 1147
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Friday, July 06, 2007 - 10:34 am: |
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hi trillionire,
how old is ur gal now? when she start this behaviour? at which month?
is her wgt n hgt average?
if she is at average size, then i think no so much of worry. my gal is of smaller size so when she dun eat, i gt v worried,. i alws tell my mum that if she is fat,. i wont care so much...hee |
naddy (telly)
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Username: telly
Post Number: 718
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Friday, July 06, 2007 - 2:00 pm: |
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hi trillionaire,
i agree with smiley.
what's your daughter's weight? is it within the percentiles? (my daughter is below the 3rd percentile)
how old is your daughter?
anyway, we all understand the frustrations of feeding a fussy eater.
BUT, just now, my daughter ate quite a lot of macaroni + mushroom soup!! it also could be due to the fact that i fed her together with my niece who's 9 months older than her. but, i dont see my niece all the time so tomorrow, she may not eat so much again. |
smiley (smileyface)
Member
Username: smileyface
Post Number: 1148
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Friday, July 06, 2007 - 2:58 pm: |
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hi naddy,
my gal is teething now n she is in great pain that she wake up mid of nite crying. she must be v painful
affect her eating cos she dun really wanna eat much.
dun worry abt the amt she ate. as long as she is eating can le. its already a great great improvement from before, rite? hee |
smiley (smileyface)
Member
Username: smileyface
Post Number: 1149
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Friday, July 06, 2007 - 2:59 pm: |
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naddy,
what mushroom soup u cook? cream of mushroom?
what type of mushroom u used? |
naddy (telly)
Member
Username: telly
Post Number: 719
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, July 07, 2007 - 12:52 am: |
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hi smiley,
i cook cream of mushroom. of course, videojug's recipe. i use button mushroom. but i still prefer the result when i used portobello mushroom.
yeah, you're right. she's eating more than before. and i must be grateful for that.
now, i'm also gonna give her ice cream every day. i know it's not a very good food but desperate already. some more, it's hot nowadays, so just as well. but i'm only gonna give her vanilla flavour and hopefully, she will also start to like pediasure vanilla.
trillionaire,
i forgot to add - if you're concerned, go take her to see a doc. it's always best to get professional advice. |
trillionire (trillionire)
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Username: trillionire
Post Number: 26
Registered: 5-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, July 07, 2007 - 11:24 am: |
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Morning Smileyface and Telly
Girl getting thinner. 9/06 she was heading for XL diaper now L fits nicely!
Next wk, think I shld bring her c doc. Dont want to hold her mouth open to feed but if leave her being choosey/eat little no good. Last yr got tell doc, he said she looked ok.
Didnt measure her height regularly but for a 4+ child, she's about the same height (even taller den her peers - got give multi-vit & Calcium tab.
I dont want to be viewed by doc for over kan jiong thus hv not raised this issue to doc this yr. |
smiley (smileyface)
Member
Username: smileyface
Post Number: 1154
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 11:39 am: |
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hi trillionire,
whats her wgt now?
ya...maybe bring her see doctor better if she cont like tat.
or maybe u can try TCM.. |
trillionire (trillionire)
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Username: trillionire
Post Number: 29
Registered: 5-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 3:39 pm: |
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Hello smiley
These few days allow girl to climb in n out of her chair. She was happy to walk around kitchen (explore, touch here touch there) aft a mouth's feed. I sat at my chair, didnt follow/chase her. If she didnt continue to come back for food, I call it a meal. Only problem, after every meal got to mop kitchen!! Otherwise, xiaoqiang will appear.
weight ... dont know ley, still on L diaper. Temporarily problem 'solve' |
smiley (smileyface)
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Username: smileyface
Post Number: 1156
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 4:24 pm: |
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gald to hear tat trillionire....just a phase. next time they will eat more. |
moon (dodo)
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Username: dodo
Post Number: 133
Registered: 7-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 10:57 pm: |
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Hi, my girl 25 mths old, is also a fussy eater.
Just to share... what I usually do is ... I'll add a bit of those food that she enjoys(like pork floss, gerber star puffs, fish ball, egg), on each scoop of her porridge/rice to feed her. Once she sees that, it's much easier to get her to open her mouth to eat. And of course, most of the time she need her favourite TV programmes on too. |
smiley (smileyface)
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Username: smileyface
Post Number: 1159
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Monday, July 16, 2007 - 9:02 am: |
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hi moon,
me also. me on her fav vcd and i also add pork floss to her porr but i mixed it all up in her porr so she cant see it. i dun wan her to see it cos next time she sure ask for it....haha |
trillionire (trillionire)
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Username: trillionire
Post Number: 42
Registered: 5-2007
| | Posted on Monday, July 16, 2007 - 11:45 am: |
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heehee ... my DD sometimess even reject her favourites eg sweety stuff.
Noticed ever since sch taught her to choose between 2 items, she ended up choosey!
eat cum TV prog, my hubby cant wait to 'pull my ears' for displaying/allowing bad examples!! |
smiley (smileyface)
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Username: smileyface
Post Number: 1163
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Monday, July 16, 2007 - 1:37 pm: |
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trillionire,
no choice le. if i dun on vcd for her. she will jump up n down n cant sit down. eh...she v active gal. she cant sit down still for 5mins one. |
trillionire (trillionire)
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Username: trillionire
Post Number: 49
Registered: 5-2007
| | Posted on Monday, July 16, 2007 - 4:34 pm: |
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understand understand ..... that's y I allow DD walk around in kitchen to eat even thou hubby screaming!
she's also the hyperactive n cant sit still kind - I know my neigbour had to feed her grandson at the playground, always c her with a bowl n chasing grandson, I dont want such life ley! |
naddy (telly)
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Username: telly
Post Number: 736
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Monday, July 16, 2007 - 11:44 pm: |
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hi smiley and trillionaire!
it was only about 2 weeks ago that i allowed my daughter to roam free when i was feeding her and it worked wonders in boosting her appetite!!!!!!
i've been reading all those stupid parenting books and they kept on talking about how impt it is to make sure that the child sits down and eat blah blah blah.. bullsh!t ah. if i had not listened to them, perhaps my daughter would not be below the 3rd percentile. hehe.
i have not resorted to using the tv yet. if her appetite dips further, i may use that but that will be my ultimate final weapon so must keep it away from her for now. |
smiley (smileyface)
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Username: smileyface
Post Number: 1166
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 - 8:48 am: |
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of cos if DD can sit down and eat and w/o TV tats be the best....BUT if too active and cant sit still, i would resort to anything just to feed that bowl of food into her tummy. hahaha
but no no to feeding in playground...its too tiring and what if rainy season? hahaa |
smiley (smileyface)
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Username: smileyface
Post Number: 1172
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Friday, July 27, 2007 - 11:03 am: |
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hi gals,
how is ur gals faring? |
naddy (telly)
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Username: telly
Post Number: 742
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Friday, July 27, 2007 - 2:00 pm: |
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hi smiley,
how's your gal?
mine is eating a bit more than what she normally eats. she's down with runny nose again but it doesnt seem to affect her appetite. i hope her cold will go away soon.
i dunno what her weight is now cos my weighing scale is not very accurate. i just hope she will hit 8kg by october. then, she will be exactly on the 3rd percentile. and after that, steadily increase her weight. |
smiley (smileyface)
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Username: smileyface
Post Number: 1175
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Friday, July 27, 2007 - 4:37 pm: |
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hi naddy,
my gal is teething on n off recently so affect her nite sleep a lot. poor gal...must be feeling v painful in her gum.
so far appetite still ok thou milk intake reduce a bit but her solid intake is increasing.
her wgt also increasing but not says a lot lah.
now she is at 9.5kg at 18mo exactly. i hope she can hit 10kgs by oct....which will put her at 32.5percentile.
jia you...jia you |
charmaine (tittieal)
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Username: tittieal
Post Number: 463
Registered: 8-2006
| | Posted on Monday, June 02, 2008 - 3:13 am: |
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My 15mths son is an extremely fussy eater! Ever since i started solids when he's 6mths, feeding time has always been traumatic on me.
He'll slap/hit off my hand/spoon away each single time i tried to feed him. If i managed to avoid his "attacks" and place the spoon to his mouth, he'll shut his lips very tightly. I hv to on the tv or surprise him with new toys to be able to slip one spoonful in his mouth. I'm really at a loss coz my patience is really running out. Every feeding session can take at least 1.5hr for just 2tsp of porriage!
My mum came over recently and saw wat happen and she ask me to give milk if he dun want solid. So i just give milk now whenever he refuse solids and he can drink 240ml of milk. This shows tat he IS hungry rite? But why won't he open his mouth and eat? I change diff food daily like porriage, mee sua, pasta, chee cheong fan, kway tiao, noodles and macaroni but end up he dun wan to eat.
When he went for his vaccination, the pd will say he's very skinny so i told him that ds refuse to eat. The pd ask me to give him milk if he refuse to eat. My ds is now learning to walk so if just give milk, is it enough?
Can anyone help or give any suggestions pls? |
soko (soko)
Junior Member
Username: soko
Post Number: 500
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 1:33 pm: |
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Both my 5 year old gal and 17 mths boy are fussy eaters! My gal only started eating more as she got older and even then, i will not say that it is a lot more. She does like fast food though eg fries, shakes and chicken rice. Otherwise, its milk all the way.
My 17 mths boy ate very well till one month ago when he suddenly decided not to eat his porridge anymore and since then it has been difficult to feed him anything. Worse, this one dun take in any water or juice apart from green tea. he will take tiny bites of bread but it does not amt to the quantity sufficient to consider a meal. so its milk all the way for him too. my mum say to add cereal to their milk so that they will be fuller.
Everytime they eat anything, i get very happy and I'm very envious of other mummies whose children feed and eat well.
I tried cooking various food but its very discouraging when you try and try but nothing works. For now, I'm just happy that their milk intake is good (better than nothing) and i hope one day they will realise the wonders of food. |
naddy (telly)
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Username: telly
Post Number: 935
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 2:55 pm: |
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hi charmaine and soko,
take heart. you are not alone. my daughter is a fussy eater.
there are good days and bad days. there will be days when she enjoys her food tremendously and there are days when she will have two little mouthfuls and refuse any more. i've already resorted to force-feeding which works ocassionally.
i used to scour recipe books for recipes and cook all sorts of things for her. to no avail. i'll end up eating everything up myself.
she's on pediasure at night. i'm not too comfortable giving her pediasure all the time because pediasure is not milk. it is corn starch plus a lot of other stuff. so, she's pn regular milk in the day when she's at my mom's palce and on pediasure at night when she's home with us.
i see pediasure as my life-saver. ever since she's on pediasure, my neighbours commented that they can see her cheeks.
BUT, she doesnt drink much each time. at 26 months, she's drinking about 6 ounces each time. she drinks milk about 4-5 times a day. |
soko (soko)
Member
Username: soko
Post Number: 501
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 5:38 pm: |
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hi naddy,
ya ya ya, whatever i cooked will end up in my tummy most of the time! my gal was on pediasure all the time till my PD said tat its the heatiest milk in the market and tats when we changed to just once a day. otherwise, she is on grow.
hmmm....maybe i shld give my boy a daily pediasure too..... |
mama N baobao (mamanbaobao)
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Username: mamanbaobao
Post Number: 24
Registered: 10-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 11:39 pm: |
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So happy to read this thread and find mommies with same situation. Only diff is my 15MO is not skinny, doc says he takes milk well. For that I'm very thankful.
However, I constantly agonized over wat to feed him to make eating more pleasurable and upset wen nothing works. Sometimes he vomits, other times he clamps shut his mouth, do the look sideway, downwards, backwards...anywhere but forward.
The pressure from my mom and mil who keep asking wen can he eat doesn't help. I'm green with envy of seeing other kids his age eating tablefood outside...I'll stare & stare then wonder why my son is not like them. ~sigh
He eats mainly cereal and porridge but hard time feeding him. Still have to blend/mash food very finely. Coarse or textured he will gag and vomit...like he has difficulty swallowing. Cannot and will not eat bread or baby biscuits.
hmmm....thread not active since last year. Can we keep it alive and hopefully mommies can update/share if their child's eating has improved with age either naturally or by doing something that work? |
BS S (rojakz)
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Username: rojakz
Post Number: 896
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 7:22 pm: |
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Hi there, I have a 32 months old son who's a VERY fussy eater. He's slightly less fussy when he's in school, as in he'll eat finish that plate of rice etc. But when he's at home with us, he will only eat max 10 spoonfuls of rice before vomitting/shutting his mouth up. So during the weekends when he's home with us, he drink mainly milk cos' he loves it. Really headache cos' I see my niece who's coming to 18months eating to happily & heartily. I also collect recipes which I think will temp his appetite etc but no avail. often times, I have to resort to blackmail/threats (switch off the tv etc) to make him eat that 2-3 more mouthfuls.
Sigh... Hopefully, my son will outgrow it soon. |
naddy (telly)
Member
Username: telly
Post Number: 1039
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 12:03 pm: |
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hi bss!
are u from the kk thread? i've stopped going there cos no time to keep regularly updated. (spending all the free time i have on the marketplace - my poor wallet!!)
anyway, what's your son's weight? is he within the acceptable range?
if your son is vomiting the food out, that means, his tummy most probably is full already.
my daughter is also like that - if she eats too much, she will vomit EVERYTHING out. but, the good thing is, she's no longer as fussy an eater as she was last time.
once she says she doesnt want to eat
anymore, i will stop feeding her. no point forcing her to eat another 2-3 more spoonfuls if everything's going to be vomited out.
as for eating when they are in school - my daughter also has no problems eating in school. i think some of our kids are social eaters. the school is a miraculous place. i put my daughter in school to help her eat and take her daytime naps. and she does both with no problem at all! |
BS S (rojakz)
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Username: rojakz
Post Number: 897
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 7:12 pm: |
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HI Naddy,
Yup, I'm from the KK thread! Long time no 'see' you. Anyway, the thread is gone so I'm not really active in any thread. Juz gave birth to my 2nd son in June. So yeah, I'm also quite bz in the marketplace... hehehe
My eldest son is within the acceptable range, he's 14.2kg now. He's not really vomiting any food out but just that he will stop after eating a few mouthfuls. He really LOVES his milk more than solids.
Like your daughter, in school, he has no problem eating and sleeping by himself. He's also eating more solids than last time (due to school) but I guess not as much as his peers lah. Esp during weekends when we're at home, practically whole day he can drink milk only. Eat a few bites of food here and there then after that, ask for milk.
Really headache man. Just wondering how to make him eat more cos' he can only get so much nutrients from milk. IS your daughter on Pediasure or Karihome? Thinking of feeding him Pediasure 1-2 times a day so that at least he meets his daily requirements. |
sabrina (eliza_hairi)
Intermediate Member
Username: eliza_hairi
Post Number: 2825
Registered: 8-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 7:30 pm: |
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Hello BS_S, naddy! |
naddy (telly)
Member
Username: telly
Post Number: 1040
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 10:47 pm: |
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sabrina, you're here too?? hahaa!!
bss, congratulations on your #2! me too. i gave birth to my #2 in february this year.
well, since your son is within the acceptable weight range, maybe you can just leave things be?
but i do believe in giving our kids all the nutrition they can get from the natural sources lah. for example, the goodness of omega 3 should come from the fish she eats and not some additional supplement in the milk.
so, whatever that he eats, make sure it's nutritious stuff and not junk like fries and all that.
my daughter was on pediasure but ever since she starts eating normally (which happened when she started going to school), i've cut out pediasure from her diet. according to the packaging on pediasure, it can be used as a complete nutritional replacement (or something like that which means it can be used to replace meals). |
BS S (rojakz)
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Username: rojakz
Post Number: 898
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 10:49 am: |
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HI Sabrina! How's your 2 princesses? Saw you put up their pics on FB. They look so cute!!
Naddy, congrats! Your #2 is a prince or a princess? hahaha.. it's quite difficult to make sure that he's not eating junk esp when I dun cook. But I guess i'll try during these 4months (3 months left to be exact) to cook more nutritious stuff for him lah. |
sabrina (eliza_hairi)
Intermediate Member
Username: eliza_hairi
Post Number: 2828
Registered: 8-2006
| | Posted on Friday, July 24, 2009 - 10:15 am: |
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naddy, got a second "bun in the oven"? Congrats!!! To be pregnant is quite exciting actually! I'm thinking about having a 3rd one.... hmmm...
eh, u got fb? if u have, add me eliza_hairi@yahoo.com.sg
BS_S, thanks for your complements! My girls are good! |
naddy (telly)
Member
Username: telly
Post Number: 1041
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Friday, July 24, 2009 - 10:59 pm: |
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bss, my #2 is a princess. how about you?
if i can cook, so can everyone else. it's quite easy trying out the recipes you see on videojug. that website has not failed me before.
sabrina, i've given birth laaa.. as much as i love kids, i dont think i can handle a third pregnancy. u are considering a third?? WOWWW! |
BS S (rojakz)
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Username: rojakz
Post Number: 905
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, July 25, 2009 - 3:42 pm: |
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HI Naddy, my #2 is a boy.
Sorry dont quite get what you mean by videojug? you have the link? Maybe I check it out myself? TIA!!
Sabrina, wow!! you want to have a 3rd one ah? Now that I have the 2nd one, i think it's enough.. hehehe... You're one brave lady, I salute you man! |
naddy (telly)
Member
Username: telly
Post Number: 1042
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Monday, July 27, 2009 - 10:47 pm: |
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hi bss,
it is www.videojug.com.
then, you go to food.
or go straight here: http://www.videojug.com/tag/food-recipes
you can check out all the videos they have. i learn to cook all those angmoh soups from this website.
my daughter likes the stuff i make for her from this website. the recipes are idiot-proof because i'm really hopeless in the ktchen but i dare say that my creations from this website turn out okay! so, if i can do it, even a 6-year-old kindergarten-dropout shouldnt have a problem doing it. what more, you. so, go try it out!
:D |
BS S (rojakz)
Member
Username: rojakz
Post Number: 910
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 5:06 pm: |
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HI Naddy,
PLs dun say that about yourself. I'm also quite hopeless in the kitchen. So much so that I dun dare to let my own mom try the food that I cooked. My hb is my guinea pig and quite often he will be quite critical of my cooking (although he's quite a chin chay person already). ahahha.. Will check out the link. Thanks!
If you want, I have some links to blogs of moms who cooked for their kids. You want? I can PM you. |
naddy (telly)
Member
Username: telly
Post Number: 1043
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, July 30, 2009 - 1:55 pm: |
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bss,
i am seriously lousy in the kitchen. even when i follow recipes, i can fail. can u imagine that? hahaa! that's why videojug recipes are very useful for me because at least i know what each step of the cooking process is supposed to look like.
i found another one for local recipes. www.trymasak.my
i've not tried the recipes yet but they are all in malay. so, u may have a bit of a trouble following the recipes.
and yes, i would like those blog links!
thanks very much! |
smiley (smileyface)
Member
Username: smileyface
Post Number: 1473
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, July 30, 2009 - 4:33 pm: |
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keke...this thread still active ah?
Naddy, so glad to hear ur gal is not so fussy eater liao. my gal now 3.5yo and at 13kgs le. still looks v skinny but she is eating ok
she is no longer classified as fussy eater anymore. |
naddy (telly)
Member
Username: telly
Post Number: 1045
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Friday, July 31, 2009 - 11:19 am: |
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hi smiley!
my gal is only 11.5kg at 3years 4months. but she's eating well. so, i'm not too worried about her petite size.
she has dinner twice a day nowadays. the first one at 6pm and another one around 8pm together with her dad who would have just come back from work. after that, it's a bottle of milk and she'll go to sleep. i thought she would be putting on weight much faster these days but i guess she burns off all the extra calories she consumes very quickly.
i guess, both my girls are genetically small lah. my 6-month-old is barely 6kg. |
smiley (smileyface)
Member
Username: smileyface
Post Number: 1474
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Friday, July 31, 2009 - 11:27 am: |
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hi naddy,
as long as they eating well i think should be ok. they are by genes so petite. my gal also same. just that i wish to see her bah bah...hahaha |
yanyen (yanyen)
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Username: yanyen
Post Number: 216
Registered: 8-2007
| | Posted on Friday, December 11, 2009 - 3:18 am: |
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Hi Mschan,
Quite useful article, facing the prob of my 22 mth old boy only wanting to eat bread and drink milk. Most other food given to him, eat vv small bite and sometimes spit out. Hiaz... |
ToaBuiKia (toabuikia)
Junior Member
Username: toabuikia
Post Number: 101
Registered: 2-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 2:05 pm: |
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Hi mummies,
My 26 mth old gal also a fussy eater. She only likes to drinks milk. The most she can finished 2 table spoon rice + dishes(veges & fish). If we feed her more, then she will vomit the food out.
She is around 11 plus kg, is she under weight? |
sostiram (assamjam)
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Username: assamjam
Post Number: 72
Registered: 3-2011
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 03, 2011 - 5:39 pm: |
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Hi, like to know is this thread still active and how are your kid perform after so many years? Has he/she turn from fussy eater to normal good appetite eating now?
I greatly appreciate your advise, cos my gal didn't open her mouth totally at 28thmonths of age for the entire one month's solids meal feedings. In the end,l I brought her to see pD, given appelin for a months' therapy. I'm worried of her appetite once off appelin..will she back to fussy eating again??
Pls share me your experience on your kid, after so many years already..
thanks. |
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