11 month old nearly 12 months lost weight she was small to begin with!?

Question

she was 18lb 5oz i got her weighed yesterday and she's 17lb 14 oz. so she's lost 6oz.I'm so worried about her i keep crying she ie off her food.I would understand it if she crawled but she does'nt. The hv said to keep a food diary to see whats going on. has anyone else been through this any ideas please help i feel like a rubbish mother cause i don't know what to do. thanks xx

Answer 1

I'm going through much of the same thing. My son just won't gain weight well and he's only grown about an inch to inch and a half since December.
Don't feel like a bad mother. I think doctors need to understand that sometimes babies are just SMALL. Not every child is 30 pounds at 1 year old. My son is almost 2 and weighs between 21 and 22.5 depending on what he's eaten/time of day. So don't feel bad! Keep doing the best you can!
By the way, last I heard, unless your child gets a tapeworm from Fido (which is rare) nothing your pets have is going to suck the nutrition out of your child enough to make him/her lose weight. Fleas will bite and drink blood, yes, but keeping fleas out of the house isn't hard and it will NOT cause weight loss and nutrtional loss. Don't listen to that guy. He's paranoid.

Answer 2

My son didn't lose, but he was always low on the percentile charts. I felt like crap, but that's all you can do. He ate all he could eat, some kids have a different metabolism.

My suggestion would be to introduce whole cow's milk, if you haven't already. Whole milk is the high fat milk that your daughter needs from about 9mos to 2 years. Her body needs the high fat content to help her brain develop. This is true!
Give her the fatty milk, I'm sure that will help. Just make sure she's not drinking too much juice, because juice can make her feel full and not want to eat so much at meal and snack time. Also make sure you offer snacks throughout the day along with the meals.

I feel for you, because there's not worse feeling than walking out of that office with those nurses making you feel like you've done something wrong.
Don't worry about it. All kids are different. My friends' daughter lost weight around that same time and was given a hard time about it, but she knew not to let it bother her. She was the mother of three and a stay at home mom dedicated to her kids. She fed her kid. It's just an overwhelming frustrating feeling.

Good luck and try not to worry. If you have to go back for another weigh-in, try and put more breads and puddings into her, lol, I always gave my son 'healthy meals and healthy snacks', There's nothing wrong with treats every once in a while. Doesn't have to be everyday, but some is good..this is my opinion.

Answer 3

My best friends daughter weighed 13lbs at aged 1 and my son was 16lbs I know this is very concerning as have been there and really there is little you can do because you cant force a child to eat. Keeping a food diary is a good idea and ask for her to be refered to a dietitian they can give lots of advice and also prescribe a high calorie milk my son was on a milk called infatrini in comes in ready made cartons and contains more fat and other vitimins also something called minadex is very good it is a vitamin supplement containing iron and helps build children up i did notice my sons appetite incresae when using this. Both my son and my friends daughter are now a good weight.. Good luck with this

Answer 4

My daughter is 15 months old. She started walking at 11 months. They say that they will generally slow down weight gain at this time frame until 2 years old because they won't grow a lot. Your little girl is probably jsut in a phase where she doesn't require a lot of food and is burning a lot of calories, though. I wouldn't be worried.

Answer 5

Oh my goodness!! Do I ever know what you are going through!! I felt the same way with my son!! He is 2 1/2 now and only weighs a little under 26 pounds! He is 36 inches though. The doctors told me to take him to a nutritionist, to wake him up and make him drink Pediasure and to force feed him............Eventually I told them all to take a ****!! You are NOT a rubbish mom!! REPEAT that!! I am not a rubbish Mom!!! Some kids (like mine) have trouble eating certain textures or smells. I was the same way when I was a kid. If you can find a favorite food, puree some other foods and mixed them in with the favorite food in small increments and gradually increase them. Eventually your child will get a taste for other foods. My son still goes through this with me and now I know it's a power issue, so when your child becomes a toddler and does it again.......look me up! If your baby is still on formula or breast milk, you can add jars of baby food to it and shake it really good!! That is how I got my son to "fatten up" until he was about 14 months old. Other than the eating, the other milestones will come.....Just calm down and she will too, they feed off of us (contrary to popular new opinion)! You are doing fine!

Answer 6

OK - first things first! Pull yourself together woman! (Said in a sympathetic style).

Do not worry - just keep the diary you mentioned. My daughter did not actually crawl at all. She didn't walk till she was 15 months. They all walk in the end - its just a natter of time.

Everyone always worries children feeding especially when its the first child. Does the child seem happy, look healthy, smiley? If so, try not to worry.

Its quite common to think you are a rubbish mum when these things arise, but the fact that you are worrying about these things shows you are not.

Chin up and don't forget to get out!

Answer 7

Don't worry about it too much! Adults weight fluctuates daily by five pounds simply due to water weight. Six ounces isn't that much for her to have lost. Just make sure that she stays hydrated and keep an eye on what she eats. If she is hydrated and has energy she is probably just fine. Some kids just don't grow as fast as others and all kids have different appetites. Don't beat yourself up over it.

Answer 8

My daughter is two now and constantly goes through phases where she is off her food but this is usually followed by a phase of wanting to eat everything. Maybe your daughter is feeling a little unwell. You can't make her eat if she doesn't want to and therefore it is not your fault and you are not a rubbish mother. Far from it in fact, you wouldn't be so worried if you were a bad mother. As long as you are still offering her food you are doing your best. Keep the food diary as suggested by your health visitor and keep in touch with them so that they can give a professional opinion. Try not to panic too much.

Answer 9

Could be just a phase...don't get upset. Keep feeding about 28 to 32 ounces of formula and offer lots of good foods every couple of hours. At 11 months, she's ready for about any type of good food like pieces of cheese, crackers, sliced bananas and foods that she can pick up and eat herself. Keep the diary...that's a good start to finding out what else she may need to eat.

Answer 10

I think childrens weight goes up and down all the time. Sometimes they know when they should eat and when they shouldn't better than we do. Just watch it that it doesn't get to bad, as long as she eats something, she should be fine. If she hasn't crawled yet that would be more of a consern for me. Maybe look into that with your doctor. (go to a real doctor, pediatrician not a cheap and quick clinic, sometimes they don't know what the hell they're talking about)