tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135990113081206879.post6542530399799561446..comments2023-10-28T05:44:34.489-07:00Comments on family feeding dynamics: Pediasure-the answer to all your feeding worries!familyfeedingdynamicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09049399245893420332noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135990113081206879.post-89816738329267044332010-10-28T22:29:56.121-07:002010-10-28T22:29:56.121-07:00Pediasure was recommended to me from a physician w...Pediasure was recommended to me from a physician when I tried to discuss my child's picky eating issues. We used it at meal times. It filled him up. He didn't want or need to eat any other foods at dinner. Almost two years later, I have banned it from my house and am now struggling with an even older and pickier eater thanks to that ill advice. Wish I had learned about D of R long ago. We're almost 3 months in to D of R and he's yet to try something new, but my 5 year old has and that gives me hope. However, the 4 year old is almost giddy about his independence in serving himself the foods on the table that he chooses.THE LETTS FAMILYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07001340451719043247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135990113081206879.post-79367158315483639762010-10-28T12:42:53.290-07:002010-10-28T12:42:53.290-07:00i tried pedialyte with a GI illness with my infant...i tried pedialyte with a GI illness with my infant. She wouldn't drink it, and we went back to apple juice... much cheaper and she actually drank it! i agree. The messages on TV are horrid. Kids and adults begin to believe that it's normal for kids to react like that, and to eat like that. It normalizes the abnormal...familyfeedingdynamicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049399245893420332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135990113081206879.post-245617934924912732010-10-28T12:22:58.704-07:002010-10-28T12:22:58.704-07:00Mmmmmmm, chocolate haggis!
My only experience wit...Mmmmmmm, chocolate haggis!<br /><br />My only experience with Pediasure was when my daughter had the stomach flu at 18 months old. The next time she had the flu, at 4 years old, we skipped the Pediasure and went for time-honored Saltines and fizzy water. The only thing I can say about Pediasure is that it's less messy to clean up, not exactly a ringing endorsement.<br /><br />But I have experienced those Pediasure commercials way too often and they always give me a chill. Another horrible commercial shows kids listing all the food they don't like with a grimace or shudder until a plate of texturized chicken product (aka "nuggets") is put in front of them and then they all eat happily. Way to reinforce the idea to my child that kids aren't supposed to like to eat anything but chicken fingers and ketchup...thanks America!<br /><br />My solution? Never watch live TV. I record everything and then zip over the commercials as quickly as possible. This technique is also useful for skipping the bajillion toy options that we also do not need.<br /><br />-MichellersUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14486885209890229323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135990113081206879.post-13181030266031592812010-10-28T12:19:21.414-07:002010-10-28T12:19:21.414-07:00So, my daughter was small as an infant/toddler. I...So, my daughter was small as an infant/toddler. I was given the "give her Pediasure" line... after I got the "she needs more weight or she'll be labeled 'failure to thrive'" line. I TRIED to give her that disgusting Pedisure. Even drank some myself to show her how "yummy!" it was. Ugh. It was awful AND she wouldn't touch that stuff with a ten foot pole!<br /><br />She's 9 now and I have long since accepted both her size and the rate she grows at. There is NO food pushing in this house (at least not with the kids.. I still remind the hubby to eat fruits and veggies occasionally!).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11081678389884304356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135990113081206879.post-2991122079179142842010-10-28T11:07:21.574-07:002010-10-28T11:07:21.574-07:00I think this is another problem that comes from ma...I think this is another problem that comes from making eating to "scientific". (It's not that I'm against science, I just think that the complexity of eating is better regulated by culture than science.)If we're not following the food pyramid our kids won't eat the right combination of things. (How DID we survive as a species before the food pyramid????) Even if we're trying to follow the pyramid how will we know if we are doing it correctly? <br /><br />Since we can't get an instant nutritional anaysis of what our kids eat in a day we are forced to rely on faith. Faith that our bodies have knowledge about how much and what to eat. Faith that our food culture will offer us a adequate range of nourishing and good tasting food as well as the time to enjoy it. <br /><br />But, if we use pediasure we don't have to have faith! Science to the rescue! We don't need to follow our bodies' cues. We don't have to question or change our food culture.<br /><br />I find this very reminiscent of the way infant formula was first introduced. It was better because it was more scientific. With breastfeeding you never new how much the baby was getting. If you don't know how much the baby is getting, how do you know that it is getting enough? <br /><br />On a side note, my friend was having feeding difficulties with her son and was told to feed him Boost (or something like that). Not surprisingly, he refused to eat it and she expressed to the health care worker that it didn't help that it tasted bad. The response she got was: "But it's chocolate!". As in, it's got chocolate and sugar in it so it must taste good. REALLY? Adding chocolate to something suddenly make it taste good? Is that what I need to do to like Haggis. Just add some chocolate in with the viscera and then I'll like it?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11403078174161170313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135990113081206879.post-30839873115861908912010-10-28T10:17:07.147-07:002010-10-28T10:17:07.147-07:00It makes me so sad... There are so many feeding pr...It makes me so sad... There are so many feeding problems out there. Recently, my daughter ate at a friend's house. The mother said to my daughter "you're a great eater! How should we get K to eat like you?" My daughter said "well, my mom just cooks dinner and if you don't eat it you get hungry." I loved it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135990113081206879.post-33312874658035665232010-10-28T08:59:40.784-07:002010-10-28T08:59:40.784-07:00totally agree. And, you'll note she grabbed a ...totally agree. And, you'll note she grabbed a banana too. A banana and milk would be great. A lot less processed, and likely less refined sugar than Pediasure... there was a move to make chocolate flavored formula recently. The company pulled it after a mountain of complaints.familyfeedingdynamicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049399245893420332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135990113081206879.post-46647819462059303152010-10-28T08:55:03.928-07:002010-10-28T08:55:03.928-07:00What struck me about that commercial was that the ...What struck me about that commercial was that the Pediasure was given in the kitchen (unlike the fast food, which was likely eaten in the car). If you're home in the kitchen to have Pediasure, why not try a snack of "real" food?Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14785138380015540272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135990113081206879.post-4377038915728726162010-10-28T08:21:07.832-07:002010-10-28T08:21:07.832-07:00Thanks Kate, I did see that one. I think I was wat...Thanks Kate, I did see that one. I think I was watching the same documentary. Did you notice the Victoria's Secret ad at the end of the second episode? Talk about mixed messages...familyfeedingdynamicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049399245893420332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135990113081206879.post-6253613130133743272010-10-28T08:14:12.389-07:002010-10-28T08:14:12.389-07:00Have you seen the commercials where they try to se...Have you seen the commercials where they try to sell Pedisure by literally turning kids into what they eat...donuts and french fries running around on the soccer field made to look slow/lazy and un-athletic. Talk about assigning guilt and fear to foods, right? Then the kid who drank the Pediasure comes sprinting into the game and scores the winning goal right through the donut kid's hole? Admittedly funny visuals but with sad and dangerous consequences...the kicker is that this ad ran during an eating disorder documentary! Mixed messages. :(Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08368431858389152173noreply@blogger.com