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  • 17 month old doesnt eat much variety of foods, but will eat yogurt, so i wind up giving her a yobaby for breakfast and another for lunch. also eats cheese. and loves milk, drinksk about 18oz a day. is so much dairy bad?

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    11.11.09, 10:53 AM [ Flag ]

    • Only if it's not organic.

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      11.11.09, 10:57 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • Is dc overweight?

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      11.11.09, 11:01 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • my dd is like this too at 26 mos. she loves yogurt and cheese (but doesn't drink milk at all). Yo baby yogurts are our "go to" food when nothing else works. I would just ask the dr but I don't think it's a big issue. is she constipated though? I think that could be a problem with too much dairy.

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      11.11.09, 11:05 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • she probably goes once a day, sometimes twice. this is true even when she eats a lot of fruit (likes berries).

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        11.11.09, 11:13 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • oh yeah, berries are huge for us too. berries and yogurt is her favorite meal, regardless of season. you'll have an 18 month check up, right? just ask the dr.

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          11.11.09, 11:45 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • i have the same problem with my 14 mo. likes yo baby, goldfish, others are touch and go, sometimes she likes mandarin oranges, french fries, applesauce, sometimes not. she does like juice, though. would never eat baby food, esp. green.. so much different from #1.

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      11.11.09, 11:21 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • op: havent started juice yet

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        11.11.09, 11:27 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • Don't ever start juice! It is sugar and empty calories.

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          11.11.09, 11:29 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

          • oh dear Lord

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            11.11.09, 11:36 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

          • OR: i only give the watered-down type, half juice, half water, once a day (4 oz). i started it b/c mine did have bad constipation, dc#1 is 3 and only recently started liking juice; i'm not a juice junkie

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            11.11.09, 11:36 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

          • 100% juice with no sugar added is good for you in moderation.

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            11.11.09, 11:40 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

            • np Huge sugar hit that doesn't satisfy hunger. Eat fruit. Drink water. I've never served my kids juice. They might have it at a party occasionally, but don't really care for it.

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              11.11.09, 01:42 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

              • hard to feed fruit to a baby who has 4 teeth and doesn't like applesauce or any baby food fruit

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                11.11.09, 05:14 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

                • So give her veggie baby food. Filling a kid full of juice as a source of nutrition is a VERY bad idea.

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                  11.11.09, 05:24 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

                  • she won't eat veggie baby food. a little juice to help with constipation is not bad, esp. when it's half water. get a life

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                    11.11.09, 05:28 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

                    • So, she won't eat fruit baby food, but she'll drink juice? Probably because you made it an option.

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                      11.11.09, 05:34 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

                      • yes, she will drink the apple/prune juice but has never liked baby food at all, esp. green stuff. her 3 yo sister was exact opposite. loved the green stuff. go figure. she does like fish (broiled salmon or flounder) sometimes mashed potatoes, sometime green beans that i mash and put to her, but sometimes she refuses all of them. she is teething pretty badly and i attribute it to that

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                        11.11.09, 05:45 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

                    • I see a chix nuggets/fish sticks/Goldfish/apple juice/repeat eater in your futre.

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                      11.11.09, 05:36 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • on the road to bad diet habits.

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        11.11.09, 06:51 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • wish I had never started on yobaby. You should try plain yogurt.

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      11.11.09, 11:49 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • why??

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        11.11.09, 11:51 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • loaded with sugar. If old enough, honey with plain is much better.

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          11.11.09, 11:59 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

          • i don't know about yo-baby, but yo-kidz has 9 grams of sugar per serving, which isn't the end of the world. nutritionists recommend giving dcs breakfast cereals with less than 10 grams of sugar per serving.

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            11.11.09, 12:07 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

          • np Plain with NOTHING or with fruit is best. Why start kids out thinking ALL good food must be sweet?!

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            11.11.09, 01:44 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • my underweight db would never eat plain yogurt but would eat the organic version of yo-baby (no high-fructose corn syrup) and the ped says that's fine if it gets calcium and calories into him.

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        11.11.09, 11:52 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • what's wrong with yobaby?

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        11.11.09, 12:00 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • YoBaby now makes a plain version. Regardless, this is an extreme point of view. There is nothing wrong with giving your child normal YoBaby. Extreme attitudes toward food breed children with eating disorders, which might be what some parents are trying to achieve. But those parents should keep in mind that eating disorders can go both ways and more often than not drive children (and later, adults) to overeat when finally given the chance to make their own decisions.

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        11.11.09, 12:03 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • I don't think it's extreme to give them regular yogurt. That's what my son gets and loves- why introduce sugary yogurt? I often serve with fruit. This is much ehalthier and not extreme on any level. And last night he had ben&jerry's for dessert-

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          11.11.09, 12:11 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

          • what is "regular yogurt"? is there any yogurt that does not have added sugar except "plain" that comes in those big 1 pint containers?

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            11.11.09, 12:27 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

            • I mean plain- and yes it comes in big containers but not really a big deal-

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              11.11.09, 12:37 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

              • np ITTTTA with you. I'm fine with high quality treats, but I don't think every food needs to be sweetened. My dcs love plain Fage yogurt; it's one of their favorite foods.

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                11.11.09, 01:47 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

            • We use the big containers and mix it with applesauce and oatmeal for breakfast. DD loves it. She also drinks buttermilk for a snack. IMO if you don't start them on sweetened foods, they wont know the difference anyway.

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              11.11.09, 01:17 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

          • ITA. Why is it extreme to avoid introducing a sugary, processed food into a baby's daily meals? I think foods like yobaby are fine as a treat, but twice a day? It's similar to giving pudding to a baby twice a day. Seems excessive to me...

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            11.11.09, 01:48 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • I used that yobaby a couple times and just switched to plain old danon. My dd stomach would get upset with yobaby but not with regular yogurt.

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        11.11.09, 05:21 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • The dairy isn't bad, but yobaby is not a very healthy food. It's yummy, for sure, but tons of sugar. Why not mix plain yogurt with applesauce or something?

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      11.11.09, 01:47 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
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