Healthy: Older Child
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Overweight 4 Year Old, Need Advice and Maybe Some Recipes!
Asked by S.F. from Clarksville
on April 4, 2009
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Hi Moms,
I have a 4 year old daughter who has been overweight since she was 2. She was always a healthy eater, I never gave her junk but didn't deprive her of a few ...
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- I have a friend that had a similar situation and after a year of drs and such discovered that her daughter was insoline resistant and had severe reflux causing severe ...
- I'm so sorry to hear that you are going through this, and for the way the kids are going to react in the coming years. Both of you Hang in there. I just would leave ...
- I would get a workup done on her. Take her to a large med center. See what an endocrinologist has to say. Also, look into your family background, are there, were there...
Need Help with Recipes for Freezer Meals for Gestational Diabetes
Asked by E.T. from Salt Lake City
on August 25, 2009
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Hey Ladies-
My sister is pregnant with her first child due in October. I want to fill her freezer with quick and easy meals for when the baby is born. The hard part...
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- Betty Crocker's Best of Healthy and Hearty cookbook has nutrition information/serving on each of the recipe pages. They're pretty good recipes too. Not geared toward...
- My husband has type 1 diabetes, so even though he is insulin dependent I still have to watch the nutritional fact so he knows how many carbs are in the meal to make su...
- One good cookbook is the "Fix it and forget it cookbook for diabetes." It's a crockpot book. I gave the original as a gift once, and later when I became pregnant (I ...
8 Year Old DD Is Overweight- Help Please
Asked by J.H. from Bismarck
on August 30, 2009
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I am a mother of two and my almost 8 year old is overweight. I am and have always been naturally skinny (I'm one of those that most people hate-can eat anything and st...
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- I hear you! My 8 year old has been overweight for years now. She is always asking for food, and saying that she is hungry. It kills me, but many times I just tell her ...
- Is your family eating fresh organic food? You will fill fuller when you eat food that is grown in rich soil and that wasn't grown with pesticides and herbicides, etc. ...
- PLEASE don't make weight an issue for her!!! It will come on her own soon enough. If dad is overweight and she is too, my bet is it's genetic. I'm overweight and my ...
Healthy Eating for So Many ???!!
Asked by A.H. from Grand Rapids
on November 8, 2008
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OK. I am really struggling on how to properly feed my kids while staying on budget. I have completely eliminated high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated oils excep...
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- If you belong to Sam's Club, you should be able to get whole wheat flour in 25lb bags for a reasonable price. You can either mix that with bread (white) flour or go fo...
- I find my children and family very healthy. When Meijer has chicken breasts on sale buy one bag and get one free, I stock up. I buy fresh vegetables, yogurt, granola...
- OK...you are probably done with the mac n cheese responses but I wanted to tell you about my FAVE mac n cheese idea. That is you buy a whole cauliflower.....cook it (...
Recipes for Kids to Cook
Asked by S.P. from Nashville
on November 8, 2011
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My 9 year old Girl Scout Troop is putting together a progressive dinner. The idea is for the girls to prepare all three courses. Anyone have any recipes you could sh...
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- What about hot pizza dip.? 1 brick cream cheese at room temp. 1 cup mozz. cheese, shredded 1/2 cup fresh parm. cheese shredded pizza sauce pepperoni 1 garlic c...
- No bake cheesecake... super easy. Top it with fresh cut up fruit. or they can heat the fruit over the stove with a little sugar and squirt of lemon juice for a fruit s...
- what about ham rolls for appetizer? Sliced ham ( towel dry each slice) spread cream cheese on the ham, with a paper towel squeeze out the pickle juice of the pickle s...
Looking for School Lunch Ideas --Healthy--organic--low Prep Time
Asked by M.O. from Modesto
on July 31, 2008
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Hi everyone. In Aug. my three sons will be going to Junior High, Elementary and preschool. I will be making their lunches everyday and was looking to switch from pre-...
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- Check-in w/ your boys...sometimes it isn't up to you. Develop a "menu" for them. Ask the question, "what will you eat" or "what do you want for lunch". The answer mi...
- low prep time -- have the children help make their own lunches even the preschooler. buy lunch boxes with reusable containers. the children may not always want t...
- I haven't seen anyone mention yogurt yet. Stoneyfield farms has organic tubes or little cups Yo'kids. We just use reusable containers and the large tubs, we prefer S...
6 Year Old Weight Concerns
Asked by J.W. from Tampa
on June 18, 2011
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Oh where to start, sorry if I ramble but I am really stuggling with this and don't know what to do for the best. My 6 year old son who has sensory processing issues su...
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- Buy the book Disconnected Kids and follow the plan for smelling certain scents in the right or left nostril. The problem with SPD kids is their senses are not clear to...
- You didn't actually say how tall/heavy he is, so it's hard to tell if you are just biased or not. My six year old (girl) is four feet tall and weighs 55 pounds...whic...
- My son is Autistic and has oral sensory issues. We got a prescription for Feeding Therapy. It is usually a Pediatric Speech Therapist you can find to do this, or an OT...
My 10 Year Old Wants to Try Being a Vegetarian.
Asked by L.B. from South Bend
on April 10, 2007
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How do I go about finding what kinds of foods will give her all the vitamins and so for that her body needs at this age? And how do I keep grandma off her back about ...
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- Hi, I have been vegetarian for fifteen years. I stopped eating meat when I was 12. For nutritional information, I would recommend going to your library first, or a g...
- I would start with a google search. I looked up vegetarian diets for kids. http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/nutrition/vegetarian_diets.html http://www.thevegetariansit...
- Please let her try... really the only things that we get from meat are iron and protein. Cocoa wheats have a TON of iron... beans and peanut butter are good for prot...
How Do You Feed Your Kids Healthy Foods?
Asked by K.R. from Houston
on January 28, 2009
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I am the worst when it comes to nutrition. I can't even tell you when the last time was that I ate fruit-and I do not care for vegetables either. I do not want to pas...
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- I agree - it's hard to plan out and make sure your little ones get their 'five a day'! To keep it simple I serve fruit with breakfast, fruit with lunch, and veggies w...
- Hi K., Well first of all you need some recipes hehe. If you have an idea of what goes together it does help. If your kids are not use to eating a lot of fruit a...
- For my kids, it is often about convenience and ease of mind. I pre-wash fruit and veggies and leave them on the counter in a bowl. Also, I never spend time on trying...
Child Friendly Vegetarian Recipes?
Asked by S. from Dallas
on August 11, 2009
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My 7 year old (LOVES animals, and dreams of being a vet), has recently declared that she "will no longer eat anything that ever had a face." You all have been so savv...
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- For easy, simple vegetarian recipes using relatively familiar ingredients, I recommend the cookbook "Lean, Luscious, and Meatless." Also, if you PM me your email addr...
- you can up the veggie intake by varying how you cook them. some veggies my kids won't touch roasted, but will covered in sauce. others, only boiled. then add health...
- For kids especially I think fruit and vegetables in their simplest form is great. Raw carrots for a snack. A little smart balance margarine on any cooked vegie at di...
