Toddler Formula - Eugene,OR

I never bothered with toddler formula although I wanted to for my middle daughter who has Autism, and here's why. She has had such serious nutrition problems because of a restricted diet and because of Sensory Processing Disorder that she wouldn't eat a typical diet as a toddler. I couldn't breastfeed her because she hated skin on skin contact and she had (and still has) many gastric problems to boot. She didn't get the toddler formula because of lactose intolerance, and I couldn't even use the Pediasure for her. I would have loved this option for a child who desperately needed the nutrition and would have accepted it in this form.

What I dislike about questions such as these is the Mommier-Than-Thou attitude that if a mother gives her child formula that she must not love her child as much as a mother who doesn't give her child formula. It's not about "doing something to your child" but doing the best you can with what you have. Be careful who you judge because you have no clue what their situation may be and what's really going on. Even my own situation is much more complex than what I've shared here.

And I'm sure there's something in your parenting background that I could judge you just as harshly for and ask you what in the hell you were thinking when you decided to go ahead and do it. But we're all mothers here and it's not about accusing each other, is it. It's about information sharing and seeing how others parent so that we can find a new way of understanding.

I think it's largely marketing, too. My daughter was still nursing as a toddler so I get he concept, but it's not the same to offer a toddler formula as it is to offer breastmilk. My DD was also drinking (though admittedly limited) amounts of cow milk, water, eating a variety of foods, etc. There was no need for it and I think that even if she'd been on formula I wouldn't have gone to a toddler formula before something like pediasure (which I think is also partially marketing).

Sometimes I use EnfaGrow and sometimes I use Pedisure. I only give it to my daughter when she goes through her days of not eating very much (which her doctor told me is normal to go a day without eating much, if anything). Just to make sure she gets the nutrients and vitamins.

Are you kidding me? I was paying $150/month for baby formula...there was NO way that I was going to do the toddler formula when my ped told me that cow's milk is just FINE starting at 12 months old! Personally, I think it is a racket...a child should be eating all solids by toddler-hood and should not need a toddler formula!

Most kids DON'T need toddler formula. My first didn't. He transitioned well from infant formula to milk. My 2nd did not. It took 3 tries between 12 - 17 months before she could tolerated 2% milk without getting a sinus infection.

M.

I agree with the comments. What's the point, and how is this "toddler formula" beneficial? In my opinion, it's another way to get more of the consumer dollars. Give your toddler Vitamin D milk, plenty of water, a daily vitamin, and balanced NORMAL meals.

why is it in this post you are telling people to give their childrent milk, but in THIS previous post you do the opposite :L. G. answers from Eugene on July 24, 2011

Cows milk is meant to put 1500 lbs on a calf in a year. It is food unfit for human consumption. Put him on yogurt made from whole cultures without sugar or fruit in it. If you add fresh fruit okay but remember he's just learning about foods and so they must be in very small pieces
so which is it????

I think it is completely a marketing scam. We fed DS exactly what we were eating (in appropriate texture/size) at that age - veggies, fruit, whole grains, fish, lean meat, nuts - plus milk.