Would it be bad to not take her back to the nutristionist/GI

My DD is 14mos and has another appt. for the nutristionist/Gastroenterologist she has been seeing coming up. She's been going for monthly or simi-monthly visits since 5mos old. They convinced me to start supplementing with formular in addition to nursing, which I really didn't want to do but did because I care about her. They have concerns about her weight being so low. She was in the bottom percentile for her weight and heighth, even though she ate very well and met all of her milestones, and wasn't ever sick. My gut and DH's says she is fine. She eats very well and even her pedi finally said at hr 1ur checkup 'I guess we're just dealing with a small baby'. Yeah, what we thought all along. This past time, they further gave us suspicion it was only for money purposes. To get her blood work tested for a couple things (for the 3rd time), they sent us to a lab to have it drawn from her lil arms where they tried multiple times before getting anything and busted vessels bruising hed arms badly. Now she no longer has state medical insurance as a secondary ins. only our primary insurance, where her limit was reached for these visits very quickly. Everyone who knows her says not to worry she is healthy and has lil fat rolls so she is ok, but no one knows what to tell us when I mention my worries that they will think we are not feeding her or that we are bad parents or call CPS on us for not taking her to appointments. I know people who have not taken their kids to the Dr. and had reports filed. We are nothing like this and take great care of her, she is just small and we don't want to keep going to them for nothing but to be told everything is normal, here's the bill.

If you've already been taking her every month or two, why do they need to keep seeing her? Are they just doing weight checks or giving you new information each time or what?

My son is about the same age and he had to see a nutritionist when they realized he was in the 0 percentile. I had to start supplementing with formula also (which, I didn't want to do at the time), but his weight is up in a much healthier range now (still 15-20 percentile). He's just a little guy and that's ok  

I had to pause between writing this and forgot to put that the reason I got upset about the bloodwork was that less than 2 weeks after, she had to have the exact same bloodwork done, nothing more or less, for WIC, and they did a finger prick and let it run int the lil vile to test. (not sure what its called) She whimpered a lil instead of screaming and getting bruised.

I would talk to her pedi & see if they suggest that you keep seeing the nutritionist. WIC kept hasseling me about ds's weight until I told them that his pedi is not concerned & as long as he keeps gaining she sees no problem. He was born 5'14 and @ 6 months weighed 12lbs. He also had a medical issue that made feeding difficult

I wouldn't take her back if everything is coming up fine and her pedi has is under control.


We had to get blood taken for my 13m old. He's fallen off the charts for height and weight. He's barely 16 lbs. Totally healthy meeting milestones just teeny.

Yeah, all they do is ask me how much she eats and weigh hed, tell me to 'keep giving her anything I can get her to eat' which is rediculous, they make it seem like she is not wanting to eat or picky. NOT the case. Wic has actually been very supportive of me continuing to nurse, and they all tell me she is fine and eating well.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Brink:</b>" I wouldn't take her back if everything is coming up fine and her pedi has is under control. We had ... [snip!] ... 13m old. He's fallen off the charts for height and weight. He's barely 16 lbs. Totally healthy meeting milestones just teeny."</blockquote>




Yeah Kallee is 14lbs. I think if she was huge she wouldn't look like our kid, since we are both very short and skinny (well, he is now I was pre-baby weight)

<blockquote><b>Quoting Kallee's Momma!:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Brink:</b>" I wouldn't take her back if everything is coming ... [snip!] ... if she was huge she wouldn't look like our kid, since we are both very short and skinny (well, he is now I was pre-baby weight)"</blockquote>




I'm not that big of a person either. My dad is 5'2" I think the baby got my short genes.

Yeah me too. She weighs 14.12lbs, but she is proportionate.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Kallee's Momma!:</b>" Yeah me too. She weighs 14.12lbs, but she is proportionate."</blockquote>




Our pedi said if he wasnt proportionate then it's time to start worrying. We did do the dwarfism test to be on the safe side but if came back fine.

I would go one last time and explain during the appointment that you are in regular contact with a pediatrician and if they believe that there is more to be concerned about, that you will schedule another appointment.

If they express concern over that, have your pediatrician write them a letter stating that he doesn't have concerns.

My SIL went through a similar thing, except the nutritionist called CAS on her citing potential neglect because she just stopped going.

Thanks. Yeah, thats what I was worried about. I don't want to just stop going, but they schedule another appt each time by just writing it on her check out sheet and saying 'see you all next month'. This is the first time DH won't be able to go with us so I'm worried I'll not feel confident enough to tell her I don't think I'll be back. Can I refuse to let them take more blood from her unless they do it like they did at the healyh dept?

I wouldnt take her back. My daughter is almost 26 months old and weights about 25 pounds (she was 7 lbs 6 oz at birth) while I have a 6 month old niece who weighs like 17 pounds. My daughter eats all the time and always has. My daughter has always been small but her pedi said as long as she is gaining some weight she is fine, that she is just a tiny child. All children are different, built differently, and grow differently. If she is healthy and eating like she should I see no reason to take her back.