Boost kid essentials or Pediasure?

Question

Boost kid essentials or Pediasure?

Answer 1

Don't offer him junk anymore. Plain and simple: "mommy says chicken and mashed potatoes is dinner tonight." Don't force feed him, if he doesn't want to eat it- fine, let him leave the table. But if he is hungry later, just offer to re-heat dinner. He won't let himself starve to death. Eventually he will eat what he's offered- you just can't cave into him.

Answer 2

They're junk; they're just cheap fat and cheap sweeteners with some vitamins mixed in. Life-sustaining? Yes. Nutritious? No. Just a marketing con for nervous parents.



You might as well use ice cream; there is a blog post here worth reading on that http://mangobounce.blogspot.com/2007/06/pediasure-vs-chocolate-ice-cream.html



But why give junk at all? So he doesn't eat much -- so what, if he is fine and the doctor is not worried? Stop giving him fries...



Also good reading: http://www.ellynsatter.com/how-to-feed-i-24.html (see especially "division of responsibility")

Answer 3

Give him a multi-vitamin. My daughter is a picky eater as well, but her doctor isn't concerned. She takes 2 gummy multi-vitamins a day.

Answer 4

Those are both filled with sugar. Why not just give him a multivitamin while you work on expanding the range of what he will eat?



If he'll eat fries, maybe try making baked sweet potato "fries". If he likes pizza, try making homemade pizza with lots of veggies, or even pureed veggies in the sauce. There are a lot of ways to hide healthy food!



Some good recipes here:

http://www.wholesometoddlerfood.com/

Answer 5

On the plant it is just a fruit, off the flower this can be a vegetable

Answer 6

Boost Kid Essentials 1.5

Answer 7

Boost Kid Essentials

Answer 8

There is something called the Kyani Triangle. The Kyani Sunrise is a 30ml dose of super fruit extracts with no fillers. It contains the vitamins and minerals missing from our daily diet. I give it to my son who is one of the most picking eaters on the planet :) He is doing fine if not better. Check it out www.johannjsantos.kyani.net

Answer 9

I love that no one answered your question!



Really, I think there is no difference between the two. My daughter takes Pediasure. However, I'm sure Boost Essentials is just as good (or bad).



I do agree with the others though. I wouldn't waste your money on Pediasure or Boost if your pediatrician is not concerned. My daughter has taken Pediasure for only a month because her doctor was a little concerned that she didn't gain any weight in the last 3 months - but did grow an 1.5 inches. But I'd really rather not give it to her at all. It is expensive... and because I never gave my kid formula... I feel weird now feeding her Pediasure.

Answer 10

i have the same problem that you have, only my son is only 2 1/2 years old. he won't hardly eat anything. but i refuse to not feed him anything at all if he won't eat what i want him to eat. they say that your kid won't starve themselves and that they will eat when they are hungry, but i have tried making him eat what i want and if he doesn't then he doesn't get anything else, and he has woken up at night crying because he is hungry. so, i do what someone else suggested, i just try to fix healthier versions of the things that he does like. for example, he loves spaghetti, so i buy garden vegetable spaghetti sauce and whole grain spaghetti noodles, he loves it. and on top of that he gets 1 flintstones chewable vitamin, as well as i buy him a juice that is called fruitables, it has a whole serving of fruit and a whole serving of a veggie in each juice box. but, also, when i could meals for us all, i try each meal to get him to at least taste what i fix for us. i figure eventually he will start liking more things and that i just need to be patient and understand that he is little and that he will continue to grow and change.. but i'm not going to refuse to feed my child, that's just mean.

Answer 11

Whichever one has less sugar!



I would only give him one on the days that he is REALLY lacking in food. Kids don't always need to eat as much as you think. If he is hungry he will eat. Give him plenty of healthy options. Let him eat what he wants from the choices, and if he doesn't want to eat then don't force it. He'll just have to wait until the next meal or snack for food. Eventually he'll learn. Serve food up in a fun way. Get him involved in the cooking. Use appropriate spices so food tastes good (salt isn't necessary usually). Don't make eating such a chore! It should be a relaxing luxurious time of the day to be enjoyed. If he doesn't want to participate, so be it. He is healthy so don't worry. A gummy vitamin or something will probably be the best way to go. But like I said, those are ok on occasion when he really just won't eat anything.

Answer 12

We had the same type of problem with my nephew, he only wanted to eat tomato's, but he eventually he out grew it, we just kept giving him other foods with his tomato's and now he's healthy and will pretty much just about eat anything.

Answer 13

that's CRAP, you don't need to raise your kid on that artificial CRAP! You NEED to teach him to EAT! You serve him a meal, if he won't eat, he gets NOTHING til the next meal, if he won't eat again he gets NOTHING til the next meal and so on. When he gets HUNGRY ENOUGH he will eat what you served him! You DO NOT let your Son decide what he eats you TEACH him to eat what he's SERVED! THAT is what is in HIS BEST INTEREST! It's not going to hurt him on bit to miss a few meals. Dr Oz says kids need to try new foods sometime 30 times or more to develop a taste for them, so just KEEP MAKING him taste what you served him!!!

Answer 14

They are all so expensive!!! I use carnation instant breakfast because it seems to be more economical and his pediatrician didn't object.