Shouldn't a two year old child be eating regular food?
488867
A two year old does not need baby food or a special line of of specially designed toddler food.  They need cut up chunks of a balanced diet.  Meat, cheese, fruit, vegetables, yogurt, bread, crackers, soups, pasta.  Any of these things are great.  If you can afford the special food, and the convenience is great, then go for it.  But they do not need it at all.
502902
Well, Noise wouldn't hurt your 2 years old son. but I think there are many better places to take your son other than formula. and they are cheaper too.
656934
yes i've wondered why and i think its not fair that the rabbit can't eat his own cereal.  the kids are being selfish.  who cares that if rabbits eat cereal they may very well die. but its his choice.  i mean he's on the box.  let the rabbit have some cereal, i'm sure he's hungry after doing all that running and planning to try and get  some Trix.  the kids are very mean
324395
i really wouldnt worry as long as she is eating well my daughter has always been skinny but has a big apiteite shes 12 now and still skinny so stop worryingx
1110986
I just emailed you! Lol! I have a 7 year old with autism who is on a gluten free/casein free diet. He is EXTREMELY hyperactive. Before I put him on the diet (he was almost 3) he would be even MORE hyper after eating foods with milk, and would have these crazy laughing spells. He already bounces off the walls, but it was obviously more so with the milk products, not to mention the stools he would have after eating them. I was changing like 10 pull ups a day. He would not even touch milk after I took him off of the bottle but he was addicted to cheese, and cereals/crackers with wheat in them.  AFTER I put him on the diet, within a matter of only a couple of weeks, he just stopped peeing on himself. Period, including at night. So to me I related that directly to the diet. I have wanted to give up on the diet sometimes, but you know, every time I let him have some foods which he normally doesn't have, he acts even more hyper than usual, and if you knew my son you would find that hard to believe! Lol! I have considered Feingold as well as vitamin therapy(B6 and Magnesium), but with my financial situation and stress level, any more changes would just be really hard for me to enforce right now. I also had completely takem him off of sugar for a long time, but I have caved and so he has it every now and then. I can't really tell if it affects his behavior or not. I am still looking for a solution that works, I am just kind of burned out by the trial and error of it all!
29855
Don't preasure your child into gaining weight unless she's under weight. If she is 12 or older, she can do light weight workouts. Get more information on the web for proper weight technique. Be sure she eats healthy food, but a lot of it. Don't be fooled by someone who tells you that she should eat unhealthy food and get minimal exercise. That could lead to bad habits that last a lifetime.
900069
My son is the same way. He is a very good boy and wants to please us by eating better but he can't bring himself to and will gag if he tries. He has gotten somewhat better but is still pretty bad. Otherwise he is very healthy so I am not going to stress out too much. I was a poor eater as a child and now I love all foods.
83676
How about how incredibly skeletal everyone is now, How about that?\n\nI think for your 2 year old you really don't have to worry about them because they are not trying for that audience.\n\nWhen she gets a little older, old enough to watch programs on Nickelodeon and other age appropriate shows, someone will standout and be a good role models for the new crop of little girls.
1080771
A child should have a BM every day. If you feed her high fiber foods and make sure she has an adequate amount of water everyday, she will become way more regular. Avoid cheeses too. They can make her symptoms worse.\n\n\nFiber Content of Foods\nFood Amount Fiber\n(gram) \nApple 1 medium 3 \nApple juice 1 cup 0 \nApricot 3 dried 4.5 \nAsparagus 2 spears 1 \nAvocado 1/2 medium 2 \nBanana 1 medium 2.4 \nBarley, raw 40 g 5 \nBarley, cooked 1 cup, 180 g 6.5 \nBeans, Black-eyed, cooked 100 g 6.5 \nBeans. Green, cooked  1 cup 2 \nBeans, Mung, cooked 100 g 6.5 \nBeans, Soya, cooked 100 g 7.5 \nBeet Root, canned 100 g 4 \nBitter Melon 100 g 2 \nBlack Berries, fresh 100 g 5 \nBlue Berries, raw 100 g 5 \nBread- Chapati 100 g 3 \nBread- Naan 60 g 1.5 \nBread- Loaf, Black Rye 1 slice 7 \nBroccoli, raw 100 g 4 \nCabbage 40 g 2 \nCantaloupe 1 cup 1 \nCarrot, raw 70 g 2 \nCereal- All Bran 45 g 13 \nCereal- Oat Bran 22 g 3.5 \nChick Peas, dried, boiled 180 g 20.5 \nCucumber, sliced 1/2 cup <1 \nFigs, dried 75 g 10.5 \nFlour- Barley 100 g 10 \nFlour- Besan (Chickpea) 100 g 11 \nFlour- Soya, low fat 100 g 15.5 \nFlour- Wholemeal 100 g 11 \nFlour- Wheat, plain (Maida) 100 g 4 \nGrapes 1/2 cup <1 \nKiwi fruit 1 medium 5 \nGuava,  100 g 5.5 \nLemon 1 g 2.5 \nLettuce  1 cup 1 \nMango, peeled 150 g 2.5 \nNashi Pear, unpeeled 130 g 4.5 \nNuts- Almonds, raw 4 numbers 1.5 \nNuts- Cashew, raw 75 g 4.5 \nOrange 1 medium  3 \nPeach 1 medium 2 \nOnion 1 large  0.6 \nPear with skin 1 medium 4 \nPeas (cooked) 1 cup 6 \nPopcorn (air popped) 3.5 cup 4.5 \nPotato, baked with skin 1 medium 4 \nRice 1 cup 1.6 \nStrawberries 1 cup 4 \nSpinach (raw) 1 cup 1 \nSpinach (cooked) 1 cup 4 \nSunflower Seeds 1 ounce 4 \nTomato 1 medium 2 \nWhole wheat bread 1 slice 1.3
937843
Most peditricians say wait till they are 2 years old.  \n\nLonger if there is a family history of peanut allergies.
48095
An hour or two?  Sounds like a friend of mine daughter.  Have you looked into a food allergy?  You don't say how old she is, what she eats, or how much, but I would look into that.\n\nIt turned out that my friends daughter has **ciliac**(spelling may be off) [EDIT: I put crones in there first, my mistake] disease.  She can not eat wheat products (bread, pasta, etc.)
897753
What a good mom!  :thumbs up:\n\nYou're absolutely right that you have to start them young.  If your kids grow up in a "healthy" home, they don't know any differently.  This is how I raised my kids.  They love vegetables for example, because that's what they know.\n\nYou can begin feeding your son minced chopped foods and wean from the Gerber Graduates.  I made my own baby food from steamed adult food whirled in a mini-processor.\n\nYou may have gained from extra water weight due to carbs.  Or maybe you've added a little extra fat (butter on bread) or a bit larger portions?\n\nIt's probably not fat, just fluid or undigested food.  If you had been eating less fiber and are now eating more (whole wheat bread), the fiber acts as a "dam" in the colon.  Keep eating high fiber food, maybe take a softener like Milk of Magnesia capsules and see if that helps.
1166725
unless your toddler is obese, i wouldn't worry about its weight.  i'm sure your pediatrician would have said something if something was not normal.  people are always obsessing over weight.  just let kids be kids unless there is an obvious problem.
1122633
the issue is there are far too many parents who try to be their child's friend instead of doing their job and parenting.\n\nBeing a real parent is tough - sometimes you have to be uncool and unpopular.  Yes that means it's my reponsibility to ensure my child eats healthy foods and not McD's, yes it means I determine what is acceptable for viewing not the govenrment and it is my job to socialize my child prior to entering school not the teachers\noff soapbox!
307845
It depends on the age of the child. Durring different ages children need different kinds of care. For infants they require lots of rest, diaper changing, bathing, feeding, changing and lots and lots of hugs and attention. For toddlers they start eating solid foods, need more chaning of clothes, need to be taught how to go to the big peoples potty, and are learning how to devlope thier motor skills. I suggest reading a parenting magazine for more defined answers.
283339
Basic, nutritious, unprocessed food is not expensive. If children go hungry, it is because their lazy parient/s spend money on smokes, booze, drugs and gambling.
250103
if your child doesnt have them already, ask you optician to add cable temples to the frame to hold them in place. also try praising him or her for wearing them. other than that there is not much you can do to reason with a two year old. eventually kids get used to it.