meghan anderson

<<<<> As far as the junk food; toddlers need
surprisingly little food volume and
> variety isn't a concern yet. As long as he's not
underweight (if he is,
> this is a medical issue instead) then I would offer
a selection of foods
> and stand back. >>>>

<<<<If a baby's on the low end of the scale, don't
forget the scale belongs to the AMA and has to do with
statistics, rather than with the health or
realities of individual humans. There can't be an
average without some people at the extremes, and some
are naturally at the extremes from genetics,
and they are at their OWN "normal" (midrange for their
own body's development, as their body has no idea
about other organisms of the same age).

I'm guessing by "underweight" maybe the writer meant
unhealthily scrawny or dangerously thin.

Holly seems scrawny to me. She always has. But she's
strong and active and so I just don't worry about her
bones showing. I'm sure it will pass
sooner than she'd like it to (given the prevailing
prejudices in the land in which she lives).

Sandra>>>>

I absolutely agree with this. Tamzin has always been
'scrawny', since birth. When she was a baby the doc
tried to tell me she was underweight and to give her
some formula along with breastmilk. That was the last
time we saw that doc! She has always been tall and
thin and I know that it's just her physical makeup.
She's healthy, active and almost never gets ill. She
also is one of those kids who hardly eats (although
she is eating more as she gets older). Sometimes it's
been a worry (usually when I start listening to other
people's concerns about her eating habits <g>), but
mostly I remember why it is that I chose the whole
unschooling lifestyle in the first place - I trust my
dd to know what she needs (physically as well as
mentally).

Meghan

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