Pediasure

Pros: tastes good, nutritional supplement, nonperishable plastic bottles, good for children 1-10
Cons: expensive to use daily, very sweet

Now that I’m trying to wean my daughter off of breast milk, I’m having a hard time getting her to try new foods or even eating her old favorites. There was a period where the only things she’d eat were plain sliced bread and juice. Eventually I got her ...

Pros: complete nutrition for ill children
Cons: expensive

This is a product made by Abbott Labs who makes Isomil, Similac, and Pedialyte. These are all products that I have much experience with and have been very satisfied.

The first time I heard of this product is with my friend who had a child with...

Pros: none, for a healthy child
Cons: poor substitute for a nutritious meal, really awful marketing tactics

or, "How To Create An Eating Disorder In An Otherwise Healthy Child"

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Pros: quick, tasty nutrition
Cons: SOOOOOO expensive.

Do you ever have those days (or weeks) were your little non munchkin absolutely refuses to eat anything? You know. You can’t even get so much as a cracker past those pursed little lips? (Well, that is, with the...

Pros: 100% Nutrition in 4 cans daily,Great taste,filling,healthy,for picky eaters...
Cons: So Expensive The Insurance Companies Dont Even Want To Pay For It!...

My little Caleb's lifesupport comes in an 8 ounce can. It's Vanilla,It's Lactose Free,It's A Lifesaver...Literally.... My 5 year old son,who suffers from Sensory Integration Dysfunction,has always been a phenominally picky eater. As an infant,we went ...

Pros: Helps our son to get nutrition needed to grow
Cons: Addictive and costly.

My son has always been on the skinny side since birth, never had "baby fat" and ranged around the 25 percentile in weight. He also was breastfed the first year of his life. At his year and a half well-care check-up the doctor noted that he was in the ...

Pros: Variety of flavors, healthy, sweet flavors, Easy to drink
Cons: Can be overly expensive if you don't shop around

When my daughter was around 10 months, her weight gain started to level off. Her pediatrician at the time told me to stop nursing and start her on formula instead. I switched doctors, and her new pediatrician told me to try Pediasure. This was at a...

Pros: Tastes great, nutritional, Easy to get my daughter to drink it
Cons: COST - NOT FOR CHILDREN WITH GALACTOSEMIA

My daughter is your typical toddler, one day she eats great the next three I can't pry her mouth open for anything. (Not even pizza) I go out of my mind on those days. I have spoke to her doctor about it and she tells me the same thing each time - as...

Pros: Provides nutrition to vulnerable children, WIC approved.
Cons: Costs a lot, WIC-approved, hard habit to break.

I am a mere civil servant. I am a servant, in that I frequently entertain the whims and ambitions of the power-hungry, the insecure, and frequently, the incompetent. I am civil, in that I try really hard not to let them know that I am merely ...

Pros: High calorie, variety of flavors, complete nutrition
Cons: Price

Pediasure, a Ross product, is a nutritional supplement for children between the ages of one to ten. It is a complete source of balanced nutrition to have with or between meals. It is lactose free and comes in vanilla, strawberry, bananna, and chocolate....

Pros: Helps put weight on while also giving good nutrition
Cons: Expensive

Let me start off by saying that I'm not one of those moms who are too busy to feed my child. I've heard conflicting opinions on the use of Pediasure. I do not use it as a meal replacement, nor would I unless it was under the doctors orders.

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Pros: nutritionally complete, no mixing
Cons: price

My daughter, Amanda, started having problems eating when she was thirteen months old. She would constantly get choked on her baby food, so we had to do something for her. She was eating baby food and drinking Carnation Follow-Up Formula at the time. I...

Pros: Nutritious supplement for the real picky eaters.
Cons: None---------------

I can't tell you how many times I've heard mother's say "my child is a picky eater" and tell me how their child has periods when they eat very little. They say "don't worry about it, I don't give my child pediasure". However, when I...

Pros: Great tasting and very nutritious choc full of vitamins for your picky eater.
Cons: Expensive for a 6 pack at $10.99

My now 22 month old daughter was diagnosed with Failure to Thrive at the age of 18 months. Upon a routine Pediatric examination the Pediatrician had noticed she was not growing to her full potential and that her head circumference and weight were not...

Pros: keeps very sick children alive.
Cons: ADDICTIVE!!! Costly. Use only if necessary.

Our Daughter was premature and had a hard time gaining weight. When she was 18 months old she got pneumonia and had to be hospitalized, this is when Pediasure came in because she had to be fed through a tube. After she recovered they wanted her to gain ...