18: What to Feed a Sick Toddler

Mama Knows Nutrition: The Podcast

Kacie Barnes, MCN, RDN

Parenting, Self-improvement, Nutrition, Education, Health & Fitness, Kids & Family

5 • 657 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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You’ve been told the BRAT diet but that’s not actually the most helpful. Get a dietitian’s tips on what to feed a sick toddler. It’s normal for their appetite to be off, but I know that as a parent, you still want to make sure your toddler gets everything their body needs. Listen in for what you need to make sure to do with their nutrition when they aren’t feeling well. I’m your host, Kacie Barnes, pediatric Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and mom of 2 from Mama Knows Nutrition. Call into...

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0:00.0	Something I've noticed, and I'm curious if this has happened to you too, my friends who don't have kids, every time I tell them that my kids are sick, they're like, what? Again?
0:10.9	Like, they're just, like, so surprised. They feel like they're sick all the time. But I feel like it's pretty inevitable when they're still developing their immune system and it's really
0:21.1	not until grade school when it really starts to decrease. So I want to give you some tips today
0:26.4	on feeding them while they're sick so you can feel prepared and feel good about what you're doing
0:31.4	to help them recover quicker. I'm Casey Barnes, registered dietitian nutritionist, mom of two.
0:43.7	This is the Feeding Toddlers Made Easy podcast.
0:46.5	Welcome back.
0:47.3	I'm so happy to have you here.
0:49.2	I think that parenting is the hardest job in the world.
0:52.5	And so this podcast is for you to make at least
0:55.6	one piece of parenting a little bit easier. Now, I personally get so anxious when my kids are sick.
1:03.2	I absolutely hate it, especially if they're not sleeping well when they're a baby or a toddler
1:08.2	and you know that you have a long night ahead of you, it's so
1:11.6	rough. But I've at least got the nutrition piece down. That's one thing that we kind of have in our
1:17.6	control when they're not feeling well. Not what they actually eat. We can't force that. But, you know,
1:23.2	what we offer is in our control. So a lot of times on the podcast, I have a caller question. This one is
1:29.8	just, I just wanted to do it because I know that one, I feel like with kids, there's no sixth
1:36.5	season. It's just all year round. Sometimes it gets worse in winter, but it's all the time. So
1:41.1	no matter what time the year it is when you're actually listening to this, I know that it's going to help you. It's normal for the time. So no matter what time the year it is when you're actually listening to this,
1:44.5	I know that it's going to help you. It's normal for sickness to throw a toddler's appetite
1:50.4	way off. And as a parent, I know you still want to be sure that your little one gets what they
1:56.1	need. So whether you and your family are sick right now, recovering from being sick, or just
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