Re: Infant Calorie Boosters?

[Guest guest]

We have a skinny minny and our pediatrician (who was a dietician before going to

medical school) recommended adding butter or cheese to all of her soft food to

get the calories up--ask your pediatrician though because I think that might

have been after 12 months when she was on milk. Also adding peanut butter once

that is safe is another way to get more calories in there.

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From: infantile_scoliosis on behalf of morristina11

Sent: Tue 7/24/2007 6:43 PM

To: infantile_scoliosis

Subject: Infant Calorie Boosters?

My 10 month old is not gaining weight (actually dropped a little in

the last 2 months since getting her 1st cast). She has reflux, gastric

delay emptying, and some other GI issues that we are treating with

medication and by adding cereal to her formula (we have to thicken all

liquids due to aspiration). We have also switched to smaller, more

frequent meals since the casting in early June. We have been referred

to a peds dietitian, but it may takes weeks before we actually get an

appointment. Have any of you been down this road and know if anything

else we can do to get more " bang for our bite " ? She is on Similac

Advanced formula, Gerber cereal, and stage 2 foods (she only has 2

teeth) and Gerber " puffs " . We are trying Yo-Babies yogurt and some

table foods diced or mashed (banana, cooked carrots, peas, etc.).

Thanks!

Tina (Mom to Sophia)

[Guest guest]

Did you see the " Calorie Boosters " page on the ISOP site? If not,

here's the link:

http://www.infantilescoliosis.org/calorie_boosters.htm

There's LOTS of great suggestions on there!!! ISOP helps out

tremendously ONCE AGAIN!!!

~ : )

[Guest guest]

Thanks!

I did see that, but wasn't sure how many of those items were appropriate for a

10 month (she is not really on table food yet- just starting to try yogurt,

etc.). I will ask her doc about the powdered milk idea though.

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Did you see the " Calorie Boosters " page on the ISOP site? If not,

here's the link:

http://www.infantilescoliosis.org/calorie_boosters.htm

There's LOTS of great suggestions on there!!! ISOP helps out

tremendously ONCE AGAIN!!!

~ : )

[Guest guest]

Hi Tina,

I am going through similar problems with my son Noah. He has had reflux

since he was 2 weeks old. As it gradually got worse, we went to see a

Pediatric

GI Specialist. He was put on medication and things got better for a little

while. Then he barely gained any weight from his 3 month visit to his 5

month visit. At that point we did an Ultrasound, Upper GI, Endoscopy,

Sigmoidoscopy, pH Probe and Gastric Empty. He had a small Hiatus Hernia

between his

Esophagus and Stomach which makes him prone to the reflux and also has Gastric

Delay Emptying. He is currently on Prevacid twice a day (for the Reflux) and

Reglan three times a day (for the Gastric Delay). Also, they took him off

the Similac Advance and put him on Elecare, which is a prescription formula

because they believe he make also have a food intolerance. He was 13 lbs 10

oz. at his three month well visit and we just had his 6 month well visit last

week and he's only at 14 lbs. 6 oz. His ped suggested making the bottles a

little differently adding in more formula to boost the calorie intake. Instead

of making 4 oz., we make 5 oz. with 3 scoops of formula and 7 oz. instead of

6 oz. with 4 scoops of formula. I forget the calorie breakdown but it does

increase it. She also wants us to add oatmeal cereal to all bottles as well

as him still having his cereal twice a day. He hasn't been able to start on

baby food as yet because of the hernia. They wanted him to wait until 6

months so we'll be starting that soon and hopefully it'll all help him out!

Believe me, I know how frustrating it is!!! Good luck and hope you find

something that works for Sophia!

, mom to

Abby (30 months) &

Noah (6 months)

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[Guest guest]

Good point about her being only 10 months. It's hard because you

don't really want to give her too many sweets, either. Here's some

ideas:

~ Powdered formula added to her yogurt (and anything else you can!)

~ Waffles/pancakes made with oil

~ Scrambled egg yolks (no whites until 1 year)

~ Sausage cut into small bites ( LOVES sausage!)

~ Shredded cheese or chunk cheese cut into small bites

~ Pasta with cream or cheese sauce (the curly noodles are really easy

for them to pick up)

~ Avocados

~ Bananas

~ French fries

~ Biscuits

~ Chicken pot pie

~ Butter on anything you can think of!

~ A Big Mac (just kidding!)

I wonder if you could also add more than the suggested amount of

formula to her bottle? I haven't done formula since my 11yo was a

baby, so I don't know...

Good luck!

~ : )

Mommy to ~ ~ ~ AND

(8/18/06) ~ diagnosed at 9m with 45o curve ~ " normal " MRI and

ped. neurologist assessment ~ scheduled for 1st cast with Dr.

on 8/22/07

[Guest guest]

Hi, our daughter also has reflux problems. She has been a nightmare to

feed from birth. She always seems to start with an appetite but stops almost

immediately. the casts do hinder the appetite from our experience but frequent

meals do help this. we feed almost every two hours to keep the weight on,

she too has dropped weight and off the charts. She is now three and we feed her

once during the night. We were given a calorie powder for from her

dietician which is tasteless and colourless. It can be mixed with everything.

I'm not sure what age this is suitable from. If it's any comfort, the reflux

issue is easier now. Certain foods do trigger reflux too. We certainly agree

with feeding a child like this very little but often. It's working out what

works for you. For us seemed to set the pace. If she only had one

mouthful, I would feed her about an hour later. If she had up to four, which

was rare, we'd leave it about two hours. We would

feed her raisans, crakers with butter, mashed potato with butter and cream,

covered with gravy as she seemed to like the taste. We also found she loved

marmite on toast as it wasn't as sickly as butter on toast. We give her the

occasional chocolate button every now and then to keep her sugar up as she falls

asleep throughout the day too many in one go and she was ill. I'm not sure what

is advised for a ten mouth old where you are so what we found works for us may

not be suitable and certainly won't be the only advice you'll get. I hope you

get some results, but don't be disheartened as we've been trying a long time and

it's a little easier.

The only other thing I'd say is check that her tonsils aren't enlarged it

causes swollowing problems and puts children off their food. had to have

hers removed in February.

Annette

[Guest guest]

These are great! Thank you so much!! I am going to stop the by store tonight and

pick up a few of these items to try (I hadn't even thought of avocado or

sausage).

I actually just heard from the peds dietition too and they gave me a receipe to

make her formula stronger (more powder formula per oz of water plus either sugar

or oil). They also said to add melted butter to her baby food.

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Good point about her being only 10 months. It's hard because you

don't really want to give her too many sweets, either. Here's some

ideas:

~ Powdered formula added to her yogurt (and anything else you can!)

~ Waffles/pancakes made with oil

~ Scrambled egg yolks (no whites until 1 year)

~ Sausage cut into small bites ( LOVES sausage!)

~ Shredded cheese or chunk cheese cut into small bites

~ Pasta with cream or cheese sauce (the curly noodles are really easy

for them to pick up)

~ Avocados

~ Bananas

~ French fries

~ Biscuits

~ Chicken pot pie

~ Butter on anything you can think of!

~ A Big Mac (just kidding!)

I wonder if you could also add more than the suggested amount of

formula to her bottle? I haven't done formula since my 11yo was a

baby, so I don't know...

Good luck!

~ : )

Mommy to ~ ~ ~ AND

(8/18/06) ~ diagnosed at 9m with 45o curve ~ " normal " MRI and

ped. neurologist assessment ~ scheduled for 1st cast with Dr.

on 8/22/07