Baby keeps losing weight

cookier

Today at 11:11 am

amother OP wrote:

Ok, I tried to put together a feeding schedule/menu. Please give me feedback on it.

4 oz bottle at wakeup

Breakfast
1. Oatmeal with peanut butter and a banana or
2. Eggs with olive oil and bread

4 oz bottle before/after nap

Lunch:
1. Bread and avocado or
2. Please post an idea if you have one

Snack: Bamba, cheese..?

Dinner:
1. chicken and vegetable or
2. Please post an idea if you have one

4 oz bottle at bedtime

Any suggestions welcome.

mom if a medically complex/feeding challenged kiddo here. These are my thoughts:

Definitely push for testing if your gut tells you something is wrong.

The RSV history makes me wonder if it could be a respiratory concern. Was she intubated or on CPAP at any point?

For weight gain:
I’d fortify her formula bottles. 22 or 24 calories per ounce is low risk and most kiddos aren’t bothered by it. 24 calories is easiest with formula, you just do 3 scoops for a 5 oz bottle, or you can make 10 oz and just pour servings when she needs them.

Replace milk in recipes with evaporated milk, or even sweetened condensed milk on her oatmeal.

You can also add powdered milk to most anything milchigs.

Use butter in dairy recipes instead of olive oil. It’s slightly lower calorie but has cholesterol that is good for brain development. Add cheese and milk to her eggs.

Pan fry her bread. It comes out like toast but lots of calories.

Lunch idea would be macaroni and cheese made with 1/2 evaporated milk 1/2 whole, lots of butter and lots of cheese. You could use protein noodles if she’ll eat them.

Soft dried fruits like dates or mango are a good snack. Greek yogurt too. you can make energy balls out of peanut butter, almond butter, even techina. If you have Instagram, plant based juniors has a lot of good recipes.

Dinner ideas:
Shnitzel, meatloaf, or meatballs with mashed potatoes made with Mayo and margarine (that will absolutely out me to anyone IRL but I promise you they’re delicious). Use coconut milk or soy milk as the liquid in meatballs/meatloaf.

amother

Stone

Today at 11:36 am

I had a dd who wasn't gaining weight or height. I was concerned as she was induced due to growth issues as well.
The dr ran a bunch of tests to rule out anything medical, diabetes, thyroid, heart condition, and gastro things like celiac and bh all of those were fine. I would definitely look at thorough testing to rule anything out medically before anything else.
The dietician told us to look at her intake over the week rather than individual days as some children will eat more one day and less another, but are overall taking in enough calories.
I personally don't think your menu sounds so terrible, and I'm not sure if your dd is simply not gaining much weight or losing it, as even if she is gaining a little, that's still something.
Now my dd is a few years old and she is still extremely petite but the dr is happy that she is gaining along her line. And she has finally gone on the height percentiles, even if it is the very bottom. But as dh tells me someone has to be the one on the 1st percentile.