Friday, December 21, 2007

Just Jake

Jake had his one year check up on Wednesday. He got two shots instead of three because we decided to hold off on the MMR shot until he's a little bit older and bigger. He was 28 inches long and weighed 18 lbs and 9 ounces. The doctor is a little concerned about his weight. He's been in the 10th percentile for weight since he was about four months old. And that's fine as long as he stays in that same growth curve. But, it looks like he's fallen into the 5th percentile now. So, we talked about his diet and decided we were maybe giving him too much milk and not enough solids. The problem with solids is that he seems to be on strike against anything other than crackers or potatoes or sweets. Wonder where he gets that from? A typical meal with Jake usually involves him picking up a piece of food and putting it on his tongue, laughing about how it tastes, and then he spits it out or throws it on the ground for the dog or cat to enjoy. The boy loves his pets. So, the question is what can we give him that has lots of calories to put on weight and that is interesting enough for him to actually swallow? Any ideas?

5 comments:

  1. I would give him lots of whole milk products like Yobaby yogurt, cheese slices, cottage cheese, (you could mix some fruit in it if he doesn't like it) and pudding. Even a little ice cream. Also eggs, avocados, pancakes, pasta, mashed potatoes. Bananas are supposed to be fattening too. Does he like slices of banana? Jack used to get so excited to see a banana.

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  2. I love Amy's comment. Bring him on up here to see us and we will help fatten him up. Love, Mom

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  3. He did finally eat some scrambled eggs today. He loves bananas but if we give him more than a couple bites he gets really bad diaper rash so i don't know if there's some sort of allergy there or not.

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  4. He did finally eat some scrambled eggs today. He loves bananas but if we give him more than a couple bites he gets really bad diaper rash so i don't know if there's some sort of allergy there or not.

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