Our endocrinologist appt

[jcc64]

Cary,
What is this chocolate boost? You know I'm also trying to fatten Corey up- could you tell me what's in the peanut butter smoothie? Glad to hear K is gaining. Corey is a challenge as usual, but she's up to 19.4 lbs, which is progress, b/c at our 1 yr checkup, she was 17.2 It's been interesting to follow the course you're following. My ped took a more laid back approach, having observed that she appears healthy and muscular, just petite. I don't know which way is best. At least you have a lot of information, but somehow I think we're gonna end up in the same place- they don't like to eat and they're just small. Period.

[Schnoogly]

I agree with renting a scale--you won't need it forever. We rented a medela babyweigh scale which calculates the actual amounts. They're kind of expensive to rent though ($50 a month for us) so if you can find a scale that weighs digital and metric you can calculate ounces that way--30mg=app 1 ounce.

Was this a peds endocrinologist? Sounds like he doesn't know what the he** he was talking about!! I hate those weight charts. Anyone who looks at Iain says he looks totally chunky but he is still only about 20% for weight.

Glad you got support at LLL at least!!

And if she acts like Iain they're no way there is anything wrong with her mental development! And she hit milestones on schedule right? So what's the big deal??

And if you get high will that get to Kat through the bm? Sounds good to me! (j/k!!)

[kit_kats_mom]

QUOTE (jcc64 @ Oct 29 2003, 09:49 AM)

Cary, What is this chocolate boost? You know I'm also trying to fatten Corey up- could you tell me what's in the peanut butter smoothie? Glad to hear K is gaining. Corey is a challenge as usual, but she's up to 19.4 lbs, which is progress, b/c at our 1 yr checkup, she was 17.2 It's been interesting to follow the course you're following. My ped took a more laid back approach, having observed that she appears healthy and muscular, just petite. I don't know which way is best. At least you have a lot of information, but somehow I think we're gonna end up in the same place- they don't like to eat and they're just small. Period.

The chocolate boost is our store brand of ensure. I basically went through the grocery store with a calculator and bought anything with alot of calories in a little bit of food that seemed somewhat healthy. For the peanut butter smoothie, I just made it up. 1/2 a banana (very ripe & sweet), 1/2 c smooth peanut butter & enough whole milk to make it drinkable. I suppose you could use yogurt too.
Good luck & congrats on the weight gain Corey. Great job mom!