2 1/2 year old

[Foody]

First, for as often as we check our CF kids weight, I don't think it is unusual to not see a gain every time they go in. Our son doesn't seem to gain in the summer but puts on more as we slow down for winter (he's 3). Definately don't want a weight loss, but increased height and no major gain would feel normal to me for a toddler. If you look at the new growth charts at 30 months average weight between the 25% and the 75% is between 28-33lbs.

Making the most of each meal and snack can be hard with busy toddlers...our son is very much interested in 2 bites and back to playing type thing lately. I try to make smoothies with him to get him more interested in what he is eating/drinking. He puts the banana, yogurt, cocoa, nuts, and coconut milk in and turns it on. It seems to help. If you can get almonds and flax seeds and grind them up to add to oatmeal, smoothies, banana muffins/bread that is good extra protein and fat. Coconut milk and oils are great and easy to digest fat-wise (chicken fingers cooked in coconut oil at really good). FAGE total yogurt has tons of fat (add banana and nuts if he likes them for extras). MCT oil can be added to drinks. Baking high calorie muffins and freezing them for snacks with smoothies and finger foods could be quick and easy. Our son loves turkey with cream cheese rolled up along with peanut butter and apples for a snack. Meals favorites is anything meatball related and pasta dishes. I like to make a whole bunch of souped up meatballs ahead on a Sunday and freeze them.

Hope some of these help. Probiotics for his gut health may also help him gain weight and keep his gut functioning well for absorption.

 

[Foody]

First, for as often as we check our CF kids weight, I don't think it is unusual to not see a gain every time they go in. Our son doesn't seem to gain in the summer but puts on more as we slow down for winter (he's 3). Definately don't want a weight loss, but increased height and no major gain would feel normal to me for a toddler. If you look at the new growth charts at 30 months average weight between the 25% and the 75% is between 28-33lbs.

Making the most of each meal and snack can be hard with busy toddlers...our son is very much interested in 2 bites and back to playing type thing lately. I try to make smoothies with him to get him more interested in what he is eating/drinking. He puts the banana, yogurt, cocoa, nuts, and coconut milk in and turns it on. It seems to help. If you can get almonds and flax seeds and grind them up to add to oatmeal, smoothies, banana muffins/bread that is good extra protein and fat. Coconut milk and oils are great and easy to digest fat-wise (chicken fingers cooked in coconut oil at really good). FAGE total yogurt has tons of fat (add banana and nuts if he likes them for extras). MCT oil can be added to drinks. Baking high calorie muffins and freezing them for snacks with smoothies and finger foods could be quick and easy. Our son loves turkey with cream cheese rolled up along with peanut butter and apples for a snack. Meals favorites is anything meatball related and pasta dishes. I like to make a whole bunch of souped up meatballs ahead on a Sunday and freeze them.

Hope some of these help. Probiotics for his gut health may also help him gain weight and keep his gut functioning well for absorption.

 

[Foody]

First, for as often as we check our CF kids weight, I don't think it is unusual to not see a gain every time they go in. Our son doesn't seem to gain in the summer but puts on more as we slow down for winter (he's 3). Definately don't want a weight loss, but increased height and no major gain would feel normal to me for a toddler. If you look at the new growth charts at 30 months average weight between the 25% and the 75% is between 28-33lbs.

Making the most of each meal and snack can be hard with busy toddlers...our son is very much interested in 2 bites and back to playing type thing lately. I try to make smoothies with him to get him more interested in what he is eating/drinking. He puts the banana, yogurt, cocoa, nuts, and coconut milk in and turns it on. It seems to help. If you can get almonds and flax seeds and grind them up to add to oatmeal, smoothies, banana muffins/bread that is good extra protein and fat. Coconut milk and oils are great and easy to digest fat-wise (chicken fingers cooked in coconut oil at really good). FAGE total yogurt has tons of fat (add banana and nuts if he likes them for extras). MCT oil can be added to drinks. Baking high calorie muffins and freezing them for snacks with smoothies and finger foods could be quick and easy. Our son loves turkey with cream cheese rolled up along with peanut butter and apples for a snack. Meals favorites is anything meatball related and pasta dishes. I like to make a whole bunch of souped up meatballs ahead on a Sunday and freeze them.

Hope some of these help. Probiotics for his gut health may also help him gain weight and keep his gut functioning well for absorption.

 

[Foody]

First, for as often as we check our CF kids weight, I don't think it is unusual to not see a gain every time they go in. Our son doesn't seem to gain in the summer but puts on more as we slow down for winter (he's 3). Definately don't want a weight loss, but increased height and no major gain would feel normal to me for a toddler. If you look at the new growth charts at 30 months average weight between the 25% and the 75% is between 28-33lbs.

Making the most of each meal and snack can be hard with busy toddlers...our son is very much interested in 2 bites and back to playing type thing lately. I try to make smoothies with him to get him more interested in what he is eating/drinking. He puts the banana, yogurt, cocoa, nuts, and coconut milk in and turns it on. It seems to help. If you can get almonds and flax seeds and grind them up to add to oatmeal, smoothies, banana muffins/bread that is good extra protein and fat. Coconut milk and oils are great and easy to digest fat-wise (chicken fingers cooked in coconut oil at really good). FAGE total yogurt has tons of fat (add banana and nuts if he likes them for extras). MCT oil can be added to drinks. Baking high calorie muffins and freezing them for snacks with smoothies and finger foods could be quick and easy. Our son loves turkey with cream cheese rolled up along with peanut butter and apples for a snack. Meals favorites is anything meatball related and pasta dishes. I like to make a whole bunch of souped up meatballs ahead on a Sunday and freeze them.

Hope some of these help. Probiotics for his gut health may also help him gain weight and keep his gut functioning well for absorption.

 

[Foody]

First, for as often as we check our CF kids weight, I don't think it is unusual to not see a gain every time they go in. Our son doesn't seem to gain in the summer but puts on more as we slow down for winter (he's 3). Definately don't want a weight loss, but increased height and no major gain would feel normal to me for a toddler. If you look at the new growth charts at 30 months average weight between the 25% and the 75% is between 28-33lbs.

Making the most of each meal and snack can be hard with busy toddlers...our son is very much interested in 2 bites and back to playing type thing lately. I try to make smoothies with him to get him more interested in what he is eating/drinking. He puts the banana, yogurt, cocoa, nuts, and coconut milk in and turns it on. It seems to help. If you can get almonds and flax seeds and grind them up to add to oatmeal, smoothies, banana muffins/bread that is good extra protein and fat. Coconut milk and oils are great and easy to digest fat-wise (chicken fingers cooked in coconut oil at really good). FAGE total yogurt has tons of fat (add banana and nuts if he likes them for extras). MCT oil can be added to drinks. Baking high calorie muffins and freezing them for snacks with smoothies and finger foods could be quick and easy. Our son loves turkey with cream cheese rolled up along with peanut butter and apples for a snack. Meals favorites is anything meatball related and pasta dishes. I like to make a whole bunch of souped up meatballs ahead on a Sunday and freeze them.

Hope some of these help. Probiotics for his gut health may also help him gain weight and keep his gut functioning well for absorption.

 

[amber682]

Hi Marcos mom. I have a son with CF who is almost 3. Sometime after he turned two, he completely stopped gaining weight for months. He was just so active, and never wanted to stop and eat. He also loved his pediasure, and was an extremely picky eater. He would have lived off of Pediasure and cheetos if I'd let him. I was lucky enough to get WIC to pay for it too, good thing because those things are expensive!

We switched CF centers (due to moving to another state) and the nutritionist there did a few things that helped. First off, we got him off the pediasure. She said she rarely starts kids on it because it so often becomes a complete replacement for food. Plus, it's like half fat, and my kid has trouble absorbing fat. He was on the highest safe dosage of enzymes there were and still having gooey, pastey stools. Not oily, greasy, but not formed either.

So just taking out the pediasure and giving him milk instead made him actually hungry for food. We also started giving him zantac, I guess it helps the enzymes work better. (He actually needs one less enzyme per meal now than he did then). We don't give him any milk between meals, because it fills him up too much, just juice or water. That helped quite a bit. Then a couple months later he started taking periactin, which is actually an allergy med with a side effect of increased appetite. That helped a little more. He is now slowly gaining again, always just a pound or two shy of what the nutritionists goal weight is (which is to be in the 75th percentile).

They sell generic Boost shakes at Walmart, Equate brand. They have high calorie ones, 350 calories each. It's about $5 for a six pack. I give my son one with his snack before bed at night, get in those extra calories. But if I give them to him in the day instead of milk, he's just not as hungry. Or I tried those scandi-shakes that the nutritionist gave us, 650 calories in those but Vinny won't drink them, maybe your son will. You can take a high calorie shake, blend in ice cream and choc syrup, add some whipped cream on top and put in a fun cup with a twisty straw. Makes a fun, super high calorie dessert (if you use a scandi-shake for it, it could be over 1,000 calories!) Also, add butter, cream, olive oil, or cheese to anything you can. Add some heavy cream, ice cream, or flavored syrup to milk.

Anyways, sorry so long, your problem sounds just like what we went through. Hopefully some of that will help. And I promise he'll eventually get less picky and more willing to try new things. Until then, just give him what you know he'll eat. Ask about zantac or prilosec and periactin. And I know it's probably scarey to think of it (it was for me) but try to get rid of the pediasure and replace it with food and milk.

 

[amber682]

Hi Marcos mom. I have a son with CF who is almost 3. Sometime after he turned two, he completely stopped gaining weight for months. He was just so active, and never wanted to stop and eat. He also loved his pediasure, and was an extremely picky eater. He would have lived off of Pediasure and cheetos if I'd let him. I was lucky enough to get WIC to pay for it too, good thing because those things are expensive!

We switched CF centers (due to moving to another state) and the nutritionist there did a few things that helped. First off, we got him off the pediasure. She said she rarely starts kids on it because it so often becomes a complete replacement for food. Plus, it's like half fat, and my kid has trouble absorbing fat. He was on the highest safe dosage of enzymes there were and still having gooey, pastey stools. Not oily, greasy, but not formed either.

So just taking out the pediasure and giving him milk instead made him actually hungry for food. We also started giving him zantac, I guess it helps the enzymes work better. (He actually needs one less enzyme per meal now than he did then). We don't give him any milk between meals, because it fills him up too much, just juice or water. That helped quite a bit. Then a couple months later he started taking periactin, which is actually an allergy med with a side effect of increased appetite. That helped a little more. He is now slowly gaining again, always just a pound or two shy of what the nutritionists goal weight is (which is to be in the 75th percentile).

They sell generic Boost shakes at Walmart, Equate brand. They have high calorie ones, 350 calories each. It's about $5 for a six pack. I give my son one with his snack before bed at night, get in those extra calories. But if I give them to him in the day instead of milk, he's just not as hungry. Or I tried those scandi-shakes that the nutritionist gave us, 650 calories in those but Vinny won't drink them, maybe your son will. You can take a high calorie shake, blend in ice cream and choc syrup, add some whipped cream on top and put in a fun cup with a twisty straw. Makes a fun, super high calorie dessert (if you use a scandi-shake for it, it could be over 1,000 calories!) Also, add butter, cream, olive oil, or cheese to anything you can. Add some heavy cream, ice cream, or flavored syrup to milk.

Anyways, sorry so long, your problem sounds just like what we went through. Hopefully some of that will help. And I promise he'll eventually get less picky and more willing to try new things. Until then, just give him what you know he'll eat. Ask about zantac or prilosec and periactin. And I know it's probably scarey to think of it (it was for me) but try to get rid of the pediasure and replace it with food and milk.

 

[amber682]

Hi Marcos mom. I have a son with CF who is almost 3. Sometime after he turned two, he completely stopped gaining weight for months. He was just so active, and never wanted to stop and eat. He also loved his pediasure, and was an extremely picky eater. He would have lived off of Pediasure and cheetos if I'd let him. I was lucky enough to get WIC to pay for it too, good thing because those things are expensive!

We switched CF centers (due to moving to another state) and the nutritionist there did a few things that helped. First off, we got him off the pediasure. She said she rarely starts kids on it because it so often becomes a complete replacement for food. Plus, it's like half fat, and my kid has trouble absorbing fat. He was on the highest safe dosage of enzymes there were and still having gooey, pastey stools. Not oily, greasy, but not formed either.

So just taking out the pediasure and giving him milk instead made him actually hungry for food. We also started giving him zantac, I guess it helps the enzymes work better. (He actually needs one less enzyme per meal now than he did then). We don't give him any milk between meals, because it fills him up too much, just juice or water. That helped quite a bit. Then a couple months later he started taking periactin, which is actually an allergy med with a side effect of increased appetite. That helped a little more. He is now slowly gaining again, always just a pound or two shy of what the nutritionists goal weight is (which is to be in the 75th percentile).

They sell generic Boost shakes at Walmart, Equate brand. They have high calorie ones, 350 calories each. It's about $5 for a six pack. I give my son one with his snack before bed at night, get in those extra calories. But if I give them to him in the day instead of milk, he's just not as hungry. Or I tried those scandi-shakes that the nutritionist gave us, 650 calories in those but Vinny won't drink them, maybe your son will. You can take a high calorie shake, blend in ice cream and choc syrup, add some whipped cream on top and put in a fun cup with a twisty straw. Makes a fun, super high calorie dessert (if you use a scandi-shake for it, it could be over 1,000 calories!) Also, add butter, cream, olive oil, or cheese to anything you can. Add some heavy cream, ice cream, or flavored syrup to milk.

Anyways, sorry so long, your problem sounds just like what we went through. Hopefully some of that will help. And I promise he'll eventually get less picky and more willing to try new things. Until then, just give him what you know he'll eat. Ask about zantac or prilosec and periactin. And I know it's probably scarey to think of it (it was for me) but try to get rid of the pediasure and replace it with food and milk.

 

[amber682]

Hi Marcos mom. I have a son with CF who is almost 3. Sometime after he turned two, he completely stopped gaining weight for months. He was just so active, and never wanted to stop and eat. He also loved his pediasure, and was an extremely picky eater. He would have lived off of Pediasure and cheetos if I'd let him. I was lucky enough to get WIC to pay for it too, good thing because those things are expensive!

We switched CF centers (due to moving to another state) and the nutritionist there did a few things that helped. First off, we got him off the pediasure. She said she rarely starts kids on it because it so often becomes a complete replacement for food. Plus, it's like half fat, and my kid has trouble absorbing fat. He was on the highest safe dosage of enzymes there were and still having gooey, pastey stools. Not oily, greasy, but not formed either.

So just taking out the pediasure and giving him milk instead made him actually hungry for food. We also started giving him zantac, I guess it helps the enzymes work better. (He actually needs one less enzyme per meal now than he did then). We don't give him any milk between meals, because it fills him up too much, just juice or water. That helped quite a bit. Then a couple months later he started taking periactin, which is actually an allergy med with a side effect of increased appetite. That helped a little more. He is now slowly gaining again, always just a pound or two shy of what the nutritionists goal weight is (which is to be in the 75th percentile).

They sell generic Boost shakes at Walmart, Equate brand. They have high calorie ones, 350 calories each. It's about $5 for a six pack. I give my son one with his snack before bed at night, get in those extra calories. But if I give them to him in the day instead of milk, he's just not as hungry. Or I tried those scandi-shakes that the nutritionist gave us, 650 calories in those but Vinny won't drink them, maybe your son will. You can take a high calorie shake, blend in ice cream and choc syrup, add some whipped cream on top and put in a fun cup with a twisty straw. Makes a fun, super high calorie dessert (if you use a scandi-shake for it, it could be over 1,000 calories!) Also, add butter, cream, olive oil, or cheese to anything you can. Add some heavy cream, ice cream, or flavored syrup to milk.

Anyways, sorry so long, your problem sounds just like what we went through. Hopefully some of that will help. And I promise he'll eventually get less picky and more willing to try new things. Until then, just give him what you know he'll eat. Ask about zantac or prilosec and periactin. And I know it's probably scarey to think of it (it was for me) but try to get rid of the pediasure and replace it with food and milk.

 

[amber682]

Hi Marcos mom. I have a son with CF who is almost 3. Sometime after he turned two, he completely stopped gaining weight for months. He was just so active, and never wanted to stop and eat. He also loved his pediasure, and was an extremely picky eater. He would have lived off of Pediasure and cheetos if I'd let him. I was lucky enough to get WIC to pay for it too, good thing because those things are expensive!

We switched CF centers (due to moving to another state) and the nutritionist there did a few things that helped. First off, we got him off the pediasure. She said she rarely starts kids on it because it so often becomes a complete replacement for food. Plus, it's like half fat, and my kid has trouble absorbing fat. He was on the highest safe dosage of enzymes there were and still having gooey, pastey stools. Not oily, greasy, but not formed either.

So just taking out the pediasure and giving him milk instead made him actually hungry for food. We also started giving him zantac, I guess it helps the enzymes work better. (He actually needs one less enzyme per meal now than he did then). We don't give him any milk between meals, because it fills him up too much, just juice or water. That helped quite a bit. Then a couple months later he started taking periactin, which is actually an allergy med with a side effect of increased appetite. That helped a little more. He is now slowly gaining again, always just a pound or two shy of what the nutritionists goal weight is (which is to be in the 75th percentile).

They sell generic Boost shakes at Walmart, Equate brand. They have high calorie ones, 350 calories each. It's about $5 for a six pack. I give my son one with his snack before bed at night, get in those extra calories. But if I give them to him in the day instead of milk, he's just not as hungry. Or I tried those scandi-shakes that the nutritionist gave us, 650 calories in those but Vinny won't drink them, maybe your son will. You can take a high calorie shake, blend in ice cream and choc syrup, add some whipped cream on top and put in a fun cup with a twisty straw. Makes a fun, super high calorie dessert (if you use a scandi-shake for it, it could be over 1,000 calories!) Also, add butter, cream, olive oil, or cheese to anything you can. Add some heavy cream, ice cream, or flavored syrup to milk.

Anyways, sorry so long, your problem sounds just like what we went through. Hopefully some of that will help. And I promise he'll eventually get less picky and more willing to try new things. Until then, just give him what you know he'll eat. Ask about zantac or prilosec and periactin. And I know it's probably scarey to think of it (it was for me) but try to get rid of the pediasure and replace it with food and milk.

 

[Foody]

just to second what Amber said about drinks between meals/snacks...same observation here. He just wouldn't eat much if we allowed lots of drinks between. We offer them at the end of a meal/snack. I think sometimes we are afraid of letting them get hungry but it does really help him want to eat more. If the meal is particularly high calorie and I want him to eat all of it he gets water afterward and nothing during.

Several of the smoothies on the site link below are 300-500+ calories and a great end to the day. The banana bread is 300+ each slice with cream cheese on it and can be made, sliced and frozen. Papadini lentil pasta (available <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://adriennesgourmetfoods.com/pages/product-pgs/pasta-pg/index.html)">http://adriennesgourmetfoods.c...s/pasta-pg/index.html)</a> has a much protein as a steak (we love the orzo). The Chicken and Cheese Flauta is 550 per serving. Mac-n-Cheese is 813. We make breakfast ice cream with frozen berries, honey, avacodo, frozen banana, and 1/4 FAGE yogurt topped with nuts for major punch (sprinkles makes them think it is a real treat).

Try to make it fun and include them...our guy loves to chop up the banana and get things all ready. Hope some of these spark your own creativity.

 

[Foody]

just to second what Amber said about drinks between meals/snacks...same observation here. He just wouldn't eat much if we allowed lots of drinks between. We offer them at the end of a meal/snack. I think sometimes we are afraid of letting them get hungry but it does really help him want to eat more. If the meal is particularly high calorie and I want him to eat all of it he gets water afterward and nothing during.

Several of the smoothies on the site link below are 300-500+ calories and a great end to the day. The banana bread is 300+ each slice with cream cheese on it and can be made, sliced and frozen. Papadini lentil pasta (available <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://adriennesgourmetfoods.com/pages/product-pgs/pasta-pg/index.html)">http://adriennesgourmetfoods.c...s/pasta-pg/index.html)</a> has a much protein as a steak (we love the orzo). The Chicken and Cheese Flauta is 550 per serving. Mac-n-Cheese is 813. We make breakfast ice cream with frozen berries, honey, avacodo, frozen banana, and 1/4 FAGE yogurt topped with nuts for major punch (sprinkles makes them think it is a real treat).

Try to make it fun and include them...our guy loves to chop up the banana and get things all ready. Hope some of these spark your own creativity.

 

[Foody]

just to second what Amber said about drinks between meals/snacks...same observation here. He just wouldn't eat much if we allowed lots of drinks between. We offer them at the end of a meal/snack. I think sometimes we are afraid of letting them get hungry but it does really help him want to eat more. If the meal is particularly high calorie and I want him to eat all of it he gets water afterward and nothing during.

Several of the smoothies on the site link below are 300-500+ calories and a great end to the day. The banana bread is 300+ each slice with cream cheese on it and can be made, sliced and frozen. Papadini lentil pasta (available <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://adriennesgourmetfoods.com/pages/product-pgs/pasta-pg/index.html)">http://adriennesgourmetfoods.c...s/pasta-pg/index.html)</a> has a much protein as a steak (we love the orzo). The Chicken and Cheese Flauta is 550 per serving. Mac-n-Cheese is 813. We make breakfast ice cream with frozen berries, honey, avacodo, frozen banana, and 1/4 FAGE yogurt topped with nuts for major punch (sprinkles makes them think it is a real treat).

Try to make it fun and include them...our guy loves to chop up the banana and get things all ready. Hope some of these spark your own creativity.

 

[Foody]

just to second what Amber said about drinks between meals/snacks...same observation here. He just wouldn't eat much if we allowed lots of drinks between. We offer them at the end of a meal/snack. I think sometimes we are afraid of letting them get hungry but it does really help him want to eat more. If the meal is particularly high calorie and I want him to eat all of it he gets water afterward and nothing during.

Several of the smoothies on the site link below are 300-500+ calories and a great end to the day. The banana bread is 300+ each slice with cream cheese on it and can be made, sliced and frozen. Papadini lentil pasta (available <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://adriennesgourmetfoods.com/pages/product-pgs/pasta-pg/index.html)">http://adriennesgourmetfoods.c...s/pasta-pg/index.html)</a> has a much protein as a steak (we love the orzo). The Chicken and Cheese Flauta is 550 per serving. Mac-n-Cheese is 813. We make breakfast ice cream with frozen berries, honey, avacodo, frozen banana, and 1/4 FAGE yogurt topped with nuts for major punch (sprinkles makes them think it is a real treat).

Try to make it fun and include them...our guy loves to chop up the banana and get things all ready. Hope some of these spark your own creativity.

 

[Foody]

just to second what Amber said about drinks between meals/snacks...same observation here. He just wouldn't eat much if we allowed lots of drinks between. We offer them at the end of a meal/snack. I think sometimes we are afraid of letting them get hungry but it does really help him want to eat more. If the meal is particularly high calorie and I want him to eat all of it he gets water afterward and nothing during.

Several of the smoothies on the site link below are 300-500+ calories and a great end to the day. The banana bread is 300+ each slice with cream cheese on it and can be made, sliced and frozen. Papadini lentil pasta (available <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://adriennesgourmetfoods.com/pages/product-pgs/pasta-pg/index.html)">http://adriennesgourmetfoods.c...s/pasta-pg/index.html)</a> has a much protein as a steak (we love the orzo). The Chicken and Cheese Flauta is 550 per serving. Mac-n-Cheese is 813. We make breakfast ice cream with frozen berries, honey, avacodo, frozen banana, and 1/4 FAGE yogurt topped with nuts for major punch (sprinkles makes them think it is a real treat).

Try to make it fun and include them...our guy loves to chop up the banana and get things all ready. Hope some of these spark your own creativity.