Corn Oil?

rosesixtyfive · Jan 16, 2010

Hello, everyone,
Last week, I told the nutritionist that I wasn't getting enough milk using the pump to give Sam a calorie boost using a tablespoon of formula. That has been our recipe for helping him gain weight - one bottle of pumped milk with formula, miralax and salt, once a day, and breatfed all the other times. He did start on some rice formula and I have been putting his miralax and salt in that. I asked her to recommend a way to add calories. She thought and thought for a very long time. She went to her office to crunch numbers, and then she came back and recommended I add corn oil or canola oil to the apple sauce I use to give him his enzymes. I'm not really comfortable with this. Didn't I read that some of you use flax seed oil or coconut oil instead? Has anyone used it for a baby as young as 5 months? Did you add it to cereal or applesauce? He is gaining weight. He is at the 48th percentile and I want to push him to the 50th. I didn't start with the corn oil, but I did start putting a little dry formula in the applesauce, about a half teaspoon with each feeding so he can get iron.
Thanks,
rosesixtyfive, mother of Sam (ddf508, 5 months) and Robin (no CF, 4 years old)

rosesixtyfive · Jan 16, 2010

Hello, everyone,
Last week, I told the nutritionist that I wasn't getting enough milk using the pump to give Sam a calorie boost using a tablespoon of formula. That has been our recipe for helping him gain weight - one bottle of pumped milk with formula, miralax and salt, once a day, and breatfed all the other times. He did start on some rice formula and I have been putting his miralax and salt in that. I asked her to recommend a way to add calories. She thought and thought for a very long time. She went to her office to crunch numbers, and then she came back and recommended I add corn oil or canola oil to the apple sauce I use to give him his enzymes. I'm not really comfortable with this. Didn't I read that some of you use flax seed oil or coconut oil instead? Has anyone used it for a baby as young as 5 months? Did you add it to cereal or applesauce? He is gaining weight. He is at the 48th percentile and I want to push him to the 50th. I didn't start with the corn oil, but I did start putting a little dry formula in the applesauce, about a half teaspoon with each feeding so he can get iron.
Thanks,
rosesixtyfive, mother of Sam (ddf508, 5 months) and Robin (no CF, 4 years old)

rosesixtyfive · Jan 16, 2010

Hello, everyone,
Last week, I told the nutritionist that I wasn't getting enough milk using the pump to give Sam a calorie boost using a tablespoon of formula. That has been our recipe for helping him gain weight - one bottle of pumped milk with formula, miralax and salt, once a day, and breatfed all the other times. He did start on some rice formula and I have been putting his miralax and salt in that. I asked her to recommend a way to add calories. She thought and thought for a very long time. She went to her office to crunch numbers, and then she came back and recommended I add corn oil or canola oil to the apple sauce I use to give him his enzymes. I'm not really comfortable with this. Didn't I read that some of you use flax seed oil or coconut oil instead? Has anyone used it for a baby as young as 5 months? Did you add it to cereal or applesauce? He is gaining weight. He is at the 48th percentile and I want to push him to the 50th. I didn't start with the corn oil, but I did start putting a little dry formula in the applesauce, about a half teaspoon with each feeding so he can get iron.
Thanks,
rosesixtyfive, mother of Sam (ddf508, 5 months) and Robin (no CF, 4 years old)

rosesixtyfive · Jan 16, 2010

Hello, everyone,
Last week, I told the nutritionist that I wasn't getting enough milk using the pump to give Sam a calorie boost using a tablespoon of formula. That has been our recipe for helping him gain weight - one bottle of pumped milk with formula, miralax and salt, once a day, and breatfed all the other times. He did start on some rice formula and I have been putting his miralax and salt in that. I asked her to recommend a way to add calories. She thought and thought for a very long time. She went to her office to crunch numbers, and then she came back and recommended I add corn oil or canola oil to the apple sauce I use to give him his enzymes. I'm not really comfortable with this. Didn't I read that some of you use flax seed oil or coconut oil instead? Has anyone used it for a baby as young as 5 months? Did you add it to cereal or applesauce? He is gaining weight. He is at the 48th percentile and I want to push him to the 50th. I didn't start with the corn oil, but I did start putting a little dry formula in the applesauce, about a half teaspoon with each feeding so he can get iron.
Thanks,
rosesixtyfive, mother of Sam (ddf508, 5 months) and Robin (no CF, 4 years old)

rosesixtyfive · Jan 16, 2010

Hello, everyone,
 Last week, I told the nutritionist that I wasn't getting enough milk using the pump to give Sam a calorie boost using a tablespoon of formula. That has been our recipe for helping him gain weight - one bottle of pumped milk with formula, miralax and salt, once a day, and breatfed all the other times. He did start on some rice formula and I have been putting his miralax and salt in that. I asked her to recommend a way to add calories. She thought and thought for a very long time. She went to her office to crunch numbers, and then she came back and recommended I add corn oil or canola oil to the apple sauce I use to give him his enzymes. I'm not really comfortable with this. Didn't I read that some of you use flax seed oil or coconut oil instead? Has anyone used it for a baby as young as 5 months? Did you add it to cereal or applesauce? He is gaining weight. He is at the 48th percentile and I want to push him to the 50th. I didn't start with the corn oil, but I did start putting a little dry formula in the applesauce, about a half teaspoon with each feeding so he can get iron.
 Thanks,
 rosesixtyfive, mother of Sam (ddf508, 5 months) and Robin (no CF, 4 years old)

PlumPerfect · Jan 17, 2010

Ok no corn oil, not a great idea... neither is coconut oil sense most of the fat is saturated fat, hemp oil is good or even better buy hemp seed nut and grind it up in your milk mix. Hemp seed nut has no reported issue with allergies and is a fruit. it has 33% protein and 44% fat 39% of it being unsaturated fat. It is the only natural source of omega 3 and omega 6 in the proper ratio to be used in the body correctly. I used this on my son sense he was 2 months old and it has helped soo much... it is recommended to give 1 tablespoon for every 50 pounds per day.

If you ever want more nutritional advice i just wrote a nutrition book and would be happy to email it to you.. just message me your email<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

PlumPerfect · Jan 17, 2010

Ok no corn oil, not a great idea... neither is coconut oil sense most of the fat is saturated fat, hemp oil is good or even better buy hemp seed nut and grind it up in your milk mix. Hemp seed nut has no reported issue with allergies and is a fruit. it has 33% protein and 44% fat 39% of it being unsaturated fat. It is the only natural source of omega 3 and omega 6 in the proper ratio to be used in the body correctly. I used this on my son sense he was 2 months old and it has helped soo much... it is recommended to give 1 tablespoon for every 50 pounds per day.

If you ever want more nutritional advice i just wrote a nutrition book and would be happy to email it to you.. just message me your email<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

PlumPerfect · Jan 17, 2010

Ok no corn oil, not a great idea... neither is coconut oil sense most of the fat is saturated fat, hemp oil is good or even better buy hemp seed nut and grind it up in your milk mix. Hemp seed nut has no reported issue with allergies and is a fruit. it has 33% protein and 44% fat 39% of it being unsaturated fat. It is the only natural source of omega 3 and omega 6 in the proper ratio to be used in the body correctly. I used this on my son sense he was 2 months old and it has helped soo much... it is recommended to give 1 tablespoon for every 50 pounds per day.

If you ever want more nutritional advice i just wrote a nutrition book and would be happy to email it to you.. just message me your email<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

PlumPerfect · Jan 17, 2010

Ok no corn oil, not a great idea... neither is coconut oil sense most of the fat is saturated fat, hemp oil is good or even better buy hemp seed nut and grind it up in your milk mix. Hemp seed nut has no reported issue with allergies and is a fruit. it has 33% protein and 44% fat 39% of it being unsaturated fat. It is the only natural source of omega 3 and omega 6 in the proper ratio to be used in the body correctly. I used this on my son sense he was 2 months old and it has helped soo much... it is recommended to give 1 tablespoon for every 50 pounds per day.

If you ever want more nutritional advice i just wrote a nutrition book and would be happy to email it to you.. just message me your email<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

PlumPerfect · Jan 17, 2010

Ok no corn oil, not a great idea... neither is coconut oil sense most of the fat is saturated fat, hemp oil is good or even better buy hemp seed nut and grind it up in your milk mix. Hemp seed nut has no reported issue with allergies and is a fruit. it has 33% protein and 44% fat 39% of it being unsaturated fat. It is the only natural source of omega 3 and omega 6 in the proper ratio to be used in the body correctly. I used this on my son sense he was 2 months old and it has helped soo much... it is recommended to give 1 tablespoon for every 50 pounds per day.
 
 If you ever want more nutritional advice i just wrote a nutrition book and would be happy to email it to you.. just message me your email<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

ehtansky21 · Jan 17, 2010

Instead of pumping with Caleb, I just put the formula powder in the applesauce we were using to give his enzymes. He did great with that!! We also used coconut oil. I love its health benefits. I would mash up bananas, put in a little coconut oil and some formula in it. PM me if you want anymore feedback.

blessings,
missa

ehtansky21 · Jan 17, 2010

Instead of pumping with Caleb, I just put the formula powder in the applesauce we were using to give his enzymes. He did great with that!! We also used coconut oil. I love its health benefits. I would mash up bananas, put in a little coconut oil and some formula in it. PM me if you want anymore feedback.

blessings,
missa

ehtansky21 · Jan 17, 2010

Instead of pumping with Caleb, I just put the formula powder in the applesauce we were using to give his enzymes. He did great with that!! We also used coconut oil. I love its health benefits. I would mash up bananas, put in a little coconut oil and some formula in it. PM me if you want anymore feedback.

blessings,
missa

ehtansky21 · Jan 17, 2010

Instead of pumping with Caleb, I just put the formula powder in the applesauce we were using to give his enzymes. He did great with that!! We also used coconut oil. I love its health benefits. I would mash up bananas, put in a little coconut oil and some formula in it. PM me if you want anymore feedback.

blessings,
missa

ehtansky21 · Jan 17, 2010

Instead of pumping with Caleb, I just put the formula powder in the applesauce we were using to give his enzymes. He did great with that!! We also used coconut oil. I love its health benefits. I would mash up bananas, put in a little coconut oil and some formula in it. PM me if you want anymore feedback.
 
 blessings,
 missa

ymikhale · Jan 17, 2010