A little help for convention

[Guest guest]

Howdy Folks,

here. I am planning on attending this year's convention and I

was wondering if anyone in the Chicago area who is attending

wouldn't mind picking up some generic, WAlMART variety, Pediasure.

The generic kind is called " Parents Choice. Flavor: Vanilla. I

would gladly reimburse you for the four cases we need. THere are 6

cans to a case. It would be so much easier to have this waiting at

convetion than transporting it in the luggage if you all know what I

mean. Connor just lives on this stuff and it's been the only thing

keeping his weight on.

Sigh, speaking of eating and weight issues.

Is it normal for our kids to get more resistent to food the older

they get? Connor will eat, but the serving sizes are getting

smaller and smaller. I can measure food intake by the tablespoon on

most days. I use to be able to get gobs of calories in this kid.

Not anymore. His growth chart right now is tracking in between the

RSS curve and a regular child's curve. I go in tomorrow for a weigh

in, but last time he was 15 lbs 7 oz and 28 3/4 inches long. I do

know that teething of late has really affected his appetite and

ability to chew.

A good day looks like this.

6:00 a.m. bottle of Pediasure 6-8 oz. (He's shaking like a leaf when

I hand him his bottle)

8:30 Breakfast 2 tbls. of dry cheerios. cheese crackers. Bottle to

suck on.

10:00 snack two bites of banana with one lick of peanutt butter.

11:00 Nap with a bottle 4 oz usually.

1:30 Lunch 3/4 mozzarella cheese stick, four bites of a cooked hot

dog.

3:30 snack 1/4 cup vanilla pudding with duocal mixed in. He never

finishes it.

5:00 dinner 1/4 cup of some cooked meat. a few bites of mashed

potatoes with butter and duocal and half n half mixed in.

8:00 p.m. We give a 8 oz bottle to go to bed with.

I know, I know, we are breaking all the dental rules with the night

time bottle, but, on most mornings, that bottle is empty and Connor

works on it all night. I really feel like these extra calories at

night are staving off hypoglycemia even though he can still be a bit

shaky on some mornings. Chronologically, Connor should be getting

off the bottle. Yes, he can use a straw, but he won't keep up with

it and thus his pediasure intake goes down. I don't want to

compromise the only thing that's keeping any type of weight on him.

Connor won't eat any kind of vegetable. Yes we are on Periactin.

Yes, we have talked about the g-tube issue. So far, Connor's head is

growing at a normal rate. It's the only thing growing at a normal

rate thus that's why his GI doc says don't tube him yet. Connor is

extrememly active, curious, in to everything kind of baby. You

can't turn your back on him for a minute for he will find the most

dangerous thing to do and fall immediately in love with it.

Developmentally, all the therapists say he's ahead of schedule.

He's saying new words all the time and even a few sentences.

Should I worry. I don't know.

Mom to Graham 7; Cameron 4; Connor 19 months IUGR SGA/RSS Periactin,

Zantac, Assymetry in left leg.