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- don't forget to pat yourself on the back -- he is doing

great because you are doing so much that is right!!!

> > Well, last year at the convention Dr. H told us to wait until

> 's

> > wt/ht percentile was between 10 and 25% for at least 6 months

> before

> > starting gh. So we came home with that information and relayed

it

> to our

> > local endo who knows Dr. H and understands her expertise with

RSS.

> So at

> > 's recent visit with our endo he was weighed and measured

and

> still

> > not up to enough weight, plus because his growth velocity is 8%

> she said

> > that he is still growing enough on his own that we could wait

> until it

> > goes below 5%. She told us to increase his calorie intake and

try

> to put

> > on the weight. Taking that into consideration, we had a visit

with

> a new

> > nutritionist and explained our goals with 's weight. She

> measured

> > his arm circumferences and did a fat caliper test. We also

> provided her

> > with a food log with three days worth of 's

consumption...and

> I mean

> > to the T, every bite. So as she analyzed all of this her

> conclusion is

> > that is getting more than enough calories for his

age/weight

> and

> > that any weight that we pack onto him is going to be pure fat.

He

> is

> > only going to chunk up, not really build muscle until he starts

the

> > gh--apparently that is when his body composition will change. So

> she

> > offered no nutritional " fix " for what we need to do. She didn't

> see much

> > more room for adding calories to his intake besides what we

> already do.

> > Plus she cautioned that we are setting him up for poor eating

> habits as

> > an older child.

> >

> > So how do we get this kid to gain weight so he can go on the gh

so

> he

> > can begin adding more muscle not just fat? I think his ht/wt

> percentile

> > right now is below 0%. He looks okay to me, just proportionately

> small.

> > He doesn't have too much fat on him, but you can pinch a little

at

> his

> > belly, arms and legs, so it's there. Compared to other kids his

> age they

> > just look thicker, but I think alot of that is muscle mass that

>

> > doesn't have. So should I be worried about trying to pack on the

> extra

> > fat or does really need that fat there to help him keep up

> with the

> > gh? A side note would be this... recently had his cholesterol

> > checked and it was 225 (not a fasting test) so of course that

> bothers

> > me. It seems that no matter which way we go something always

goes

> out of

> > balance.

> >

> > , 's mom (RSS, 3 yr, 3 mo., 26 lbs, 36 " , Zantac,

> Periactin, and

> > quite a good singer!)

> >

> >

> >

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