Re: Eating (or lack of) Question...

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hi laura-

i see you started ght in may. we started in feb. and went to see dr

h in april who stopped it (until she sees him again at convention

and checks his weight) and started him on periactin. while just on

the gh he actually lost 1lb in a month since starting the periactin

he has gained 2lbs in 1 1/2 months. they explained it to me that

they must take in 1/2x's more calories than naormal to keep up the

weight gain while on ght (jodi or jen correct me if i am wrong

please). you need to get higher calorie items in to him. the

periactin has done wonders with christophers appetitie. he actually

says he is hungry now!!! maybe you should look in to it?! try

added half/half to his formula as well (we do this to his milk and

milkshakes are great) we amke him a milkshake with ice cream

(hagendaz has 300cal for 1 cup!!!! no wonder it is so yummy), whole

milk, half/half, syrup(chocolate or strawberry) it comes out to

about a 600cal milkshake that we give him before bed. christopher

is ADHD (very hyper!!) and burns off every thing so quickly. good

luck and i hope this helps.

jodie

(nicholas-6 nonrss, christopher-3 1/2 rss 24lbs 1.7oz 34 " ,

periactin, ght genotropin(on hold until convention), ADHD(possible),

assmentry(left side 1cm), johnathon-1yr nonrss)

PS feel free to email me at jlcals2003@ yahoo.com (no space of

course)

> Hi All,

>

> I know alot of you have been down this road so I am coming for

advice and

> support. Liam is 3 years 7 months, SGA possible RSS. He has always

been a

> horrible eater but never had a feeding tube. I have him on toddler

formula.

> I mix it 2 scoops in 8 oz of milk....

> Liam does not eat at all.. Even on days when he dosen't drink any

of the

> formula... Everyone tells me he will eat when he is hungry...We

all know

> that is not the case with our children!

> He has sensory issues so there is only a few foods he will eat

anyway....

> Today all he had so far ( it is 12:30pm) was 1 and 1/2 cups of his

formula.

> Yesterday he had one cup of formula all day and 2 french fries,

and 3

> crackers... and about 6 bites of Vanilla icecream. Usually when he

dosen't

> eat I will give him more formula, but we were out all day and I

don't bring

> it with me.....

> I worry about him basically being on an all liquid diet.... Also

he lost

> about 2 or 3 pounds in the last 2 weeks....

>

> Thanks for listening.....

>

> Mom to Liam (3 1/2 years old 34 3/4 " 27 lbs

> SGA / possible RSS, Hypothyriod, Epilepsy.) Started GHT 5/18/04

> and Jed (11 years old) Tourettes, CAPD,SVT.

> SW Orlando FL