High Calorie Goop

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Dear Friends,

For all the new mommies out there who have babies still on breast milk,

formula, or pureed baby food:

These are the things we did for Connor to supplemant his caloric intake.

1. Pump your breastmilk

2. Add 1 tsp. of Neosure powdered formula to 4 oz. of the breastmilk.

This will increase the calories by 20%.

As your child gets older you can also

1. Pump your breastmilk

2. Add 1 tsp of Neosure/Polycose and 1 tsp. of Linseed oil. This

boosts the calores by 45% Linseed oil is an Omega 3 fat source. Very

healthy and not harmful to the heart as butter and canola oil can be.

You can obtain Linseed oil from any health food store. Keep

refrigerated.

When the baby is on pureed baby food, try this or variations of it.

1. Use the Heinze Baby Food. It has highter calorie and protein

rations due to egg yolks in the mix.

2. For half of a jar of baby food, add 1 Tbsp. of Neosure or Polycose,

1 tsp of Linseed oil, 1 Tbsp. of Gerber Vanilla Custard or Vanilla

pudding to it all. Stir well as it tends to seperate. Add more

vanilla custard as needed to make it palatable and smooth.

DO NOT WORRY ABOUT LACK OF VEGGIES AND FRUIT! At this point in the game

of RSS its more important to get the calories in rather than the right

kinds of foods as our well intentioned Pediatricians who usually don't

have a clue about RSS recommend. That is an issue you will deal with

further down the road (Toddler years). Also, the formula's are

nutrionally complete so you are not depriving them of any kind of

essential nutrition.

Remember, all baby food is preserved with Citric Acid. This can be

aggravating to our RSS kids with any kind of reflux issues. The

combination of powdered milk, oil and custard neutrilizes the

bitterness and helps the child keep the food down as well as beef up

the calories. Even if your baby eats only half of this goop, they are

getting a high calorie, high fat, high nutrition boost.

Some days Connor ate the whole bowl. Other days, he ate only five

bites. I didn't worry. Weight gain was slow but steady. It was only

after his two year old growth spurt and the beginning of Toddler picky

eating that we had to g-tube him.

Today, Connor is 3 ft and weighs 31 pounds. We use the tube at night

and periactin during the day to keep up the appetite.

This is what worked for us. I hope it helps others out there.

Good Luck!

Mom to Graham 9; Cameron 6; Connor 3 RSS