I've been concerned about his slow weight gain lately too. I finally called Lisa on Wednesday and asked her when she started Matthew on meats. After some conversation I realized Shaun should have started eating meat more than 2 months ago!! So right away I gave him an egg yolk (hard boiled of course). He ate it but I think he had issues with the texture; which is understandable. And I cooked some chicked breasts in chicken broth and blended those up. Craig also gave Shaun some cheese yesterday. We're just going to start giving him more food. I took a look through the Teddy Bear's Picnic booklet and got some meal plan outlines. I'll keep Shaun on 5 feedings, the first 3 with solids.
This is what his schedule looks like:
- 8:00AM breastmilk, 6T cereal with formula, 4T fruit (2 ice cubes), 1/4 toast (whole wheat bread)
- 9:45 - 11:30AM naptime
- 11:30AM 2Tmeat (1 ice cube), 2-3T veg, 2T fruit, breastmilk (after solids)
- 1:15 - 3:00PM naptime
- 3:00PM 2T meat, 2-3T vegetables, 2T fruit, 1/2 slice toast, breastmilk (after solids)
- 5:15 - 6:00PM naptime
- 6:00PM breastmilk
- 8:00PM bath then breastmilk
Hopefully this new schedule will help him gain a little bit of weight. I'll switch back to breastmilk before mealtime once he gains a bit. For now I think he just needs more calories.
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