Small DC - healthy but fattening AND nutritious food

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my ds is starting school and he is so tiny compared to others in his class. Looking to try and build him up to encourage weight and height as much as i can.
I think i will fry chips in olive oil and give him more beef meatballs but after that i am struggling so need help with ideas
thanks

lots of cheese? I have quite a small dd (she has not a fat cell on her, I'm sure) and she runs out of energy very quickly. I tend to add cream to things, lots of cheese, avocado, lots of olive oil, hommous. She still drinks a lot of full fat milk, eats full fat yoghurts (not the sugary kids ones, greek with extra fruit puree, etc).

Peanut butter?
Custard?

Will be watching this thread with interest....

sorry dairy and wheat out

ds is allergic to wheat and dairy

Mashed potato made with cream, cheese, .

Home made pizzas with thick toppings.

Apple crumble and custard

(I'm drooling)

Ok just read your post, forget cream and cheese.

Sorry, minds gone a blank!

avocado

extra olive oil added to his portion of veg/sauces etc. and nut butters/ground nuts and seeds.

Avocado dips (guacamole), tahini dips (tahini + lemon huice), hummous, bean dips (beans + tomato + oil + herbs) and patés etc.

can he have sheeps yoghurts? goats milk? vegetarian cheese?

Vegetarian cheese is still dairy.

Vegan cheese is soy based but imo pretty foul.

There are plenty of non dairy fattening things. Cream is not the answer and is not healthy, even though it is pushed by HCPs

i used avocado like butter on sandwiches for my dd's

Nut/seed butters are good (my DS is also dairy intolerent and a little chap). We use cashew, peanut, pumpkin seed and almond. They are expensive but worth it IMO. Cashew is particularly tasty! Almond butter has 85 calories per 15g, is full of calcium and other good things, and seems to be pretty full on fatty too.

I also make flapjack with added ground almonds, pine nuts, a seed mixture and dried apricots (no recipe - just make flapjack and add what you fancy).

second the avocado - fed it virtually daily to underweight DS who is now reassuringly average.

but be careful though
avocado baby book

Yes, I do biscuits and cakes with lots of ground nuts in them. You can make your own nut butters if you're feeliing adventurous, we used to make a mixture of almond, sunflower and pumpkin seed, or a hazelnut and raisin one. Very messy though, in fact, I've stiopped making them[too lazy to clean the kitchen emoticon]

oh yes, avocado side effect: child will lift up baby grand piano and chase burglars!

Porridge
Bananas
Beans
Pulses
Nuts
Soya desserts (Alpro do a nice chocolate one)
Olive oil/nut oils

Flapjacks (made with oats, nuts, raisins)

I have to say though that despite giving my DS as hefty a diet as possible, he is just the same size as before I am sure it is mostly genetic. I was a skinny runt as a child and am only a size six now - ditty my husband who is tall and thin. Don't beat yourself up if he doesn't get bigger - he will be the size he is meant to be.

True, my dd eats like a horse and has always been one of the smallest in her class (just like her parents in fact)

agree with mercy and tpl.

I have non-identical twin boys. One eats like a horse and is as skinny as a beanpole, the other eats like a pony (? ) and is bigger and broader. I don't think there is a lot you can do about his size imo.....

Lots of good ideas here though, also recommend the alpro chocolate and vanilla desserts.

I've tried all these foods on DS and it hasn't made a diffence. He is short, but growing steadily. The only thing that is stopping me freak out is knowing my dad was the same at DS's age (and my grandmother did freak out)My dad grew to a reasonable height, but never ever had any fat on him, no matter what or how much he ate.(including lots of beer)

thanks so many responses quite a few good ides here.

No he doesnt do goats cheese