Fattening up small baby

[TruthSweet]

DD3 is was exc.bf to 26 weeks (now 27 w/o) when we started BLW well and she has had a couple of spoons of yoghurt/rusk which have been spat out so a no go on spoon feeding.

She has been in hospital for the 4th time this year with bronchiolitis over the weekend and the cons. paediatricitian has told us to stop solids for a week to allow DD to recover and then start pushing solids in puree form. DD3 was born full term at 8lb 10oz, at 8 weeks she was 11lbs 4oz and is now 13lb 4oz at 26 weeks.

We have been referred to a respiratory paediatricitian and DD has had blood tests and is due a sweat test to rule out cystic fibrosis.

In the mean time whilst we are waiting for the results I would like to give DD the best start on solids I can. I don't want to be feeding her things which would not provide many calories whilst taking up space for breast milk nor do I want to puree table foods and then add margarine as suggested by cons. paed.

I am thinking of :-
roast potatoes,
strips of beef/pork,
chicken leg meat,
bread sticks with greek yoghurt dip,
mash potato with cheese/butter/gold top milk,
porridge made with gold top,
chunks of cheese,
roast chunks of carrot/parsnip/sweet potato,
banana

What else should I give?

puree with margarine - sounds yuk!

I think you've done a great list and there's not much which has more calories than breast milk....

would also add avocado to your list which does have a high fat content, oh and what about cashew nut butter (on rice cakes)depending on how you feel about giving nuts. Would your dd take greek full fat yoghurt if it was handed to her on a spoon?

Good luck with everything- sounds like you've had a tough time of it.

I would love to try avocado but I've never eaten it and I tried to prepare some for DD1 (she was also underweight due to reflux) and it went flakey when I tried to mash it. Any advice on how to prepare it?

I eat peanut butter so could I give that? If she was allergic would it have shown up from her reacting to my milk?

Hi TruthSweet, your list sounds pretty good - a soft avocado spread on toast or pitta with butter too?

(don't know about the peanut butter)

hth

I mix avocado with full fat cream cheese (you can get some lovely home made stuff from a farmers market here) and smear it on pitta bread or toast. Also make mashed sweet potato with lots of butter. Porridge made with cream. Banana mashed with full fat greek yoghurt. My charge likes banana and cream smoothies too (she is 10 months old now) if she doesn't want a traditional breakfast I do a smoothie and add a tablespoon or two of quinoa to it just to "bulk" it up a bit. Babies are so lucky not having to stress out too much about carbs and fat