One of the struggles we've had with Baby Bop is getting enough calories into him. It is no fun when he awakes at three in the morning screaming because he is hungry, yet when we offer food to him through the day he will often turn up his nose. He is a picky eater and often gets distracted. Once he thinks of something other than food, he is reluctant to return back to eating.
He seems to be a natural vegetarian. The only way Janine has been able to get meat into him is by pureeing it and adding it to applesauce. He does have a few favorites foods, like a couple different cereals, and milk, lots of milk.
So we're very excited that he tried a new food today. Janine came home from shopping and opened a bag of cashews. I ate a couple before dinner. Baby Bop asked for one. I gave it to him. Then he asked for another! He kept asking for more and more. Janine is so excited. "Hey they are high in calories!"
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Another food that is high in calories and the "good" kind of fat is avocadoes. It used to be one of my 4 y/o's favorite foods. Not anymore, of course! ;)
You can also puree it up and hide it in a variety of foods because it has such a mild flavor and creamy texture.
She still likes blueberries (frozen) and mango, which are supposedly really good for you as well.
I have a friend whose son will only eat about 7 or 8 different things. Bread, carrots, chicken nuggets and cashew butter are some of them.
That's a good thing to eat.
You could give him a real high calorie cashew snack...CVS has dark chocolate covered cashews;). Remember, there is nothing wrong with using full fat milk as a main source with littles.
One of the neat things is Baby Bop is trying more and more foods. I think he will evidently be fine, but for awhile I worried that he would be an adult only eating a dozen or so foods.
Thanks for the suggestions.
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