Susie had her 2.5 year check-up this morning. She’s healthy and fine, but Dr Vallance admitted I was right to think she’d gotten scrawnier again–she’s slid on the weight charts again, maintained in height, and has such waxy ears that she failed her hearing test again. We brainstormed some ways to get more fat in her diet since she doesn’t really like meat or fatty foods and just wants to eat all fruits and veggies (which make her diapers…um, fibery). Our plan is to encourage more hummus with rice chips and nut butters with rice cakes, hopefully giving her more fat and protein with less fiber. I spent a small fortune at Sprouts on the way home.
Her stats:
Height: 36.5 inches (77%) (Elizabeth was 36.25 inches)
Weight: 26 lbs (19%) (Elizabeth was 31 lbs!)
That means her BMI is 13, in the whopping 1.5 percentile =(
And Janie finally got all her 6 month shots! She’d been too sick all the past month, but Dr Vallance checked her out while we were there and said she was good to go.
I usually put a generous dollop of coconut oil in the kids’ oatmeal. They can’t tell/don’t mind and it is a good way to get good fats in them.
Now… the veggies… that’s another story 🙂