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Child Health Specialty Clinic

Earlier today Aaron and I took Quentin down to Ottumwa to a Child Health Specialty Clinic. The lady we met with asked a bunch of questions about his eating habits, development milestones, etc. She watched how he played with toys, how he ate and drank and did doctor-y things like look in his ears, eyes and mouth. She then proceeded to tell us what Q's pediatrician did: either he is not consuming enough calories or his body is not processing the calories he consumes properly. Thanks so much. So far completely unhelpful.
On the up side they had us do a 3 day food diary of what Q eats and drinks and they are going to pass it on to a nutritionist. The nutritionist is supposed to get back to us in a week or two with her findings. I really hope she actually has something useful for us to try, cause I don't know what to do anymore.
In the meantime, we're to add butter to everything we can, try to get him to drink more whole milk, and see if he'll drink any shakes or smoothies.

Weight Gain!

After being sick with an ear infection and barely eating anything for about 4 days, Q has been eating super well (for most meals) and today we found out that he gained almost 1/2 a pound. He now weighs 20 lbs. 13.8 oz and I couldn't be happier! He is still in the less than 3rd percentile for weight for his age, but hopefully this improvement will continue. He has actually been drinking milk (only 1%, but it's still milk!). Next week we will be taking him to a clinic in Ottumwa where they will watch him eat and give us some tips/suggestions on how to get him to consume more calories. Hopefully this will help and we won't have to keep going. Keep on eating well Quentin!

Weight Loss

Quentin had another weight checkup today and he's lost a little bit of weight again. On top of that he has a bit of a temperature and the doc thinks he has a bit of an ear infection. Not a happy day. Any tips on how to get a toddler to eat? Specifically the doc wants him to drink more milk and eat more meat and in general eat more calories.

New Teeth

Quentin just got two more teeth poking through! Hopefully that's why he was crankier than usual the other day. This brings his total up to 14 and I'm pretty sure he's going to be getting the bottom two any day now.

Weight Update

As a quick weight update for Q - his appointment on Friday went quite well. He gained just over half a pound. I guess the Scandical calorie booster stuff I've been adding to his food is helping out. Although it sure would be nice if he would just eat what I give him without any problems like he used to. At the very least I hope he continues to gain like he did this last week. Another weight check in 2 weeks this time.

Weight Update

Today was another visit with the doc to check on Quentin's weight. He did gain 2 oz which was good and puts him at 20.35 lbs. On the other hand he's still not weighing in where the doc would like to see him so we're now going to be giving him 5-6 small meals a day and we need to go out and buy some product that we're to put on all his food that adds extra calories. Hopefully this will go well (giving him pediasure did not, which is what she had us try last time). And so we have another appointment in a week to recheck his weight again.