I.Dup. Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 My 9yo is very picky. He has sensory issues and he's just a picky kid. He's not on wheat because he's allergic. His doctor also now wants me to take him off of dairy. The problem is, he's very skinny and has dropped 30% in weight since his last checkup. :( I'm worried about him and want him to gain weight, but I'm not sure what to do when he's so picky, and especially now that his Dr. wants him off dairy. Any ideas? He doesn't like vegetables. He also has a documented allergy to peanuts, but peanuts don't seem to bother him, so I do give him peanut butter on fruit. I have a severe allergy to eggs, so I try not to give him too many eggs. Ugggh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Our DSs sound similar: no dairy, no wheat, but here we have no peanuts, nuts or seeds, plus nothing raw. No eggs in our house due to my allergies. Ugh. When we stopped dairy, DS did initially loose weight but he's normalized again. Is your guy no longer snacking? Would altering his snacking help? Sunbutter (you said peanut butter's ok so sub that as appropriate) and gf bread or veggies or apples, meats, seeds and nuts for your guy, other safe snack foods. Olives ok? You can sub Earth Balance for butter, and there are some good coconut milk ice creams out there. He will always snack on leftover burgers, oddly. My kiddo here really began snacking differently - mini meals, really. There are always leftover cooked meats and veggies. This afternoon he made garlic toast with Rudi's gluten free bread and Earth Balance butter. Not sure any of the above is helpful, but I wanted to let you know that the initial weight loss slowed down as we adjusted to the new diet. ETA: if your DS likes yogurt, there's a coconut milk yogurt that's not too bad. Might be good in smoothies. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 My 9yo is very picky. He has sensory issues and he's just a picky kid. He's not on wheat because he's allergic. His doctor also now wants me to take him off of dairy. The problem is, he's very skinny and has dropped 30% in weight since his last checkup. :( I'm worried about him and want him to gain weight, but I'm not sure what to do when he's so picky, and especially now that his Dr. wants him off dairy. Any ideas? He doesn't like vegetables. He also has a documented allergy to peanuts, but peanuts don't seem to bother him, so I do give him peanut butter on fruit. I have a severe allergy to eggs, so I try not to give him too many eggs. Ugggh. Lots of protein, lots of fat (avocado, bacon). Maybe coconut milk yogurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momacacia Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Avocados, squashes and potatoes for carbs. Butternut and acorn squashes. Trader Joe's has a nice sesame seed butter. Olive oil is also a 'heavier' fat (as opposed to coconut oil, which is more of a lighter, high burning fat in my mind). Put it in veggie dips you make (which nuts, e.g), on salads, on potatoes (with butter if that is okay), on avocados or in guacamole. Also ghee is butter fat completely free of casein, possibly he could try that and not have a dairy allergic response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Our allergist recommended bacon for my tiny, allergic child. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Um_2_4 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 There are some recipes floating around for avocado based chocolate mousse... just google. Rice pasta with a meaty sauce (add in pureed olives if you have to and use the fatty ground beef)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gracesteacher Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 My dd is at one percent she got to 10 perrcent. Due to $$ we no longer use it and are back to 1% http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003B685UC?pc_redir=1397918784&robot_redir=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 coconut milk in a smoothie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbgrace Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Why did the pediatrician want him off dairy? Is it a trial? How long? Are his dairy allergy tests negative? One of mine prefers ghee to butter, and he could tolerate ghee when he was allergic to dairy. That same child likes guacamole and sunbutter. I would avoid heavy use of sesame/sesame butters with a child who tends toward allergies, because it is a pain to avoid (no required label, and lots of cross contamination issues). In addition to being an easy calorie add, dairy really helps with protein with picky kids. Make sure he's getting enough of that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bensonduck Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Lots of avocado, bananas, melon, smoothies. Will he eat hummus? You can add extra olive oil to it if you make your own. What about meat? My local deli has roast turkey (not deli meat but an actual turkey breast roasted there) that they cut slices off and sell by the pound. That is a favorite snack, just cold out of the fridge usually. You could obviously make that yourself as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Our dd was supposed to eat 1/2 an avocado a day and a Tablespoon of coconut oil - added to various things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.Dup. Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 Thank you all for the ideas. I wasn't aware of that re: ghee. I would guess our Fred Meyer would have ghee? That's the closest thing to a HFS we have around here. Why did the pediatrician want him off dairy? Is it a trial? How long? Are his dairy allergy tests negative? One of mine prefers ghee to butter, and he could tolerate ghee when he was allergic to dairy. That same child likes guacamole and sunbutter. I would avoid heavy use of sesame/sesame butters with a child who tends toward allergies, because it is a pain to avoid (no required label, and lots of cross contamination issues). In addition to being an easy calorie add, dairy really helps with protein with picky kids. Make sure he's getting enough of that too. He wants him off dairy because of his behavioral symptoms. This is my SPD kid who tends toward being lethargic and out of it. We already have him off wheat, which helped a lot, but now he's showing a lot of the same behaviors from before we took him off wheat. I worry about the fat and protein. Dairy is one of the few things he enjoys. He will not eat veggies. I'm going to have to re-do our whole meal plan. Again. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idnib Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Trying to think of things not already mentioned.... Olive oil is more calorically dense than butter. Not by much, but if every little bit helps... Salmon oil can be taken in pills if he's averse to the taste. Lamb seems to be the fattiest meat. Chili with beans and lots of fat mixed in. Mackerel is fairly fatty if he'll eat fish. It is rather fishy. Beef roast. I use this brisket recipe: http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Lil-Pachters-Jewish-Style-Braised-Brisket but you can use if for any beef roast, not just brisket. Serve with mashed potatoes with olive oil if he'll eat potatoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bensonduck Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 There is a cheese product called "daiya" that is dairy free and is made of coconut. It is reasonably close to actual cheese and melts and acts like regular cheese if he likes cheese. They have mozzarella and cheddar flavors. We use it for pizza and Mexican type foods. Unsweetened almond milk (usually in a rectangular carton in the baking aisle) can sub for dairy milk fairly easily in most things. we put it on hot cereal, make pancakes with it, put it in fruit smoothies, bake with it, etc. My DD loves a glass of chocolate almond milk during math every once in a while. :) There's also a line of boxed baked goods called cherrybrook kitchen that has cake mixes, brownies, cookies and stuff like that. I'm pretty sure they are gf as well as dairy free but not certain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 If he's picky with sensory issues, is it texture he has a problem with? If he likes peanut butter, I'd try similar texture types: Nutella, non-dairy puddings and custards, mashed potatoes, mashed sweet potatoes, even stuff like pumpkin pie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 My daughter is on a high protein, high fat diet. Back when they still thought it was Failure to Thrive, they gave us a list of foods to strongly encourage. The first thing on the list was Refried Beans. Chili was on the list, without beans of course. We are particularly fond of Wolf brand. Scrambled egg recipe was 1T butter for every egg, and add as much cheese as you can cram in. Although, you'd have to skip the cheese. Have you tried the combined fruit and veggie drinks? I'm not a big fan of veggies myself, but the ones combined with fruit juices are very drinkable. Nutella gets slathered on to many things. Sometimes it gets added to cracks. Sometimes she has a Nutella tortilla rollup. She loves the Aldi beer bratwursts so we always have those around. Those are our favorite snack food because she likes them cold. They had also recommended this calorie dense shake, and she liked that, but she stopped eating. My husband said it was quite yummi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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