It's a tough one CeCe. In some respects if he is following a curve albeit at the 3rd percentile than shouldn't that be okay? It would be more worrying if he wasn't following a curve. Is his development okay? I think that could be a guide as well.
The advantage of trying to get his weight up a bit is that if he became unwell he would have a bit of room for movement with weight loss.
Our paediatric dietician told me that weight gain slows up in the second year but it is also a time when you can get some catch up weight through dietary modifications. My DS is 9 months and isn't holding a curve on the weight charts, and his height is disproportional to his height. We have to add extra calories to his food and she recommends in the second year that he have formula (I"m EE and won't go past 12 months) instead of regular milk to drink.
I'm not sure I've been much help, but I do understand your dilemma.
Part of the feeding clinic is with a dietician who gave me a list of things to add to DS diet to increase calories, but try as I might I'm fighting against DS's aversions to soft, mushy food. He wont eat soft fruits, such as bananas. The dietician suggested peanut butter, but DS wont have a bar of it, as with avocado. The last couple of days we've been trying him with fruit smoothies and so far, so good; he's even tolerating banana in it, unlike the banana custard I made for him. The issue is when I try to increase the amount he's eating, he then starts to equalise himself and will eat less of the next meal.
I may get some polyjoule, or similar, just give it a go and see how it pans out. DS has low muscle tone so developmentally he's a little behind with gross motor skills, but otherwise is a very happy little man.
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