Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Child Nutrition

I want to preface this by saying we were up a lot last night.  And not because of JJ.

MJ is almost 15 months (in about 10 days).  She is a growing girl.  She eats and eats and drinks and drinks.  Problem: she has 5 teeth.  So we are at a crossroads on what to feed her.  Seems as though the nutrition she is getting during the day is just not cutting it. 

When she went to bed last night around 830-9, she drank an 8oz bottle of milk.  She also ate 2 chicken tenders from Whataburger and a hand full for fries.  I thought for sure that was going to get it down.  At 1245am she starts to cry.  And not cry continuously, she cries and just stops.  Then cries some more, then stops.  So at 110am I got up and made her a bottle.  7oz.  She ate it all. 

So she's not getting enough to eat somewhere along the way.  I'm sort of confused as to what to feed her right now because I know protein is important.  And her protein consists of ham, chicken, and sometimes a meat product (meatballs, hamburger, etc).  She is definitely a carnivore.  She will eat herself some meat and pass everything else up to get it. 

I don't know what to cook her!  She passed up pasta the other day.  For breakfast everday she get yogurt and some cherrios.  I need to start getting more creative.  But with those 5 teeth, its tough to get anything in her that I don't have to worry about her chewing!  I just know me and Brandon need more sleep than we got.  Any suggestions will be taken.  Thanks.

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