Operation PLUMP it Up

the girls finally had their 1yr check up this week (alittle late since kaiser was slammed with back-to-school health checks).

vienna is taller and skinny (29.5", 16lb 8oz) and laurel is stocky (28.5", 18 4oz). both are not very high on the charts. and this is AFTER piling on the butter, cheese, fatty/fried foods PLUS pediasure to their diets. i would even add scoops of toddler next-step powder formula to the gallon of milk for added calories and nutrients.

every meal, they get an assortment of foods: at least one meat, carb, veggie and fruit---whether they eat it, is a different story. not to mention snacks every 2 hrs.

the only foods i've stayed away from are sugary treats, which means really no desserts (only fruits), watering down thier juice and adding milk to their pediasure. but after talking to the pedi, they need all the calories, so i'm gonna have to bring on the sugar.

for the first year, kids really need the fat and calories for development. seriously, no need to stress about overweight or health issues until they are adolescents. i know alot of fat babies who are now thin adults.

also according to the pedi, after the first yr, kids will thin out or plateau and really will only gain about 4-6lbs for the whole year. thou, she BARELY eats, vienna is growing taller. laurel is actually a good eater, so she's def getting her nutrients.

some new tricks for vienna. since she likes to drink more than eat, she now gets v8 with her juice/water. before she got half milk/pediasure, now it's mostly pediasure. believe me, even when we withhold the liquids, she still wont eat. speaking of mega calories, i bought a can of condensed milk, but she's not loving it so far.

vienna also has an appt w/a nutritionist in a couple of weeks. she's living the celebrity life, this will be her third personal specialist.

but you know what, vienna just takes after eric (oh, in so many ways). so she'll prob be thin her whole life. eric could tell you childhood eating stories of being bribed with gifts, sitting stubbornly at the table for hours, to being admitted to a food clinic, etc. yes, it's all his (genetics) fault (-;

good thing they're not boys, or i'll be worried they'll be too small/short and never date (!)