So Connie asked me when I went back to using a blenderized diet for Peanut, and I realized that I never posted about it. :) When she had a bad virus this summer and ended up in the hospital, we switched her back to full Neocate Infant with Polycose. Unfortunately, with that diet came intractable diarrea! It was a mess. So even though the nutrionalist wanted her on the formula only diet for a while, the GI over-rode that decision and said to start back her blenderized diet. Quite a convert - he was completely opposed to it in the beginning. :)
So she is back on blenderized food. She does still get some Neocate with Polycose overnight for 12 hours, but during the day she gets three boluses of food. Her diet has to be strictly measured and weighed though. She has hypoglycemia issues and a metabolic disorder, so we have to be serious about it. She gets 5 ounces of fruit, 2.5 ounces of veggie, 1.5 ounces of meat, 100 cc's of Pedialyte, 1/8 tsp of salt, 1 tsp polycose, and 3 tbsp of rice cereal. It can only be Beechnut rice cereal, because she is soy and dairy intolerant and that is the only brand that is soy/dairy free. Some days this mixture is made from jarred baby food, some days it is made from fresh food. It depends on my busyness. :)
So there you have it! I switch up her veggies and fruit every day. Normally we use green beans, peas, carrots, squash, bananas, apples, pears, and peaches. I use jarred baby meat most of the time, because it's easiest. She does GREAT on a blenderized diet. Her nails and hair have never grown so fast, and so healthy. She is much happier, her BM's are more controllable, and life is good. YAY!
So she is back on blenderized food. She does still get some Neocate with Polycose overnight for 12 hours, but during the day she gets three boluses of food. Her diet has to be strictly measured and weighed though. She has hypoglycemia issues and a metabolic disorder, so we have to be serious about it. She gets 5 ounces of fruit, 2.5 ounces of veggie, 1.5 ounces of meat, 100 cc's of Pedialyte, 1/8 tsp of salt, 1 tsp polycose, and 3 tbsp of rice cereal. It can only be Beechnut rice cereal, because she is soy and dairy intolerant and that is the only brand that is soy/dairy free. Some days this mixture is made from jarred baby food, some days it is made from fresh food. It depends on my busyness. :)
So there you have it! I switch up her veggies and fruit every day. Normally we use green beans, peas, carrots, squash, bananas, apples, pears, and peaches. I use jarred baby meat most of the time, because it's easiest. She does GREAT on a blenderized diet. Her nails and hair have never grown so fast, and so healthy. She is much happier, her BM's are more controllable, and life is good. YAY!