xp: high calorie foods (for milk, egg, nut allergies?)

melissa-n-paul

dd is 13m old and weighs 16 lbs she has had a declared milk, egg, and nut allergy since she was 11m. her pedi isnt worried about her weight considering all her previous bloodwork came back negative and dh and i are small but pedi wants her to gain more weight.

i ebf until she was one and now she is on soy milk. she eats avacodo which i know is high in good fats but what are some other foods? she eats literally just fruits, veggies, and meat. what else is high in calories????

aimeelv

Zachary also has allergies to milk and peanuts.  A nestie told me about IM Healthy SoyNut Butter, which is a peanut-free peanut butter-like spread that is soy-based.  It actually tastes really good!  I got it at Super Target and Zachary has been loving his "SoyNut" butter sandwiches   If you google it you can find a list of stores that carry it.

Zachary also loves bagels and pasta.  You could also toss her veggies in a little bit of olive oil to up the calorie content. 

Food allergies stink!  GL with your DD's weight gain!

faBriezy

If you go to store like Whole Foods or any health food store really, there are dairy free/vegan alternatives to everything. Soy yogurt and soy cheese and cream cheese are good ones. You could make grilled soy cheese sandwiches, or bagels/waffles with soy cream cheese and fruit spread, or smoothies with yogurt. There are lots of vegan baking mixes too, so you could even make vegan muffins for her. Or how about Morningstar farms frozen stuff? I know some is dairy/egg free. Also beans are pretty filling. HTH!

TnP102304

Our DD is teeny-tiny, and we've found olives to be a great snack or side dish.  She likes black and green, sliced up.  They're high in fat, and it's a healthy fat.  Good luck!

PaxMama

I really, really like the mothering allergy boards for specific allergy questions about my DS.  I'd ask the moms there:

https://www.mothering.com/discussions/forumdisplay.php?f=307

We have lots of food allergies, carry two jr. Epipens, have intolerances, etc.  If you can eat avocados, those are good.  You can also open up flax see oil capsules and add it to applesauce.  Add different oils to foods she eats (olive, canola, coconut if tree nuts are safe for you).  Meats, chicken livers 9once a month) are other things we do.  Bone broths (Any bones simmered in a crock pot) are very good as well.

Good luck!

happythoughts1

Good luck - I know it's stressful (my DD is a bit smaller than yours, she was 15.5 lbs at 13 months). How about Hummus? And adding olive oil to veggies and meat where you can? Our dietician also recommended Duocal, a powder you can add to foods, which gives them extra calories.

Meeshe

This is late but we use sunbutter-like peanut butter but made from sunflower seeds-basically every day.  It has all the good, healthy fats of peanut butter and none of the bad stuff.  She loves it!