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Hi everyone. Vietbabe turned 9 months the other day and though she's 28 inches, I can't get her over 15 lbs. She's "clinging to the 5th percentile" on the weight charts. Still has no teeth but still won't let me put pureed food in her mouth and she can't put it in herself (and doesn't want to). She wants to eat food she can hold and put in her own mouth.
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Little Ritz is also in about the 5th percentile but keeps dropping off the chart. He is on a doctor-prescribed high fat diet with lots of butter, etc. We've had some success with french toast - cut up, chicken nuggets cut up (the purdue white meat kind), mashed potatoes, smiley fries, sweet potatoes cut into large chunks, grilled cheese. Also, Gerber Little Entrees seem to be a big hit (even though they smell like cat food). I have also given him tuna, boneless white fish, etc., which he seems to like. Another suggestion is to make basic chicken noodle soup - chicken and carrots boiled for about an hour with noodles added later - and give it to Vietbabe without the broth.
I wouldn't worry about Vietbabe's lack of teeth. Little Ritz did not have any teeth until about 14 months. He still does not have any back teeth. My doctor wanted me to start table food at 9 months and have him completely off baby food by age 1. I was kind of worried about table food given his lack of teeth, my doctor pointed out that people chew with their back teeth and told me not to worry about it as long as I served age-appropriate food.
