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Put whipping cream in his milk and olive oil in his applesauce. Mine doesn’t notice the olive oil at all. But buy an extra light tasting one, cuz it doesn’t have the strong flavor.

Does he like avocados? and are you giving him full fat yogurt?

But I think that if your pediatrician is not concerned, then you shouldn't be either. Could you compare his height and weight to his adjusted age? (I think I have the lingo right - his adjusted age would be from his due date? So how does he compare to 14-18 mo old?) that might make you see things from a different light.

Also, once toddlers reach 1 yr, they tend to stop gaining weight as fast. My did has been hovering around the same weight for the past year, but has grown about 6 inches taller.

If you are concerned that you pediatrician is not concerned, then get a second opinion!

ok. I think I've covered everything, haha!

Does he like bars at all? My 14mo is pretty picky but she randomly loves larabars and depending on the variety they can be calorically dense. (We found out she liked them bc she stole a bite from DH so maybe find a variety you like and see?)

@tiramisu: They are hard to find! I ended up ordering through jet.com b/c they are in no physical stores near me and Amazon's prices are sky high. Ped said she doesn't really NEED it, but it helps us feel better that we're beefing her up as much as possible...

I give my nearly 3 year old love child shakes which are similar to pediasure and I have gieven her pediasure in the past. I know they’re not fabulous, but the quantity of food consumed is so little and if offered a “chocolate milk” it is usually happily chugged so I like them for days when there hasn’t been a lot of food eaten. I’m still not entirely convinced there isn’t a digestive problem of some sort because a few bites of anything will be consumed and I hear “my tummy hurts or my tummy can’t fit anymore”. In the past month or two I have noticed that she is finally starting to fill out and I’m feeling more relaxed about weight gain. I mix in butter with my kids’ pasta and avocado in smoothies and feed them 10% fat yoghurt and homo milk. I also do a lot of fake meat products as snacks. We’re vegetarian and they gobble up fake hotdogs and ham slices which have good protein levels and that helps with weight gain.