Tristan's Food diary 7/24/09 & 7/25/2009

24th zoo day out. Out of the house all day

Breakfast 8:00
Carnation instant breakfast drink
muffin

snack 10:00
granola bar
doritos

lunch 11:30
pasta salad
pudding

snack about
strawberry yogurt

dinner late afternoon?
zoo kids meal - grilled cheese sandwich, french fries, sprite soda

snack 6:30 on ride home
cheese crackers
pediasure strawberry drink
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25th woke up late

brunch- 9:30 ate quite a lot had seconds
French toast
hash brown potatoes
juice

snack- 11:00
pediasure drink
cookies

dinner 1:30
choice of assorted leftovers
he had a piece of pizza and a few veggies
"not that hungry"


snack 3:00
banana

supper-6:00
raw vegetables and dip
large soft pretzel
(did not eat all will offer a nutritional drink before bed)

back posting since it's for my records and want to keep the zoo post on top

Tristan's Food diary 7/23/09

An on the go day

Breakfast 8:00
toast
carnation instant breakfast drink

snack (in the car on the way to appointments)
9:45
cheese and crackers and a drink

Lunch still on the go
12:00
1 large muffin
1 nutripals drink

snack(still on the go! fitting in on the way home from appointments before swim lessons)
2:00
1-grilled cheese sandwich

supper (early to get something substantial in) 4:15
vegetable pizza- 2 slices
hash browns-2

snack 6:00
pudding
rice milk

Tristan's Food diary 7/22/09

Breakfast 8:00
toast slices with cream cheese- ate two
1 strawberry pediasure drink

snack 10:00
grapes, ate quite a few

dinner 12:00 (early due to swim lessons in the afternoon, didn't want him to eat right before the lesson)

Mexican pizza (refused)
Plain pizza- 1 slice
grilled cheese sandwich with mozzarella cheese- 1
salad-none
home made french fries- ate
lemon lime soda

snack 4:00

pudding

supper 6:00
grilled cheese sandwich- ate 2
coleslaw- ate asked for a small amount of seconds
french fries- ate

edited to add
requested a pediasure drink before bedtime 8:00- drank all

Tristan's Food diary 7/21/09

Breakfast 8:30
multi grain toast with marmite- 3 slices
carnation vanilla breakfast drink

snack 10:30
not hungry

dinner 12:30- ate most everything except the lasagna
baked marinated veggie burger
baked potatoes
baked beans
skillet veggie lasagna
cole slaw
broccoli

snack 3:30

chocolate covered chewy granola bar
ate 1 good sized bar
(recipe use fave brand chewy granola bar or home made bar, melt favorite chocolate, spread melted choc on the granola bar, refrigerate for 20 minutes to harden the chocolate, serve with a napkin, messy snack!)

orange juice

supper 5:30

leftovers from dinner, baked beans, burger, potato, broccoli. ate most


snack 7:30

1 pediasure strawberry drink

Tristan's food diary 7/20/09

Breakfast 8:00

pancakes- ate 4
orange juice- drank

snack 10:30
peanut butter & Graham cracker- ate several

dinner 1:00

stir fried Chinese vegetables
stir fried tofu
rice
french fries
ate a little of everything, more of the tofu and french fries than the veg and rice, not quite as much as I would have preffered.

snack 3:30
strawberry shortcake and juice

supper 6:00
vegetarian hot dog in a bun with condiments- ate all
macaroni and cheese (mix of nutritional yeast cheese and dairy cheese)- ate most
pudding-1 medium size

What's up with Tristan?

I realised that some blog readers might not understand why I'm tracking Tristan's eating habits. For the past 3 years or so Tristan has been "off the charts" for growth, on the low end not the high end. He is very small for his age, proportional, height and weight match, just very small. He also has a few developmental issues such as learning basic things at a later age than typical and acting immature and seems to have low endurance at times. When he was small he had some issues that resolved (soft spot seeming to close early and a couple others). He also turned out to have fairly poor vision. Since he is still not growing well we are investigating if there is some other health problem (s) causing the poor growth. There is nothing that jumps out to suggest anything major is wrong but several smaller things. Tracking his food intake is just a way for me to see if there are any patterns. Tristan is definitely a lover of junk food in our otherwise healthy family! He also dislikes some foods due to the way they "feel" in his mouth.

That's about it right now, he'll have some more tests later this week.

Tristan's food diary 7/19/09

Today was definitely an off day for Tristan.

Breakfast 8:30, he woke later than usual
breakfast mix (several cereals and nuts) ate half maybe 3/4 cup?
nutripals strawberry drink- drank all

snack 10:30
got potato chips on his own before I made snack and had been munching them.
strawberry shortcake was planned snack- ate half
juice

dinner 1:00
roast dinner with assortment roast and boiled vegetables and vegetarian "ham"
ate less than half, found out he'd grabbed more potato chips and had been munching on those shortly before dinner!

snack 4:00 "not hungry"

supper 6:00 offered a choice of leftovers from dinner or mac and cheese with veggies, refused both
gave him a Carnation breakfast French Vanilla drink since he was not going to eat supper and he did drink it all.

Thankfully the big packet of chips which he found (was left over from last weeks beach day) is nearly gone now so junk food temptations won't be there tomorrow.

Tristan's food diary 7/18/09

Breakfast 8:00
multigrain pancakes w/maple syrup ate 4 small pancakes
pediasure strawberry drink

snack 10:00
graham crackers with peanut butter and apple slices
ate 2 graham crackers w/peanut butter didn't eat apple slices was full

11:30 asked for banana, ate all

dinner 1:00
1 slice vegan cheese pizza- ate all
1 slice dairy cheese pizza- ate all
pasta salad (seconds)
green salad- ate most
raw broccoli to dip in salad dressing- ate several broccoli florets

2:30 asked for pudding

3:30 snack
home made garlic bread (didn't want)

6:00 supper
choice of leftovers
macaroni and nutritional yeast cheese- ate half
salad- ate most
garlic bread- ate 1 piece
small chocolate cupcake

Tristan's food diary 7/17/09

Breakfast 8:30 am
Marmite toast- ate 4 slices
fruit juice

Snack 10:30 am
chex mix, home made version, cereals & assorted nuts- ate perhaps 1/2 cup
small soda

dinner 1:30 pm
pasta casserole (macaroni, sauce, vegetable protein crumbles, nutritional yeast cheese) Tried, didn't like ate a few bites. Gave him plain pasta instead after he tried casserole.
broccoli and cauliflower- ate
chips- home made french fries- ate

dessert-
sugar cookie

snack 4:00

chocolate pudding
banana

supper 6:30
leftovers from dinner mac and cheese, broccoli and cauliflower and french fries. ate most

Tristan's food diary 7/16/09

Breakfast 8:00 am
2 waffles with maple syrup (tried even though he usually says I don't like that) ate all
1 nutripals strawberry drink

snack 10:00 am
(refused fruit snack, wasn't hungry)
water

dinner 1:00 pm ate all
stir fried tofu in vegetable broth (ate some)
mashed potatoes with veg. margarine and veg. broth (ate all even though he doesn't typically like)
baked beans (asked for seconds)
corn
drink of water

dessert
1 chocolate cupcake

snack 4:00 pm
banana- 1
pudding-2 small
water

supper 6:00 pm
macaroni and nutritional yeast cheese (ate most)
broccoli (ate all)
small lime soda

snack 8:00 pm
butterscotch pudding

a pretty good day, he tried something new and ate something he typically refuses.