Losing weight

Not me, unfortunately, but Zachary. 

Got blindsided today when we found out that Zachary has lost weight over the past month, despite the high-calorie oral and tube formulas we have been feeding him.  He weighed in at 16 pounds, 6 ounces, two ounces less than last month.  His pediatrician thinks the backslide may be the result of him burning more calories breathing since he's getting less and less supplemental oxygen during the day or because he's become so much more active, or a combination of both. 

The doctor is not the "sky is falling" kind of worried, but was definitely dismayed, as were we, that not only did he not gain weight during this crucial period for lung development but actually lost a little instead.  So she's determined that the best way to beef him up quickly is to give him sunflower oil, and lots of it.  We'll be giving him up to 25 teaspoons of the stuff each day, which will pile up the calories without requiring a higher volume of the dense formula he currently gets, which he'd probably just throw-up.

We'll see next month whether and/or how well this works.  It does mean that hopes of beginning an aggressive weaning from the feeding tube will probably be pushed back some until he starts gaining weight more consistently. 

If only I had this problem.