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Q: Baby Weight Is Still Low
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sillyakchick
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So here's my question. Is it necessary for me to worry about this? Or is she OK? I am a very small person (5 feet tall and 108 pounds) and my dh is very small (5'9 and 140 pounds), or am I denying her the ability to reach her full height potential by not supplying her with the proper nutrition? I do not give her gluten, as was suggested by the pediatrician, so that we don't have to worry about Celiac Disease being a cause for her failing to thrive. (I have this,so we are avoiding the issue for now). I am a vegetarian, and so is the rest of the family, so I don't cook meat, but she eats salmon, beans, tofu, cheese, and other sources of protein.
I thought about loading her up with ice cream, and junk to help her gain weight, but isn't that just setting her up for being overweight when she is older? Maybe I am doing her a favor by feeding her healthy food (that's my opinion, by the way). Am I missing something? Her older sister never had any trouble gainng weight, somaybe she is just going to be a small kid?
Any thoughts?
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Mommy35
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AyaMiyaki
Especially eHealthy
I'm battling with this same issue. I'm 5'4, 110 pounds and my husband is 5'9-5'10 and 140ish pounds. We knew our children would be tiny like us, and .Alyvia didn't disappoint. She was 6 pounds 13 ounces at birth, and at her 9 month checkup she was less than 15 pounds. She's 3rd percentile for weight, and 5th for weight/height combined.
I redoubled my efforts with her nutrition - I offer her food probably 6 times a day
because .I'm so paranoid every time she cries that maybe she's hungry and .I'm misunderstanding her. Her stools have become more solid and she seems a tiny bit bigger to me (or maybe it's wishful thinking), so .I'm going to take her back in for a weigh-in before I go out of town in the next couple of weeks.
It's very possible that she's destined to be tiny like her mommy. It's such a hard thing for a mother to hear, though, that your child isn't as _____ as other children, or isn't measuring up in some way, or might be behind. Especially if you feel there's something you're not doing. It's awful. I would steer clear of the junk foods though - empty calories aren't what little .Hannah needs. Maybe you could try yogurt or peanut butter?
I redoubled my efforts with her nutrition - I offer her food probably 6 times a day
because .I'm so paranoid every time she cries that maybe she's hungry and .I'm misunderstanding her. Her stools have become more solid and she seems a tiny bit bigger to me (or maybe it's wishful thinking), so .I'm going to take her back in for a weigh-in before I go out of town in the next couple of weeks.
It's very possible that she's destined to be tiny like her mommy. It's such a hard thing for a mother to hear, though, that your child isn't as _____ as other children, or isn't measuring up in some way, or might be behind. Especially if you feel there's something you're not doing. It's awful. I would steer clear of the junk foods though - empty calories aren't what little .Hannah needs. Maybe you could try yogurt or peanut butter?
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sillyakchick
Extremely eHealthy
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AyaMiyaki
Especially eHealthy
| sillyakchick wrote: |
| How is it that children are able to make the sanest, most matter of fact people and turn them into neurotic, pessimistic worry warts? |
my husband questions my sanity a lot these days, I think. I spend a lot of my time chasing .Alyvia around the living room with a jar of sweet potatoes and a spoon, and he just watches and shakes his head. Ooh, or the other day when I was changing her diaper and found her first semi-solid stool. I was like "
look at this! Wow, maybe she'll finally start to gain some weight! It's so solid!" and he said "umm, you're examining poo... 
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the nurses at my ped's office drive me insane
they weighed her the week before her appointment when she had an infection, and she was 15 pounds 2 ounces. Then at her appointment they told me she was 14 pounds 6 ounces. Err, what?? I flipped out, and the nurse said "oh, scales are always off, blah blah blah" and .I'm thinking "if my daughter's weight is an issue, maybe you should make sure you're getting her numbers accurate!" 
idiots.
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sillyakchick
Extremely eHealthy
You make me laugh! My dh calls me the poop police because I am always wanting to check consistency, amounts, etc etc. 
And just this morning I was trying to corral her long enough to finish her bottle which she wanted nothing to do with!
And just this morning I was trying to corral her long enough to finish her bottle which she wanted nothing to do with!
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Fairy Godmother
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You sound like an EXCELLENT Mother. Feeding her the correct foods and watching that she does not start life on junk foods and unnecessary sugars. Whay is it hte world has to compare everyone and everything? Knowing everyone and everything is gonna be somewhat different....I think Miss Hannah will grow when she's good and ready. Maybe she's just gonna be petite. I think I'd much rather her be a little underweight than obese. I have a neighbor who has a son.....he is only 6 years old and wear a mans size 38/40 pants............Now thats something to worry about. Stop dogging yourself! Your a great Mom!
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sillyakchick
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Celiac disease is a hereditary auto immune disorder that is triggered by eating gluten, which is a protein chain found in wheat, rye, oats, and barley. Children and adults who have it fail to absorb the nutrients in their food after a period of being exposed to gluten. the body attacks the proteins when they reach the upper part of the small intestine (duodenum) as if they were invading organisms. the end result is that the villi in the small intestine become flattened and then cannot do their job of properly absorbing nutirents. the result is that although one eats and eats, one is essentially starving to death. 
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sillyakchick
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ladylee70
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sillyakchick
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