SamiH - thanks hunI appreciate hearing how it was for you. It sounds like it was really tough - and as for overboard, well is there really an overboard reaction? I think you had very real & valid concerns that you had to be careful. I can really understand that. And yeah as for the eye-rollers, well given DH & I have dietary issues and I'm sure there's already folks who think we're precious anyway... well they'll have a good laugh at us with a kid who has issues too. But the medical proof, as you say, does help. So saying, the first thing my MIL said was "oh surely he can have a little bit of egg can't he?"
Plus MIL & FIL are the types to keep trying to push salty sugary food anyway - they're always saying "oh he can have some sausage now... or some icecream...?" It's like...are you insane? no no and NO! He does NOT need that crap - so I'm kinda prepared for their food stupidity as he gets older.
And I was glad to hear the sleepover went well - good on you.
*Beema*
Aaaw thanks. I've gotta remember that. I guess it's just so easy to have it all be out of perspective. Well the paed was the oppositve of the RCH doc. The RCH doc made us feel that really his eating was way off track and we need to get onto it. The Paed made me feel like it was nothing and that we were the "worried well" (even though he was very nice about it). He also thought I should just stop expressing - GRRRRR - SO angry about that. And DH was clueless and joking about how I was addicted and wouldn't stop. VERY cross about that - two men sitting joking about how I couldn't stop expressing. Needless to say DH and I had a "chat" about that one! Anyway, paed thought speechy wouldn't hurt for feeding, and ENT to be "in the system" was a good idea, apparently his tonsils are pretty big. But yeah, i'm pretty over that paed tbh, and I don't think we need to see him again.Gosh I have written lots of posts, being concerned, worried or tired or not sure whether I am stressing about something I shouldn't be! It is all a part of being a mum who care so very deeply for the health, happiness and wellbeing of their child.
And honestly, X is such a chubby healthy little fella that this does minimise the need to intervene, and I think docs just think oh he's fine. but I know what his eating is like... and I can see the distress just increasing... so whether that's normal or not I'm just gonna try and follow my mummy gut - he (and I) need some help with it, cos we are SO going backwards. And I'm mostly ok with the dietary stuff. I've kinda come to terms with the allergy stuff. And I WILL friggin' pump for 20 more days and FIL, MIL, SIL and paed can go jump!!!
K, rant over now. Thanks again ladies
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