csab, sending you some gentle


I was just wondering if V was considered SGA *Small for Gestational Age) or IUGR (Inuterine Growth Restriction) when she was born as I think she was around the same size as DD (2350grams), but DD was a 33 weeker so she was within the average weight for her gestation? The reason why I am asking is that I was chatting with one of my prem friends (IRL) and her little boy was IUGR. They have recently gone to see a new Paed as they felt they weren't connecting with their old one and when he did an assessment on LG, and he looked at his weight (less than 7kg at over 2 years of age), eating habits etc (he pretty much only eats mushie foods), and what he actually said that SGA and IUGR bubs actually have less cells within their bodies when they are born. This means that there are less cells devoted to putting on fat, so that it is unlikely that he will ever be a big boy, and that not to worry about what types of food he is eating, that as he gets older you will be able to reason and discuss with him about different foods and textures, and introduce them that way.

I am not sure if that is relevant for you and V or not but it was really interesting information, and I have quite a few friends who have SGA and IUGR bubs and I don't know any of them that are actually big bubbs/toddlers now, they are all quite petite, so the information our friends new Paed disucssed seems to make sense to me.

She sounds like she is doing wonderfully with her milestones, which is a great sign. Quick weight loss when sick is also so disheartening, after waiting so long for that weight to go on and to see it just go so quickly is heartbreaking. It took N quite a while to catch hers back up from her first hosy stay, we were lucky that her other visits and stays she wasn't as ill, we were treating her quicker and the impact was less.

Big and you and little V