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Beema, I'm told there's a lot of gastro bugs running around at the moment. I hope that if that's what Nakita has that it's only a short-lived one.
Thank you for the welcome... I still feel a little odd posting in a premmie thread considering Sam at 9 months old has reached the 97th percentile for weight and is starting to cruise the furniture! He still can't pull himself up yet, but he's just not that motivated to move much (probably why he's grown so big!). He was never destined to be a small child (DH is 6'4"), but I never expected him to get so big so fast... four times his birthweight in just under 9 months!
BW
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BW, a friend mentioned gastro on FB tonight as well :( I am hoping it was just the car trip, and a few speed bumps made it happen, even if she hasn't been car sick before, over plenty of speed bumps and lots of windy roads, but I am not going to go down that street just to test it out again! Ah well will see what tonight and the morning brings :)
I think it is fabulous to hear how well Sam is doing, sounds like he is going to have you on your toes, cruising already, that is fabulous! I love hearing about prems that are doing so well, they are all so very different, no two stories are the same.
I think too often we can focus on what our prems are not doing rather than what they are. A while ago I saw that this is what I was doing and it was getting me down, often comparing her to other babies (prem and not) to try to see when she should be reaching some milestones, then when she was about 10months I gave up and just though she will do it in her own time. We found out about the hypermobility when she was about 11 1/2 months.
Now I am often posting in the Woo Hoo room when we are reaching small gross motor milestones, cos I just get sooo excited that we are even getting close to achieving the big ones, that keeps me in a more positive frame of mind, more of a glass half full then half empty :)
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Quick one from me... today is Caitlin's due date and I am a bit of a basket case... happy that she is here and safe and that the PE did not become a great risk to either of us but at the same time I am sad for the spontaneous labour I did not get to experience and grieving the end of pg I didnot experience.
I don't know - don't think I am making sense... it doesn't come out right.
Anyways - it is good to see so many premmies doing well and you are right Beema - focusing on what they are doing rather than what they are not is a great thing.
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Welcome Bee and BW!!
TK, makes perfect sense to me :hug: Due dates have always been hard for me.
Beema, hope Nakita is better soon, poor wee girl.... it's been a rough year this year!
Brendan has had conjunctivitis for nearly 3 weeks... thankfully only he has it thus far. He also has a cold atm, and so do I :(
Tristan is 3 months old now :( Cant believe how fast time is flying by!
Take Care :)
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How is everyone going?
We are ok here. Brendan is having a lot of trouble with his hearing, he cant hear very well out of one side and the other isnt much better. He also has glue ear and re-occuring ear infections. On top of that he keeps getting a cold, gastro and throat infections... anyway I have finally convinced a Dr to give us a referral to an ENT, so now we wait.
Tristan is going well, only a few concerns with him... once of his legs is quite bent and if you try to stand him his feet are crossed and the foot is on its side. So going to get that checked out by the CHN and see what she says. Hes also scratching at his excema so bad that it bleeds :( Another thing to ask about. Tristan will be 6 months on the 19th, it has gone so quick! I'm really hoping he has cracked the 6kg mark at his weigh on Friday. That would be really nice :)
Take Care everyone!
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The boys sound (read) like they are both doing well Sally... you should be very proud of yourself! Even though Brendan has a few ENT issues - you are getting them sorted!
Have you seen the ECHN about Tristan as yet? How did it go?
Hello to everyone else
DD is doing well - she has just broken 6kg and is in some 00 clothes now. It is hard to believe she is 4months old. Her umblicial hernia has sorted itself out and is no longer an issue (not that it really was an issue for me but it was for many of our family - namely PiL!). We are doing well and hope everyone else is as well
xox
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WOW she is doing really well!!
Had Tristans check, got some excercises for his legs, hopefully they improve and we miss out on physio. He lost 40 grams and is now 5660 grams, but he did gain 0.5cms in height and is now 64cms.
He's the happiest little thing, always smiling away and giggling. He has also just started to roll, not very much but he can do it :D
Just keeping an eye on him for now :)
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Thank you
Hope the exercises go well and that you can bypass physio.
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hope those excersices help Sal.
we are just plodding along. Nixon had an OT assessment and he has a "sensory processing disorder"
although i know what its about and wasnt a big surorise i am having trouble trying to realy what it actually is.
i still need to speak with the OT with questions etc to find out more but her report was 10pages long!
she said something about "dyspraxia" so i have ofcourse googled that, a lot of the signs and symptoms fits nixons description.
last speech session tomorrow until Feb next year,his speech is going really well we just need to do more practising esp now we wont be going for a while
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Nickers - hope you are able to speak with the OT soon... Dr Google can be scary and helpful all at the same time :hug:
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Nic, I hope you can get more insight from the OT :hugs:
When I explain Brendan's SID to others I tell them that basically the part of the brain that processes the signals from the body gets confused sometimes and doesnt process it properly or at all.
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Hi ladies - DD is 4 months old... golly time flies!
I am starting to think about when DD starts on solids.... I am looking at doing BLS (Baby Lead Solids) but am interested in your stories of solids & your premmie bub...
Am I right in thinking that regardless of how I introduce solids that DD may take a bit long to take to them? (and that this can happen to any child - full term or premmie)... just trying to get as much info as I can... getting lots of questions so trying to be informed
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Gosh 4 months! Although Tristan is nearly 6.5 months...
It really depends on the child. Some premmies suffer from oral adversion from being tubed.
Brendan didnt take to solids. At 16 months he was still on slush and wouldnt take any more than 1-2 meals a day. BUT he had some issues including a severe tongue-tie (corrected at 17 months).
Tristan is slowly taking to it. Once a day about 4-5 spoons (baby spoons lol) and thats about it. Slow and steady wins the race ;)
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Thanks Sally - did Tristan or Brendan have their tongue thrust reflex for longer than their actual 6 months?
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Tristan has only recently 'lost' his, so right on 6 months really.
Brendan had it until about a month after his TongueTie was fixed, about 18 months or so.
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We waited until Charlie was 6 months corrected ( nearly 9 months old in 'real' time ) before starting him and he never looked back. Told by the paed and the maternal child health nurse to wait a bit before, as their guts are still quite immature and more in line with their corrected age.
Good luck!
( P.S. Charlie HATED the rice cereal but absolutely enjoyed pear, apple, sweet potato or pumpkin, just one or two teaspoons to start once a day and one at a time for 3-4 days. )
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Just wanted to pop in and say "Hi!!" I didn't even know this thread existed until this moment so it seems I have a lot of catching up to do.
For a little background, DS came at 32+6, 8 weeks after DH walked out. Awesome. He spent 6 weeks in the hospital, only ventilated for the first 24 hours and CPAP'ed, but kept in because they wanted him to reach the magical 2kg (he was born at 1.36).
He's now 4 1/2 months (non-corrected), 4050 grams as of yesterday and grew almost 9cm in a month!! Basically totally formula fed now as my milk flow just wouldn't properly come in for any length of time despite 4 rounds of Domperidone and too much frickin expressing just to get a few MLs.
Anyway, just wanted to say hi and to let you know I'll be stalking from now on. I've been really crap at keeping up consistently with forums as far as posting is concerned - the whole suddenly being a single mum with immigration issues and no permanent housing for DS and I is kind of at the forefront of my brain at the moment - but I wanted to let you all know I'm here.
S xo
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It is interesting that each Paed has a different opion ;) We tried at 6 months of age - actual, I don't tink she actually swallowed anything just looked at us with What on Earth is this stuff you are giving me!! But within a month or two she was off and it was then that she started putting on weight really well and didn't look back :D
I would be holding off until she starts making grabs at your food, and if you are thinking of the BLS, there is a great general thread there that has a wealth of information, and FWIW the WHO guidelines are still recommending that they don't "need" solids until they are past 6 months. I am definitely planning to do BLS next time, sticks of steamed vegies, florets of Brocholi etc, great textures for them to play with, feel and taste. At the start they may not each much it is more about the learning than how much they eat.
Hey BR and welcome to the thread :D
AF US
DD is 18 months today and lately she has cracked some pretty huge milestones!
She has so many teeth now that I can hardly find any gums, and the gaps that are left are causing her absolute grief at the moment, so will be happy when the crack through, I have to say that the WCH's special teething stuff is our lifesaver, instant relief!!
She can say her name 'Kita", there is a video on my FB if you have me as a friend, if not PM me :)
She started "walking" on Boxing Day, after all the family had left :lol: We are getting short runs of up to 20 steps, which is just adorable, another Video on my FB of the walking hehe. If you haven't seen any of my Woo Hoo thread she has Hypermobility which means she is too flexible at the hips and knees, if was picked up when she was about 12 months old and we have been taking her to physio every week, and it has just done wonders for her. She rolled at 13 months, Crawled at 15 1/2 months and pretty much Walking at 18 months!!! We were told that she wouldn't catch up and was delayed by 7 months at her 13 month assessment, but lots of effort by all involved has made a massive difference!!
She eats most things and is a pretty happy go lucky little girl.
She LOVES swimming and our new pool, pop her on the edge and she giggles and slides right in!
She has cracked 11 kg :o, not sure of her height though, but she is doing fabulously!
Wishing every one a safe new years and have a lovely time celebrating with all of our precious little miracles!
xxoo
