Babies born October 1st - 15th 2008 #4

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Hollye
good on you for getting a second opinion our paed is a VERY old fashioned man.. says to start food BEFORE 6 months..as there is a NEW study with the childrens hospital he is involved in...stating that because food are being introdced ALOT later (6mths) alot more allergies are popping up... then many years ago...NOT many allergies around due to early introduction of food.... i am in 2 minds about this subject... i hope all goes OK...

belfie
Such a gorgeous piccie!!!! lil chubber

Georgi
good luck with your op today hun!!! pain free vibes coming your way

amy_o
how are things for you today??

Us...
well Jack decided this morning at 3.10am he would like to be awake!!!! and to hope into bed with his mumma & dada...and fidget until 5.05am then sleep til 6am...feed and go back to sleep!!!! now..mummas eyes are about to bungy out of her head while the little shiat is sound asleep....upside to things...he is drinking ALL of his bottles now and pooing by himself..no suppositries needed and it ain't cement consistancy!!! (sorry TMI i know..BUT lately when he poos it is soo exciting )

[SamiH]

[COLOR="Magenta"]Hollye
good on you for getting a second opinion our paed is a VERY old fashioned man.. says to start food BEFORE 6 months..as there is a NEW study with the childrens hospital he is involved in...stating that because food are being introdced ALOT later (6mths) alot more allergies are popping up... then many years ago...NOT many allergies around due to early introduction of food.... i am in 2 minds about this subject... ]

Yeah, I have a different theory re this - Riley is anaphylactic in relation to tree and peanuts - we have Epipens and all that. That is an allergy, I think the study is more about intolerances not allergies ie when something upsets digestive system etc and not necessarily allergic reactions like the hive breakouts, swelling, difficulty breathing etc.

My other theory is that these days there is countless items of prepackaged food that were never available 20 years ago, and so now alot of food gets cross contaminated in processing - not just the nut factor. This ranges from tin goods, snack bars, even the conveniently packed chopped lettuce and prepackaged soup mixes.

Jsut my thoughts, but there is no way I would start a bub on solids at 3 months. Chuckiness is not a reason unless weight is a real issue.

Holly - Giselle was the biggest chucker ever as I ahve previously posted, and drank very little - she is still little to this day, but healthy. I put her onto formula at 4 months along with a bit of b/f still cos we thought it would be heavier and might stay in her tummy more - nope did'nt work. And she continued to chuck until she could walk. Mia looks lovely and just on the small side of the scale - is her weight fine???

*running away to hide*

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SamiH...don't run away and hide..no flaming here hun we ALL have differences in opinons...nope not intollerances it is ALLERGIES within the study...was also on the radio/news here not too long ago, our Paed is a well known paed who works at the childrens hospital at Westmead.

[SamiH]

LOL well at least I know I am safe - I like to hear everyones thoughts too - in a safe environment

I havent heard that one then re the allergies - I am in two minds about the whole thing cos Riley was exclusively b/f for 6 months when he started solids - and get this - he used to eat a little bit of peanut butter when around 3 - but then told me he didn't like it - obviously it was somehow worsening his predisposed allergy through exposure etc - now he is anaphylactic. scary as hell. I get scared when he goes on a play date to someone else's house, and feel like a cotton wool mother when I tell the parents about his allergy and pack his Epipen - scares the life out of the parents too lOL. But I saw it in full swing last Christmas when my SIl gave him a Cadbury choc fruit and nut biscuits without checking with me, and my son just thinking it was choc - man - the only thing that saved him before the hospital was that he finally threw up in the car after about 5 minutes. I tremble thinking about it .....

Ok, much better now

[[M]umma[M]ia]

Sam - yeh her weight seems to be ok. She was weighed 3 weeks ago and she was 5.2 kilos (3.5 born) and they said shes average just petite?? shes still abit behind on the height which is odd coz me and DP are both 6ft! she had a bottle this morning (70mls) and she would have chucked up about 50ml by the time she was finished. It was everywhere! fountains and fountains. Then she screamed for an hour

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Hollye...was it you who said the DR/PAED said to use thickener? or farax in her bottle?? have you tried that? did it work? not work??

[[M]umma[M]ia]

Yep. Mia was on AR formula but it played havic with her colic coz it was so heavy she couldnt bring up her wind. Didint help the spewing.. it was just thicker. Yeh im not into putting farex in her bottle. The last bit of farex i tried with her ended up being sprayed everywhere in the house. Ive tried everything u could imagine trust me.

I thought she might be Lactose Intolerant but she spews water too.

[SamiH]

Sam - yeh her weight seems to be ok. She was weighed 3 weeks ago and she was 5.2 kilos (3.5 born) and they said shes average just petite?? shes still abit behind on the height which is odd coz me and DP are both 6ft! she had a bottle this morning (70mls) and she would have chucked up about 50ml by the time she was finished. It was everywhere! fountains and fountains. Then she screamed for an hour

I just checked Giselle's book ... she was born same as Mia really - 3.57kg - at 11 wks she was 4.86kg and 13 wks 5.085kg - so steady but little gains. I used to take towels out with me instead of bibs to clean up her spew. However, you have said she is screaming, and Giselle never had that - was always a happy chucker - not reflux etc?? I always thought there was no way she could be keeping anything inside her with all the spew ..... it is awful and it stinks!!! I soooo feel for you hun - it sucks!

[[M]umma[M]ia]

pead appointment next tuesday at 4:30pm... and $250 bucks later.. *sigh* oh well at least i should get some answers.