Wow, Tom sounds all grown up!
My boy loves eating but doesnt love his high chair and tries to slouch down as far as possible.
We had out GP appt this morning, I said that Id like a paed referrral becuase MCHN had expressed concren about weight gain and my dr looked him up and down and said 'Oh really - its he putting on tto much!' I laughed and said no, FTT, and that I know looking at him it sounds ridiculous ( hes 77.5cm tall and really does look like a tank).
I showed him the growth charts and he agreed with why the MCHN suggested to check him as hes crossed 3 curves, but added that he expects it just to be his normal pattern.
He was also not overly worried about his hips. He did see him do a coupl eof full splits and agreed his is much more flexible that whats "normal" but said that with family history its not surprising and that he doesnt think its anything more than hypermobility.
PAed appointment is tomorrow so we will see what he has to say. I'm actually a bit worried that the growth stuff may be because of my diet, and since AF returned - thats about the time it all went south.
Glad to hear all went well at the Dr's. Hoping you get some answers from the Paed, although he may just be slowing down with his growth.
My second son was a big boy, big at birth and kept going however I was just looking at his book yesterday and noticed that from about 6 months onwards his weight gain really slowed down. So from putting on anywhere up to 800gm a month, it dropped to 200gm.
That being said I don't know what the other factors are for MCHN to be concerned with FTT.
As far as I know, failure to thrive is more than just weight - it's failing to thrive in all ways. The baby will be unwell, perhaps ill-looking, milestones will be being missed. A FTT baby just doesn't look great. A very happy, active, otherwise well, underweight baby is probably just a skinny baby! But it's always good to get these things checked. I hope the paediatrician is reassuring.
Tom has been sick again. Sigh. We've had seven weeks of kids being sick and I'm over it. He had a really nasty gastro for two weeks, then he got the awful cold/fever on top of that, and on Sunday he started vomiting again. Fortunately it was only a 24 hour thing and apart from being tired and off solid food, he's much better today. I had mastitis too - ended up with a nasty little bleb on my nipple but that's clearing up. Hurts a bit though.
Hope everyone is well, and that those of us with school aged kids are enjoying the holidays! This is the busiest week of the year for my dh, and I'm looking forward to a break next week.
Jane excuse my ignorance but I would have thought xmas would be busier?
Glad to hear you are over your illness (for now) and that it has given you the basis for a bug-free winter.
Good luck at the paed Pandora hope you come out feeling you have reached some resolution.
DH is back to day so I keep thinking it is Saturday - so strange having him home!
Am very close to starting my cake business - just looking into licensing etc - so am on ebay and gumtree looking for cake tins. If you hear of anyone getting rid of cake tins - novelty or standard - can you think of me please!
Paed appt went well. Weight he said he is 'catching down' as opposed to catching up lol. He said unless he continues to lose a lot or stops growing then come back, but that he is just getting in to his normal curve.
Hips he said def hypermobility but nothing to bad and not DDH so that was a welcome relief.
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