Argggh, but no. Laura gets on the scale and the nurse says, "Eighteen pounds." (On the plus side, home scale = accurate) Let's review her last few visits:
February 1: 17 lb. 6 oz.
April 5: 17 lb. 8 oz.
April 20: 18 lb.
July 14: 18 lb.
At this point, she's off the chart (in the negative way) for weight percentile. I feed her stuff all the time, and she's definitely keeping Nabisco and Keebler in business, but the fact is she eats like a bird. The doctor wasn't concerned because she is continuing to grow height-wise and says it's normal for kids not to eat a lot at this age. Although, she did say she might always be kind of a small gal. (Lexi, you can counsel her in the event Laura feels distress over this someday) Any tricks for baby weight gain?! I think we will be trying a little Ovaltine or Carnation Instant Breakfast.
Plus she was the saddest girl ever with the shots this time. Usually she's fine by the time we get out to the parking lot, but this time I had to listen to the hiccupy breathing kids do when they're trying to calm down from sobbing - the entire way home. And then when we got home we had the sad, sad, crying all over again for dad. Oh, I felt so bad for her. We had to do a 4am snuggle and Tylenol hit as well...this morning at 6:50 I wake up to hear her over the monitor, "Num num num." I go in to get her up and she's pointing at the Tylenol (loves it).
Enjoy this picture of the peanut at a happier point in the summer:
1 comment:
BABIES IN HATS!!! She is sooooooooo CUTE in that hat!! I love it!
As for being tiny, tell her to be glad! She'll be a great gymnast once I get my hands on her. Then again.....I still am a little bit sad that I was never able to reach the 60lbs. that you and Allison were when I was only 40. I tried so hard!! So I can completely commiserate with her/your tiny girl woes.
Also, I like your scale theories.
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