I haven't posted for a while so I am going to bring you all up to date with what has been happening in Olivia land over the last few weeks.
Having been poorly for some while Olivia is finally back to normal. We ended up putting her on fast flow teats, designed for 6 month old babies simply because she just took so long to drink her milk while she was recovering that she ended up falling asleep half way through the bottle. We ended up having a poo sample sent to the hospital for analysis as her digestion still wasn't right and the GP was concerned she might have developed lactose intolerance following her illness. The test came back normal though so she obviously just took a long time to recover from her Gastroenteritis.
I got her weighed and the health visitor reckoned she had put 7 ounces on. Considering that this was during a week when she had nothing but electrolyte drink for 24 hours, less than half rations for several days when she wouldn't eat and then watered down feeds to let her tummy recover I am at a loss to see hw this could possibly be so. She had dropped a fair few ounces earlier in the week as well. I had weighed her at home before taking her to clinic and on my scales she was the same as she had been the week before. I am sure they have a dodgy set of scales at baby clinic. I've also had her weighed again since and she is now up to 14lbs 13 oz so is well on target to double her birth weight by 6 months. She is hovering somewhere between the 50th and 75th centiles.
The other week Olivia also went to visit her nice 'Auntie' L but was a bit grizzly and so while Daddy M and Auntie L talked business, Mummy M had to walk round and round in circles in the back garden with a baby who was very tired but DID NOT want to go to sleep.
On Friday the NCT girls and the babies all came over to our place. Everyone brought bits and bobs of food and the Mummies had a relaxing lunch while the babies played on the baby bym and play mat.
Having been poorly for some while Olivia is finally back to normal. We ended up putting her on fast flow teats, designed for 6 month old babies simply because she just took so long to drink her milk while she was recovering that she ended up falling asleep half way through the bottle. We ended up having a poo sample sent to the hospital for analysis as her digestion still wasn't right and the GP was concerned she might have developed lactose intolerance following her illness. The test came back normal though so she obviously just took a long time to recover from her Gastroenteritis.
I got her weighed and the health visitor reckoned she had put 7 ounces on. Considering that this was during a week when she had nothing but electrolyte drink for 24 hours, less than half rations for several days when she wouldn't eat and then watered down feeds to let her tummy recover I am at a loss to see hw this could possibly be so. She had dropped a fair few ounces earlier in the week as well. I had weighed her at home before taking her to clinic and on my scales she was the same as she had been the week before. I am sure they have a dodgy set of scales at baby clinic. I've also had her weighed again since and she is now up to 14lbs 13 oz so is well on target to double her birth weight by 6 months. She is hovering somewhere between the 50th and 75th centiles.
The other week Olivia also went to visit her nice 'Auntie' L but was a bit grizzly and so while Daddy M and Auntie L talked business, Mummy M had to walk round and round in circles in the back garden with a baby who was very tired but DID NOT want to go to sleep.
On Friday the NCT girls and the babies all came over to our place. Everyone brought bits and bobs of food and the Mummies had a relaxing lunch while the babies played on the baby bym and play mat.
....if only I lived where you live.
ReplyDeleteI'd come over. I'd bring bits & bobs...or whatever.
Here---I work full time during the day!
I want to stay home & play with my baby & eat lunch with other moms!
So...if you're ever feeling down, just think: there's at least one person out there who thinks I really have THE LIFE!
Random OTHER thought:
...Heeeheeeheee...you guys call them teats. We call them nipples.
It's all the same, I know. It was just funny to me!