I know I say this alot but I really do not like doctors. The doctor questioning my youngest daughters weight has put my mind in a bit of turmoil. Even knowing the facts about her genetic background and how hyper she is, I am still worried. The doubt was introduced and it eats at me. All her tests came back and they say she is healthy for now. If she doesn't start gaining faster then they may try some more extreme tests. Well she is not gaining at all. I weight her daily now. I have started pushing so much food on her, she is now not eating at times simply to annoy me I swear. I offer food and she laughs and runs off. If anything her activity level has picked up too. that could be from all the extra sugar, fat, and calories I manage to tempt her into though. Since that stupid last appointment she has stopped napping, and only sleeps at night 5 or 6 hours. I try to get her to sleep more but no dice. I am worn out and she is just running. Now every little bruise, every skipped snack or meal and I am a nervous bloody wreck.
So here are the facts. She is now 20 months old. She is jumping between 20.8 lbs and 21 lbs even. She is 32 inches tall. She is still teething ( her teeth came in late). She is very active. She eats well when she eats. She is also back on the bottle at the pediatricians insistance and everything she drink has calories now. I also use carnation instant breakfast in all her milk and her bottles to up the calories, vitamines, and such. I am considering putting her on liquid vitamines since it was suggested that might actually boost her appetite. She also bruises easily. Not low in iron they checked that. They also checked her enzymed and checked for just about every metabolic disorder under the sun. She is my 4th and smallest. She was also born 4 weeks early and was very small. She also tested initially positive for a metabolic disorder and was on a reduced protein diet for about 2 weeks. It ended up being a false positive caused by being a preemie. They also retested for that again this time just in case.
If they keep up with this scaring me at every turn I will end up not enjoying her childhood. I was never so worried about my others.
So here are the facts. She is now 20 months old. She is jumping between 20.8 lbs and 21 lbs even. She is 32 inches tall. She is still teething ( her teeth came in late). She is very active. She eats well when she eats. She is also back on the bottle at the pediatricians insistance and everything she drink has calories now. I also use carnation instant breakfast in all her milk and her bottles to up the calories, vitamines, and such. I am considering putting her on liquid vitamines since it was suggested that might actually boost her appetite. She also bruises easily. Not low in iron they checked that. They also checked her enzymed and checked for just about every metabolic disorder under the sun. She is my 4th and smallest. She was also born 4 weeks early and was very small. She also tested initially positive for a metabolic disorder and was on a reduced protein diet for about 2 weeks. It ended up being a false positive caused by being a preemie. They also retested for that again this time just in case.
If they keep up with this scaring me at every turn I will end up not enjoying her childhood. I was never so worried about my others.
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