Joni - I am gonna pipe in here - It has been my awful experience - that doctors do not like change - they also do not like an informed mommy. I have had the...
am wondering if anyone has any experience with their children outgrowing serious allergies, if so at what age. My one son rast test score for milk was 62 - dr...
I work with a boy who has SEVERE dairy allergies. When he was 3 at play group we were using shaving cream, a tiny bit splashed into his eye and within seconds...
Wow, See that is what I mean how do you know? What do you put in the blended diet? So are you doing the water through the
tube in between? Plus whatever...
Dear Jennifer: I am on digest and could not get the attachments you sent. Would you mind sending them to me privately? Thanks so much!! Tammy I'll add a...
Hello, I have recently been to a conference and learned a little about homemade formula, we are interested in trying this, but in our area the Mickey is mostly...
I've heard that for all kinds of buttons but I no longer believe it. what French do you have? I think except for the connectors the microvasive and the mic-key...
Hi Joni, one way to teach a child how to drink from a straw is to use joice
boxes - squeeze the juice box a little and squirt it into his mouth, he may
get the...
Sherrill Lomastro
momshalfdozen@...
May 1, 2005 7:34 pm
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I just brought my son home from the hospital. He was born at 28 weeks and is now 3 weeks adjusted age. He drinks his formula well, but seems to strain a...
Great Idea! Also my little man chewed away on an orange wedge at lunch today all on his
own! I handed it to him off of my plate at a restaurant and he...
another idea for straw drinking ... From: Jennifer Hisrich [mailto:jhisrich@...] Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 8:45 PM To: feeding@yahoogroups.com ...
more straw info also the Rubbermaid juice boxes are good if you want to try something else like milk or Pediasure or water in a juice box Jennifer Hisrich, mom...
I dont know if it has been mentioned. But I was told it was because sometimes when they dont eat alot when they are little their taste buds dont develope all...
Well one of my sons is 14 now and just tested this last year for some food allergies he had when he was little and they say he has grown out of them. BUT they...
Hi everyone. My name is Michelle and I'm a first time single Mom to a beautiful 5 month old (3 months adjusted) baby girl named Julia Rose. I've been reading...
Michelle McNally
shelley9174@...
May 2, 2005 4:24 am
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Welcome from a fellow CNer. First I would get him off of the Nutramigan as it has a bit of milk in it only processed into small pieces. My youngest couldn't...
my dd is 2 yo now and has been below the charts for well over a year. she started out at the 90th, and slowly dropped over the first 6-9 months. she was...
Joni - I am not sure what I would do - I think it is a decision you have to make. AS for the water - my guy is completely dependant - so he gets everything...
Welcome Michelle !! I am sorry you and your daughter have been thru so much.
Most of us here have too. My daughter is 8 now and has CP and has almost
always...
Sherrill Lomastro
momshalfdozen@...
May 2, 2005 12:55 pm
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Thanks. I think I am going to go ahead and have this appt and then see if
we can get in to see the actual GI rather than the NP and see what the
feeling is...
Hi Michelle, I am relatively new to this group too. I was sooooo nervous about the tube, we had a peg tube first and then got it
changed to the button. That...
Although my son was never labeled Failture to Thrive, the doctors started using that term when he was losing weight (not just not gaining), breathing terribly...
My twins who are 5 have had a failure to thrive dx since birth. They were both born prematurely ...16 weeks early ..alot of babies born that early do...
AngelLight1967@...
May 2, 2005 1:36 pm
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Michelle just go give that girly a hug it won't hurt her a bit. my dd was in hospital 6 months before she came home so I sort of know how you feel. I wouldn't...
I was told the same thing as Sharon. My son was diagnosed with FTT at 4 months because he was not developmentally thriving and at 7 months he weighed 11 lbs...
Noelle was diagnosed Failure to Thrive at 3 months. She weighed 6lbs 12.5oz at birth. She was thriving for the first 2 months and then the projectile vomiting...
Here is the definition from a medical dictionary: Failure to thrive. Refers to a child whose physical growth is significantly less than that of peers. There is...
... My daughter is now 3 and has had a gtube since 6 months old and had a ng tube before that. You will get used to the tube.Once her g tube had been in a...
