Resource makes thinkened juice boxes too. You can find them on the Walgreens website and through some medical supply companies. We also use Simply Thick to...
E, What's Polycal? Yes, the formulas you mentioned don't sound like anything available in the states. I know she can have allergies because Danny did and ...
I can't believe they won't test her for allergies! My son was 6 months when we did his blood work which came back neg but allergist said it oculd be a falsde...
We've been told by many docs now and in the past with other children that testing at this age isn't reliable and tends to give false results....more often than...
OK I just don't get it. I've been weighing Carissa for a long time now and med. proffessionals have seen me do it and I know I'm doing it right and I am really...
maybe she still had food liquid in her belly? i knwo that's why my son's weight fluctuates from time to time.... change her diaper before weighing her? just...
OK I confess I'm ANAL ZOMBIE MOMMY LOL :-) I go one step than a dry diaper....I always weigh her naky :-) It irritates me that the docs no longer do this...
Michelle, Can you request a naked weight? One of the nurses at our peds office does this automatically, and makes sure to use the same scale every time. ...
I have found that in the 2 years that I have taken Cael to be weighed and measured that any of the measurements they get are indeed inaccurate. I find if I...
I used to have no problem enforcing the naky weight, but once she got her button they all tell me that's not necessary anymore. ugggggggg oh well. I can still...
That's an interesting name Cael. How do you pronounce it? Is Cael a boy or girl and how old? I love being able to follow her weight at home as I know when she...
Michelle, Polycal is a glucose polymer - glucose and something I think. It's a powder which you can mix into most things to boost the calories - rather like ...
Michelle, Â Â Â I've found that the best way to measure my daughter is to use 2 small pieces of white medical tape. I find a good spot on the carpeting, and...
Hmmmmmmmm wonder if I can get that here in the states? I would like Carissa to get back to where she was at birth, but that's not realistic. Pedi thinks a good...
Thanks Rachel :-) Next time I'm in the mood for a wrestling match I'll have to try that LOL. Carissa hates being on her back at all for some reason. Has been...
..probably polycose over here. You can buy it at the pharmacy Beverley, Wife to Jim, loving, supportive and understanding. Mommy to Leyda 3, gorgeous brown...
Do you need a prescription for it? ... punches" HLHS, HRL, CVA, dysphagia, G-tube 50%. ... job interviews. ... into most ... the ... rather the ... age. ... ...
Carissa had tried the oil, but it didn't go well. She developed diarrhea and vomitting immediately after consuming each time :-( I'll ask the GI about these...
Jera vomited olive oil but she is tolerating cod liver oil and flax oil. I don't know what kind you tried...just a thought ami ... From: itsnopicnic...
Polycal is Nutricia, Polycose is Abbott Labs - basically same thing! It certainly does last for ever! I know of preemies etc in the US who use either so you...
In terms of Carissa's weight on the charts this is a battle I was fighting with all my boys. They have the added problem of having started off small due to...
OMG How horrible!!!!!!!!! How can people be so doggone rude and insensitive? I agree that there has to be someone at the bottom in order for there to be a...
We are trying to fatten up our twin girls, Natalie and Abigail. They just don't drink or eat enough. This is an on-going problem and of course, we have been...
How much cream are you adding and to what? I'm not a dietician although wishing and thinking I should be LOL. I do know that you should look at the cream you...
You could try adding Benecalorie (discuss it with your ped first) made by Novartis. It's 330 cal/1.5oz - rather tasteless and I think the texture would hide...
Hello, I am wondering if anyone knows of the actual goal amount of fluids to get into these little tykes. Especially in this heat!!! Silas has a g-tube (for ...
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DAna, Are you sure you're not a dietician LOL? What is EVOO? Never heard of that. is it a type of cooking oil? Michelle ... by Novartis. It's 330 cal/1.5oz -...
In reply to those who have replied... I didn't know you cold put cream IN their formula. I may try it and see what happens. We do carefully choose the...