First, and BEST- Harlow took THREE steps all by herself last night! Ha! Take that, doctor-who-say-she's-delayed!
Second, we met with the Feeding Disorder Specialist and a Dietician today. While her weight is low, it's not to the point where they are really freaking. She is just a little peanut. They were able to get her eat a little bit- oh my god, the mess! Basically the lady dumped half a jar of food on the tray and let her play in it and eventually some made it's way into her mouth. And she wants me to do this at home, in my kitchen. Yuck. Twice a day. Double yuck! I don't know if I have it in me to let her make a mess like that, but if it gets food into her, I guess I better suck it up and deal.
They did say that with the family history of allergies and her excema, they would like for her to see an allergist. Apparently babies with allergies will choose not to eat because they know it's going to hurt them. She's never had hives or any of the allergy symptoms Tyler and Tori did, but again, Princess H doing things her own way. So we worked on ways to get her to eat and then moved on to drinking.
When Harlow drinks, she does it in little bits. This is how she has ALWAYS been- she nurses for 3 minutes, then comes back 45 min later for another 3 min. Apparently this can be a sign of reflux? Since, in the therapist's opinion, she seems to struggle with the drinking more than she should, they are going to send her for a barium swallow test next week. Just to really try and get to the bottom of what's going on with her.
And it just hit me today- she's going to be 1 in less than a week! OMG how did that happen? And on that note, here's a photo of Tori, Harlow and I taken exactly one year ago, when I was 34 weeks pregnant....
i remember tys allergies. that was awful - but he outgrew the worst of it! if harlow follows what ty & tori did then she will too.
ReplyDeletelove the picture - it's adorable. keith was sitting next to me last night (actually this morning) while i was reading this and he glanced over and asked me "what's wrong with jenifers stomach?" LOL - clueless.....
He did outgrow it, thank god- and his allergies were obvious from such a super young age. I'm thinking since she's 1 and just now showing signs of sensitivity, that's got to be a good thing; whatever she's allergic to can't be that serious.
ReplyDeleteAs for Keith... Well, I don't know what to say about that. He's a man and as such, completely clueless.
jaxx is lucky because we never had any problems with lil as far as eating. and alena - well, she is an eating machine! she will eat everything she has and then come to your plate to snack too! she is funny.
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