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I had to take Bobbi back in today to get weighed to see if she is gaining weight. She has only gained 3oz in a month. The doctor is not happy about it. I told her Bobbi has been eating only 3 meals a day rather than 5 like she was before. I had assumed that was fine because she was eating more solid foods and I figured they filled her up. But apparently its not. =/ The doc wants me to get her back to 5 meals a day. But Ive tried feeding Bobbi when she isnt hungry and it doesnt work! Sometimes she seems fussy so I try feeding her and she just plays with the food, or throws it around. It usually turns out she is fussy from being tired so I put her down and she zonks out. So how the heck am I supposed to get her to eat more?
*sigh* Im frustrated and dont want to deal with this anymore. Yeah Bobbi isnt gaining much weight, but she is happy, healthy, has plenty of energy and seems fine, so why is it such a big deal she isnt on the 'chart'? Or low on the chart rather. Just because she isnt average doesnt mean there is something wrong with her. She has never stopped growing, has never shown signs of malnutrition or dehydration. But the doctor either wanted me to bring her back in a month or get some blood and urine tests done to make sure everything is fine with her. I didnt really feel like bringing her back again so I decided to get the tests done. So then I had to go through the worst experience of my life. They had to do a catheter on Bobbi to get the urine which made her scream like crazy. Then I had to go down to the lab so they could draw blood, OMG I dont think Im ever ever going to do that again unless its a life or death emergency. That was the worst thing ever. Bobbi was screaming so bad she was gagging. It wasnt the cute little finger p***k either, it was the needle in the arm drawing blood. There was a male and female nurse and the male tried in the right arm and couldnt get the blood, he kept moving the needle around and pushing it in a little further to try and get the vein but couldnt. I wanted to kick him. So he gave up and the female tried in the left arm and was able to get the blood. Bobbi almost seemed to scream worse while it was being drawn though. I had to fight back tears. There was nothing I could do but sit there and hold her still until it was done. On top of all this she was exhausted because it was nap time. And she is sick with a stuffy nose and possible fever. Plus she is teething. It was awful. Awful awful awful. >.< I really dont feel all that well and Im pretty depressed. I never want to hear her scream like that again, ever. Im thinking about staying home from work because it affected me so much.
My poor little girl. I wish she could understand that its all for the best and I didnt mean to hurt her. =/
*sigh* Im frustrated and dont want to deal with this anymore. Yeah Bobbi isnt gaining much weight, but she is happy, healthy, has plenty of energy and seems fine, so why is it such a big deal she isnt on the 'chart'? Or low on the chart rather. Just because she isnt average doesnt mean there is something wrong with her. She has never stopped growing, has never shown signs of malnutrition or dehydration. But the doctor either wanted me to bring her back in a month or get some blood and urine tests done to make sure everything is fine with her. I didnt really feel like bringing her back again so I decided to get the tests done. So then I had to go through the worst experience of my life. They had to do a catheter on Bobbi to get the urine which made her scream like crazy. Then I had to go down to the lab so they could draw blood, OMG I dont think Im ever ever going to do that again unless its a life or death emergency. That was the worst thing ever. Bobbi was screaming so bad she was gagging. It wasnt the cute little finger p***k either, it was the needle in the arm drawing blood. There was a male and female nurse and the male tried in the right arm and couldnt get the blood, he kept moving the needle around and pushing it in a little further to try and get the vein but couldnt. I wanted to kick him. So he gave up and the female tried in the left arm and was able to get the blood. Bobbi almost seemed to scream worse while it was being drawn though. I had to fight back tears. There was nothing I could do but sit there and hold her still until it was done. On top of all this she was exhausted because it was nap time. And she is sick with a stuffy nose and possible fever. Plus she is teething. It was awful. Awful awful awful. >.< I really dont feel all that well and Im pretty depressed. I never want to hear her scream like that again, ever. Im thinking about staying home from work because it affected me so much.
My poor little girl. I wish she could understand that its all for the best and I didnt mean to hurt her. =/
Is she overreacting? At this point Bobbi is only like at 3% on the chart for weight. She weighs just 17lbs 7oz and is almost 14 months old (will be on the 24th). So yeah, she doesnt weigh much for her age, but she was only 6lbs 15oz when born. So she has tripled her birthweight in a year. She wants me to give her pediasure rather than milk because it has so many calories and wants me to limit her juice to hardly anything.
Im just frustrated and wondering if any of you mothers have had to endure this. Should I just continue to do what Ive been doing? The doc even wants me to give her peanut butter now, even though I was told to be careful because of nut energies. We dont have any in our family so Im not real concerned about that, but it does worry me a bit. A nut allergy would be the worst ever. sad
I just wish I could feel completely confident that Bobbi is fine and that she is gaining weight and is healthy. I think I will feel better once I get these test results back and Im told everything is normal. =/
