We had another OB appointment today. Like always, everything looked great. They did a FFN and it came back negative. So we have a 99% chance of not delivering in the next 2 weeks. We go back in two weeks. Tobie here: more news! He who shall not be named is gigantic. Right now he is roughly 1lb 13oz and is weighing in the 75th percentile for babies at this gestational age. I was not able to do the gestational diabetes test this morning because despite reading about the test, I was not aware that having a frappachino would skew the results enough to fail the test. So to make sure that result does not come back positive they suggested I eat a high protein diet next week and avoid anything with sugar. I’m going to have to make sure this test is first thing in the morning!! No sugar??! Aagghh!!
We had another GI appointment for Cole. Cole hasn’t been acting himself lately. He hasn’t been eating a lot (unless you count eating 8 ounces a day a lot) and his pooping has become somewhat of a nightmare. He’s in extreme pain when he poops. Yep, his poop looks fine. The only thing in his diet that has changed is we have added whole milk. We stopped giving him milk the other day because it seemed evident that whatever was affecting Cole wasn’t going away. Anyways, at the GI appointment they confirmed this is pretty common in some babies. They just don’t handle the transition to milk that well. It’s ironic because Paige has just done splendid on whole milk. I don’t think he has a milk allergy because the formula he received is milk based. Anyways, we are going to cut milk out of Cole’s diet for a week or so and slowly introduce it back into his diet. I guess our motto is, “if it can happen to Cole, it probably will”.
What about the dogs you say? They are doing great. In fact they love that the babies are growing up because it now means food has a greater chance of dropping on the floor. Homer and Moxie love puffs more than the babies and let me tell you, Paige LOVES puffs. Paige has also discovered if she drops her food covered hand while in the high chair it will be immediately cleaned by the closest dog.
We’ve been really amazed by Paige lately. She definitely has vision issues, but surprises you by trying to grab things you don’t think she could see. I welcome the day she can just talk to us and tell us what she can or cannot see. She’s been doing great on the non-thickened feeds. I wonder if we could have given her good old formula months ago? She’s even mastered feeding herself. She loves to grab the bottle and do it all on her own. If I could figure out how to blog on the laptop while she is feeding herself in my lap, you might get more posts out of me! I told you before she loves puffs. We’ve also tried to motivate her to move around on the floor by laying a trail of puffs. Surprisingly we’ve had moderate success. What can I say, baby girl likes to eat!
Oh, one of our readers, Karen asked about the Play Wall. None of the therapists have commented on it, but it gets a lot of use. Cole climbs all over it and loves to do headers into it! Paige loves to play with the toys that hang from it. Other than taking up a boat load of space, this toy rocks!
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Can Oaige teach that holding the bottle thing to Cooper? He has absolutely no interest!
Oops, I should check my spelling before I save my comments. I meant PAIGE!
We seemed to have more constipation w/ milk as well, and have been giving prunes on an every other day basis which seems to help.
Just a suggestion, but our Dr. told us to try 2% or even 1% (which is what we use) & it seems to have really help eleveate Hayden’s severe & painful constipation. In fact, I haven’t given him the Glycolax (Miralax) since Monday, but he’s going fine.
I know Cole doesn’t eat as well as he should though, so it may not work…he might need the extra fat.
Just a thought…
~Gina
Gina–
I’m going to call you later today. Our peed said “no way” to 2% milk, can’t remember the reason, but my mom had asked if it was okay for us to give lowfat milk at our peed appt. Different peeds, different opinions. We’re okay switching back to H2O, we thought we were doing Cole a favor by neutralizing the taste of his formula with milk. Have you ever tasted formula w/water? It’s disgusting!!
Has Paige tried the “Wagon Wheels?” I can’t believe that Ivy can stuff a whole one in her mouth… thankfully salivia seems to turn them to mush rather quickly (just like the puffs).
One of my twins had problems everytime we swicthed up milk too (breast to formula and then again when we went from formula to whole). My pedi doesn’t believe in juice and the girls definitely need the fat, so for us, prunes were the absolute lifesaver. They got prunes every morning for breakfast and occasionally pears to mix it up a bit. Once we started doing that we were fine. Now that they are older we can give them the actual prunes as well as raisins. They LOVE them!
Good luck. I SWEAR by the prunes!!!!
Pam…wagon wheels are also thoroughly enjoyed…but we (mommy and Paige) prefer the puffs because it requires more dexterity…ya know–good ol’ fine motor skills.
You girly girls would. Nothing like the satisfying squish of half-digested wagon wheels squirting between your fingers.
As soon as we switched Presleigh’s formula to Good Start from Neosure, the crying and carrying on was absolutely unbelievable… the gas pains… I switched to Enfamil Lactose Free (which is no more expensive than any of the other formulas), life was good. Our local grocery store decided not to stock it without warning, and I was in a jam and we went back to Good Start for a day and a half til I found some more ELF and the hell I went through now ensures we never run out. EVER.
I can’t recall how I first found your site. I’ve been reading your posts for quite sometime and crack up at the silly things the babies do!
Although not a preemie, I have a picky eater of my own. He is now 2 1/2 and weighs 26 pounds. He was just under nine pounds at birth so he has fallen way off his chart. Still not like a preemie, though, I know. Anyway…he did fine on regular milk-based baby formula, too. When we introduced regular whole milk he started having all kinds of tummy problems. We decided to try Lactaid whole milk, thinking he may be lactose intolerant. Nearly immediately it solved his tummy issues. Might be worth a shot!