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This has been thrown out there to describe Josephine's progress... She basically has lost 1 oz since her birth weight, and she's over 1 month old now... It is firmly in the medical mystery phase right now, I guess. We started out all concerned with the jaundice issue, and that seemed to have somewhat abated by about 2 weeks. She still has high bili levels, and so is technically still jaundiced, but it doesn't need treatment and her bili numbers keep trending down. So, no real risk of brain damage due to jaundice there, which is a relief...
So after we got over that hurdle, we started to look at her lackluster weight "gain" again. The highest she's ever been is 6 lb 6 oz, and she gets weighed *a lot*. The lowest she's been is 5 lb 9 oz, and that was the day after she was born... She's pretty much around 6 lb 3 oz, give or take 1 oz. We've tried lots of things. She's pretty much been either supplemented with breastmilk after every feed, then with formula after every feed, then no supplementing at all, then only formula for 24 hr... And nothing changes, which led her doctor to look at some other metabolic issues.
So, yesterday we got lots of bloodwork. DH looked up the results and some of her numbers are totally way high, but that's b/c the "norms" are for adults. DH looked up the norms for 1 month olds, and she still has some elevated marks, but just in her poor little liver. That's to be expected, since she's still working through all that bilirubin... :huh:
So far nothing really seems to explain the lack of weight gain. I'm sure I have enough milk, and I have enough calories in my milk. I nursed the twins exclusively and they each gained well over 1.5 lbs in the first month of life. I nursed the other kids too, and no one has had this issue...
So, it's stressful, and I'm not posting much b/c I'm usually holding Miss Josie if I'm at the computer reading (I don't want to bother "hiding my identity" so don't get peeved if I don't post--- Y'all know it *kills* me to not comment!! I suck at one-handed typing though
).
We go to the doctor almost every day for this or that. She's been to the doctor's about 24 days out of her life (better put, she's had like 8 days of *not* going to the doctor's.) And our doctor isn't exactly convenient, given that it's at least 25 minutes away and in traffic can be 1 hour or more... (one way.)
I'm really really trying to keep things "normal" for the kiddos-- except Luke is watching way more TV than normal. The other ones still have their activities (lots of activities) but everyone is feeling the stress. Steven was crying today before school because he "wanted to stay home". Isabel has been having social problems with a mean girl in her class who used to be her bestest friend. Luke... what can I say. Thank God for his preschool. He loves it. Otherwise, he's in a super-strong willed 4 y.o. stage right now, and he's actually left our house out the front door without me knowing, for no apparent reason.
It's not a street, we have a little front yard, but after that it's a pretty busy parking area... Kate is just wanting to talk talk talk about her many dramas, and I want to listen so that we keep connected, but somedays I'm just *barely* able to keep from telling her I have other things to worry about than who may or may not like one of her friends, not to mention the ultra-disturbing trend of all of her girlfriends "asking out" their crushes. Apparently boys don't "ask out" anymore and "girls have to do everything".
(DH says, "that's not right! boys need to do the asking." Yes, he's a *bit* sexist; I say, "Yes, Girls have to do everything in middle school and life in general, but let's just not be "asking out" anyone now because YOU CAN'T have a boyfriend as per family rules!!")
Stress... We are in survival mode here. I'm not even sure what this post is about! Just wanted to update.
So after we got over that hurdle, we started to look at her lackluster weight "gain" again. The highest she's ever been is 6 lb 6 oz, and she gets weighed *a lot*. The lowest she's been is 5 lb 9 oz, and that was the day after she was born... She's pretty much around 6 lb 3 oz, give or take 1 oz. We've tried lots of things. She's pretty much been either supplemented with breastmilk after every feed, then with formula after every feed, then no supplementing at all, then only formula for 24 hr... And nothing changes, which led her doctor to look at some other metabolic issues.
So, yesterday we got lots of bloodwork. DH looked up the results and some of her numbers are totally way high, but that's b/c the "norms" are for adults. DH looked up the norms for 1 month olds, and she still has some elevated marks, but just in her poor little liver. That's to be expected, since she's still working through all that bilirubin... :huh:
So far nothing really seems to explain the lack of weight gain. I'm sure I have enough milk, and I have enough calories in my milk. I nursed the twins exclusively and they each gained well over 1.5 lbs in the first month of life. I nursed the other kids too, and no one has had this issue...
So, it's stressful, and I'm not posting much b/c I'm usually holding Miss Josie if I'm at the computer reading (I don't want to bother "hiding my identity" so don't get peeved if I don't post--- Y'all know it *kills* me to not comment!! I suck at one-handed typing though
).We go to the doctor almost every day for this or that. She's been to the doctor's about 24 days out of her life (better put, she's had like 8 days of *not* going to the doctor's.) And our doctor isn't exactly convenient, given that it's at least 25 minutes away and in traffic can be 1 hour or more... (one way.)
I'm really really trying to keep things "normal" for the kiddos-- except Luke is watching way more TV than normal. The other ones still have their activities (lots of activities) but everyone is feeling the stress. Steven was crying today before school because he "wanted to stay home". Isabel has been having social problems with a mean girl in her class who used to be her bestest friend. Luke... what can I say. Thank God for his preschool. He loves it. Otherwise, he's in a super-strong willed 4 y.o. stage right now, and he's actually left our house out the front door without me knowing, for no apparent reason.
It's not a street, we have a little front yard, but after that it's a pretty busy parking area... Kate is just wanting to talk talk talk about her many dramas, and I want to listen so that we keep connected, but somedays I'm just *barely* able to keep from telling her I have other things to worry about than who may or may not like one of her friends, not to mention the ultra-disturbing trend of all of her girlfriends "asking out" their crushes. Apparently boys don't "ask out" anymore and "girls have to do everything". (DH says, "that's not right! boys need to do the asking." Yes, he's a *bit* sexist; I say, "Yes, Girls have to do everything in middle school and life in general, but let's just not be "asking out" anyone now because YOU CAN'T have a boyfriend as per family rules!!")
Stress... We are in survival mode here. I'm not even sure what this post is about! Just wanted to update.
... what a stressful situation! I wish I lived closer so I could help you out.
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