Wow! I almost cannot believe that it has been a year since Kaden was born. It really does show you can quickly they grow up. For the past few days he has begun to take a few steps on his own and standing by himself with no support from furniture. I'm so proud of him. I'm also excited and nervous at the same time because now it is going to be even more challenging keeping up with him during this pregnancy.
A little side note on his well checks. For the past month and a half we have had to visit the pediatrician every week because of Kaden lack of weight gain. At his 9 month check up he actually decreased in weight instead of gaining or remaining the same. She was hoping he would be on the curve at that point. So, in an effort to figure out if it was an intake issue or a digestive problem, she put him on a specific nutrition bust diet with 24 oz of formula: 8 oz at every major meal time, and a minimum of two snacks. During these feedings, she wanted us to stay away from the traditional baby food jars, and give him "people" food. Basically, whatever we were eating he should be eating, with the exception of eggs, peanut butter, and milk. For the first couple of weeks we were seeing a steady growth in his weights. Then, one week his weight didn't change but an ounce. So, she had us keep a food log of everything he was eating so that she can see if there is any reason why he should be gaining the weight he needs to. This past Friday after looking over our food log for the week, the doctor still wanted to see him eating more then he actually was. this discouraged me a little because when I try to give him more than usually he has gotten to the point where he is either full, or just distracted and wants to play with everything. But I'm trying to give him as much as possible. At the beginning of all this he only weighed 15 lb 12 oz now he is at 17 lb 5 oz. I'm just hoping that he continues to gain the weight he needs.
Saturday, August 4 we will be celebrating Kaden's birthday at Jimmie's mother's house with the Fitz(Jimmie's Dad) and Strawbridge(Jimmie's Mom) side of the family. Then on the 11th will be celebrating his birthday with the Benton(Jimmie's biological Dad) side of the family. I will be posting pictures galore of the event probably the Sunday or Monday after.
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I have no experience with babies that don't gain weight. James is 2 months and weighs 15 pounds. I can imagine though that it would be very scary. I have a friend who's baby just would not eat. She was so tiny until 18 months and then she decided to eat again. She's perfectly healthy today at 3. Hope you get everything figured out.
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