Saturday 15 May 2010

Hospital update

Zeph's appointment went well. When we got there he was weighed and measured, then after a short wait we were called in to see the paediatrician. She went over his medical history, discussed his feeding habits then she gave him a thorough examination.

The result of all this was that he is most likely fine! Apparently breastfed babies often grow slower at this point in their development and he may just be a small baby. She advised starting him on solids right away, which we were planning anyway, so last night he had his first try of proper food. (Well, I wouldn't count baby rice as proper food, but then I'm not a baby!)

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Tomorrow we'll try him on puréed carrot and see how that goes!

2 comments:

Nettie said...

lol it's a shame that the photos didn't quite capture the enthusiasm you told me he had for the food! I'm glad he's taken to it so well and hopefully he'll start putting on some weight so you guys don't have to worry so much.

Shawna said...

You do know that most of his food is gotten through osmosis at this age, right? ;-)

Glad the appointment went well. I've heard that about breastfed babies as well. He'll probably start putting on weight now that he's getting "food." (Don't know as I'd call it real food either! lol)