Grant's Weight Follow Up

Yesterday we went to see the doctor at Children's to see how I'm doing with my weight. My last check up was in December. They said I was doing good then. I was back on the charts for my weight - 5th percentile for weight at 24 mos, but 20-25th percentile if you compared my height to weight ratio. They told us then that if I kept up the good work they would only need to see me one more time - to make sure I was keeping up the good work. We got to the doctor's office a little bit early so Alayna and I got to watch the fish for a while. Little did we know our 9:30 appointment was going to mean sitting in the waiting room til about 10:15 and not actually seeing the doctor til about 11. Yeah - keeping me and Alayna entertained in waiting rooms is a pretty easy task for Mommy and Daddy! (Mommy says - "I hope you sense the sarcasim")

Well, when I was finally called back it was time for the weigh in and height measurement. Mommy didn't get the camera ready on time to get a picture of me on the scale, but this is me when they are checking my height. I'm in my undies b/c we thought we better be as accurate as possible on my weight. I did a really good job. I weighed in at 23lbs 14oz and 33 inches tall (just a tad over).

Then it was on the the next room where we waited again for a long time. Daddy's been trying to teach me how to thumb wrestle - so while we waited we practiced. I beat him several times...using two hands is ok right?

Well - finally the nurse and dietician came in to ask us a bunch of questions. How I've been eating, what my meals look like these days, how my BMs are, if I've been sick, etc. The two of them consulted with the dr and then he came in to talk with us. Well - he wasn't too happy about where I am right now. Since December - 4 months ago - I have only gained 3 OUNCES! WHAT? Yup - 3 ounces. How did this happen? In Dec I was doing so good and now it stopped? And I didn't get any taller either. Basically this puts me in the 3rd percentile for both. When we met in Dec I had gained on average 1oz ever 3 days since my previous appt. Between Dec and now - I am only gaining at a rate of 1oz every 60 DAYS.

So - Mommy and Daddy were given 3 options.
1. Stick to the meds we are currently on...the appetite stimulant I take 12 days and stay off 12 days.

2. Do Nothing - just let me eat my regular meals and snacks with all the added calories we can possibly think of adding (ie - butter everything, use dips for everything, put Carnation Instant Breakfast in my milk, etc)

3. Do a scope to make sure everything on my insides is "all good"

Well - Mommy and Daddy were not a fan of #3. I'm not sure what it all involves, but I don't think I am much a fan of it either. I guess I would be "put out" and it would only take about 10 minutes, but doesn't sound very fun at all. Mommy and Daddy talked with the doctor some more and his final recommendation ended up being to simply do nothing for a while and see what happens by simply continuing to add calories to my diet.

Mommy and Daddy are very frustrated. Meal times are just so stressful when I'm not gaining the weight like I should be. They don't know what happened. I seemed to be eating fine. At the last dr visit they even told us we could stop the meds if we felt I was doing ok. Mommy kept giving them to me until last week though - "just in case". She stopped putting the Carnation Instant Breakfast in my milk a couple weeks ago - thinking I was doing fine - but stopping that just a couple weeks ago would not have caused this little of a gain. It's hard for Mommy to believe I haven't gotten any taller. I just grew out of my shoes and she swears my pants have gotten shorter in the last few weeks. Maybe they measured me wrong...but I don't think so.

So your prayers for peace with this whole thing for Mommy and Daddy would be greatly appreciated. Most days they just think -"hey, we just have to accept Grant is going to be a little boy" but yet others they wonder if there are more things they should be doing "just in case" it truly is something more. Mommy was ok thinking I was just a little boy until the dr got out the growth chart. He took my current growth scale and factored in Mommy and Daddy's height. If I don't get going - I may only be about 5'4" by the time I'm done growing. THAT scared Mommy. That's not even 2 inches taller than her.

To top things off - all 4 of my eye teeth are coming in right now. It doesn't help much in the eating dept because my mouth hurts all the time.

Anyway, that's where we're at right about now. I guess I'm just going to continue eating all the high calorie things everyone else wishes they could eat and hope it helps me put on some lbs...heck at this point we would accept ounces.

Thanks for checkin' in with us and helpin' us through this. Hopefully I'm just little - but I don't want to be THAT little :)