In an attempt to help Heidi sleep a little better we started giving her cereal, much to my chagrin. I really didn't want to start until closer to 6 months...but let's face it, nothing has quite worked the way I planned since I didn't want her to have any formula until at least 6 months and yet she gets some formula everyday since I am pretty sure I still don't have enough milk...especially since we took her in for her appointment and got her stats.
At 4 months Heidi is:
24 in.--25%
10 lb. 15 oz.--<3%
So, there you have it. She is still a tiny thing. I can't believe she hasn't even doubled her birth weight yet. When I asked the doctor about it, she had nothing to say other than to point out that Jeff and I are both small...okay, thanks for that. I'm glad you're getting paid the big bucks to give me absolutely no advice, ask me not one question about how much and how often she eats, etc. She is STILL sporting quite the stuffed up nose and because of it is sleeping horribly. Her nose keeps getting worse and she gets less and less sleep every night. I don't think I have slept for more than 30 min. at a time since Christmas Eve. Perhaps we will have a New Year's miracle?? Exhausted doesn't even describe how we feel around here. I really wish she hadn't gotten sick at Thanksgiving because we are now going on close 2 months of non-stop sickness. The doctor of course had absolutely nothing of use to tell me and if the roads weren't so nasty I would be tempted to bring her down to Utah. She surprisingly has still been quite happy despite the lack of sleep and with sleep or without, we love her little face to pieces!
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She is a little thing! Cairo was always small at the first but grew into to being normal. She is beautiful!
Have you tried the little noses (they are saline (salt water) nose drops) It helps clear them out when they are stuffy. I'm sorry she got sick. I wish the dr were better up there for you.
have you tried a humidifier in her room? My friends swear it's a lifesaver to get their kids to sleep when they are sick! Hope it works and when you find something that does pass it along my way cuz i'm sure having a baby in January is bound to be an adventure???
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