On Monday Sept. 17th, Derek took Libby in to see our new pediatrician because she had an eye infection and had some diarrhea. The diarrhea had cleared up when we switched to soy formula, and the eyes were looking better, so we almost didn't take her in. When the doctor put her on the scale, the course of our week changed! Libby was still under her birth weight. I rushed home from my ASB retreat, and we checked into Children's hospital in Seattle. It turns out our beloved Libby is a unique child. She is happy and content with almost NO FOOD. She would nurse, but not really eat much. So, we are at Children's for awhile as she learns that having a full tummy is a good thing. Bottle feeding worked for a day, but she has been rejecting the bottle since Tuesday night. So now she is getting most of her food through a feeding tube in her nose that will help her learn that feeling full is a good thing. She still manages to be adorable even in the hospital environment.
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Hospital stays are NO fun at all as a parent; I'm so sorry you guys have to go through this. Our Liv has never been a big eater and has always lagged behind in the growth charts. She also is very content to go without food. Her only saving grace, (though at the time we didn't agree), was that she was so colicky that the only way to keep her quiet was to nurse her. If she had been a peaceful child I'm sure she would never have eaten and have tubes in her as well.
BTW, you should talk to my mom, because I didn't like to eat as well and gained weight very, very slowly. Doctors were always threatening to put tubes in me. And look at me now, 'healthy' as ever!!
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