We needed to put some weight on this little girl. A little over two weeks ago, I took Louisa to the doctor for a nasty cold--when she was weighed, the doctor and I noticed that she had only gained 8 ounces in three months--definitely not adequate weight gain for a growing girl! Louisa eats very well but obviously isn't getting the calories that she needs. So--we started adding a considerable amount of calories to her diet---adding formula and oatmeal to her baby food (initially this was really hard for me--Louisa is breastfed and I know that breast milk is the best for her, but I'm really not up to pumping at this point--so I copped out and bought some formula), feeding her a ridiculous amount of baby yogurt and giving her a number of spoonfulls of cream cheese!
We had a weight check at the doctor's office today and she has gained 1 lb 4 oz in 17 days! She now weighs 14 lbs 4 oz---still tiny but growing well. Go Louisa!
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Operation Chunk-Up Louisa
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She looks bigger already. I am not joking! I am glad to see Grandma B's strategies of spoon feeding her cream cheese and formula and giving her pizza crusts has been successful!
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