RE: Re: Mathis -- pat yourself on the back!

[Guest guest]

,

Thank you so much for saying that. So many people

(family/friends/neighbors) just really have no clue about the worrying,

decisions, menu planning, medicine dosing, endless doctor visits, etc.

that it takes to care for day in and day out and that is why I

value the people on this list so much. It's nice to get a compliment

that I'm doing something right when I always feel that I can't do

enough. So I will pat myself on the back and go to bed feeling good

about myself--THANK YOU!

Re: Mathis -- pat yourself on the back!

- don't forget to pat yourself on the back -- he is doing

great because you are doing so much that is right!!!

> > Well, last year at the convention Dr. H told us to wait until

> 's

> > wt/ht percentile was between 10 and 25% for at least 6 months

> before

> > starting gh. So we came home with that information and relayed

it

> to our

> > local endo who knows Dr. H and understands her expertise with

RSS.

> So at

> > 's recent visit with our endo he was weighed and measured

and

> still

> > not up to enough weight, plus because his growth velocity is 8%

> she said

> > that he is still growing enough on his own that we could wait

> until it

> > goes below 5%. She told us to increase his calorie intake and

try

> to put

> > on the weight. Taking that into consideration, we had a visit

with

> a new

> > nutritionist and explained our goals with 's weight. She

> measured

> > his arm circumferences and did a fat caliper test. We also

> provided her

> > with a food log with three days worth of 's

consumption...and

> I mean

> > to the T, every bite. So as she analyzed all of this her

> conclusion is

> > that is getting more than enough calories for his

age/weight

> and

> > that any weight that we pack onto him is going to be pure fat.

He

> is

> > only going to chunk up, not really build muscle until he starts

the

> > gh--apparently that is when his body composition will change. So

> she

> > offered no nutritional " fix " for what we need to do. She didn't

> see much

> > more room for adding calories to his intake besides what we

> already do.

> > Plus she cautioned that we are setting him up for poor eating

> habits as

> > an older child.

> >

> > So how do we get this kid to gain weight so he can go on the gh

so

> he

> > can begin adding more muscle not just fat? I think his ht/wt

> percentile

> > right now is below 0%. He looks okay to me, just proportionately

> small.

> > He doesn't have too much fat on him, but you can pinch a little

at

> his

> > belly, arms and legs, so it's there. Compared to other kids his

> age they

> > just look thicker, but I think alot of that is muscle mass that

>

> > doesn't have. So should I be worried about trying to pack on the

> extra

> > fat or does really need that fat there to help him keep up

> with the

> > gh? A side note would be this... recently had his cholesterol

> > checked and it was 225 (not a fasting test) so of course that

> bothers

> > me. It seems that no matter which way we go something always

goes

> out of

> > balance.

> >

> > , 's mom (RSS, 3 yr, 3 mo., 26 lbs, 36 " , Zantac,

> Periactin, and

> > quite a good singer!)

> >

> >

> >