Re: Re: OT - A few random questions

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Na, just let them suck dirty water out of a soapy washrag.

Re: OT - A few random questions

Hi , I don't have anything to contribute about your concerns

with Aleksanders head circ. but about drinking.....have you tried

giving him popsicles (or homemade juice-sicles) in order to up his

fluids? My kids will NEVER turn down a popsicle if offered to them -

even if they're not hungry or thirsty!

The other thing is that I once read something about this topic in a

parenting magazine. It something to the effect of allowing children

to play in the tub with all different sizes of plastic cups. Some

children (mine included) will play that they're making coffee or tea

and will drink the bath water! I just make sure that my bathtub is

sparkling clean before I start a bath and if they drink some

bathwater while they're playing (which they pretty much do every

time), oh well!

Hope this helps,

Daiga and Owen, 02/04/03

Unilateral LCF, FAB 14/7

>

> Hi. My husband suggested that I ask people here about a few things

> we've noticed with Aleksander...and a few things we're concerned

> about.

>

> First of all, I was curious to see if anyone else here has a child

> with a large head. Aleksander's head is huge compared to other

> children his age. His head at 9 months was in the 50th percentile -

> if he had been 18 months old! His ped. isn't worried since he

> doesn't have any other issues, and has said that large heads are

> heriditary. My brother had a HUGE head too. In fact, I distinctly

> remember him sitting in front of our first computer when we were in

> Junior High, crying because girls didn't like him. I told him that

> one day he would grow into his head and all the girls would want to

> date him. That happened his Senior year in high school. My

husband

> also has a pretty big head.

>

> Next, we've been having a horrible time getting Aleksander to drink

> lately. He eats like a fiend, but when it comes to drinking,

daycare

> has resorted to spooning his milk to him, with cereal, vegetables,

> etc, in it to trick him to drink. We don't do that...he drinks

from

> his cup or from a sippy cup. He refuses the bottle now.

>

> He is not dehydrated, but considering this boy used to drink as

much

> as 45 ounces a day, and now we can barely eek out 16, we are very

> concerned. He's been like this for a few weeks now, and daycare

has

> been spoon feeding him liquids for at least a month, if not

longer.

> I doubt they'll be able to stop since they've started, but we don't

> want to do that!

>

> We have considered that perhaps his gums are hurting. He has 7

> teeth, but it looks like there are lots more that will be coming

> soon. You can see the white bumps where the teeth will be on his

> gums, and he drools like crazy...and literally everything goes in

his

> mouth.

>

> Any one who has any ideas, we'd love to hear them!

>

> Thanks.

>

> Aleksander, 11/24/04 bcf

>