Re: OT - A few random questions

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My little man does both those things. He is 16 months old-and his

head has been off the chart since the day he was born-his ped

stopped measuring after his 6mo appt since it is " off the chart " -

however, we ask them to measure each time just to see. We compared

his head to his grandfathers as it is similar shape. We aren't too

terribly concerned as his doctor isnt as well. It just makes hat

shopping difficult-he wears a 4t hat right now and it is getting

snug. With regards to drinking-I was told babies will drink and eat

to their fill. takes 2 bottles through the night(Wish we could

get him to sleep straight through) and then during the day he drinks

very little. As long as he continues to urinate-our doctor says he

is getting enough fluids. Just wanted to share!

kathleen

mom to david bcf fab 12/7

>

> 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

>