OT - A few random questions

January 16, 2006

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

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