Re: OT - A few random questions

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This kid already likes to eat the bubbles when we give him a bubble

bath. He says " bubble " and shoves a fistfull in his mouth. He's

very much into his olfactory senses!

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> > 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.

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> > 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 -

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> > 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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