Re: teeth, size, help me! and we are HOME!!!

[Guest guest]

Hello, quick question, how old is LeeAnn? Just curious cause my son is 14 mos

old and his a little over 12lbs but he just grew out of his 3-6mos clothes, he's

wearing 6-9mos clothes(yeah!!!) It seemed like he was in them (3-6mos) forever!

Anyway..thanks

mom to 14mos RSS

mom2prem wrote:

Forgive me for this, I KNOW you have covered it a lot. Jet lag and

learning my new daughter's personality have made me forgetful.

Do your RSS kiddos have bad teeth? LeeAnn has HORRIBLE teeth, in

fact one is GREEN!!!! I have never seen teeth like that!

If you have seen this, please tell me it is just baby teeth or could

it be bottle rot??? Our dentist will LOVE us :-)

Also, LeeAnn is about 12 pounds and so skinny! She wears 3-6 month

clothes right now. I know, (duh, , she has RSS) but it just

seems like she is really thin. I know that is normal to some extent

and she IS eating. Until I get to the doctor, should we be waking

her up to eat? She drinks a lot of milk and is very active.

Should I/Can I email Dr H? Does anyone have her email?

Our flight home was tolerable and she is beginning to like us. She

is irritated when we don't speak Korean and when we do she gets

sad. She is a very spirited baby girl and over all, just incredible!

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[Guest guest]

LeeAnn is almost 18 months (and cute as a button, OMG, we are still

in the honeymoon period but she is so cute).

>

> Forgive me for this, I KNOW you have covered it a lot. Jet lag

and

> learning my new daughter's personality have made me forgetful.

>

> Do your RSS kiddos have bad teeth? LeeAnn has HORRIBLE teeth, in

> fact one is GREEN!!!! I have never seen teeth like that!

>

> If you have seen this, please tell me it is just baby teeth or

could

> it be bottle rot??? Our dentist will LOVE us :-)

>

> Also, LeeAnn is about 12 pounds and so skinny! She wears 3-6

month

> clothes right now. I know, (duh, , she has RSS) but it just

> seems like she is really thin. I know that is normal to some

extent

> and she IS eating. Until I get to the doctor, should we be waking

> her up to eat? She drinks a lot of milk and is very active.

>

> Should I/Can I email Dr H? Does anyone have her email?

>

> Our flight home was tolerable and she is beginning to like us.

She

> is irritated when we don't speak Korean and when we do she gets

> sad. She is a very spirited baby girl and over all, just

incredible!

>

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Congratulations! I'm so happy you are home with your little girl,

finally! As for the teeth, wish I could help you. Autumn is 15 mos

and only has 4 but the bottom 2 are crooked, I have not seen a green

one before though. Good luck with the dentist. Also, I have Autumn

on Peptamin Jr. or you can get Pediasure instead of milk, it's what

helps her with her weight, it's high cal and fat and has all the

nutrients. The flavors not too great though but she doesnt' care it

may take some getting used to. She drinks a lot of that and it

helps. Hang in there, and again, I'm so happy for you!

mom to Autumn 15 mos RSS, Ocean 2 1/2, Skye 6 1/2, baby

girl due in July

>

> Forgive me for this, I KNOW you have covered it a lot. Jet lag and

> learning my new daughter's personality have made me forgetful.

>

> Do your RSS kiddos have bad teeth? LeeAnn has HORRIBLE teeth, in

> fact one is GREEN!!!! I have never seen teeth like that!

>

> If you have seen this, please tell me it is just baby teeth or

could

> it be bottle rot??? Our dentist will LOVE us :-)

>

> Also, LeeAnn is about 12 pounds and so skinny! She wears 3-6 month

> clothes right now. I know, (duh, , she has RSS) but it just

> seems like she is really thin. I know that is normal to some

extent

> and she IS eating. Until I get to the doctor, should we be waking

> her up to eat? She drinks a lot of milk and is very active.

>

> Should I/Can I email Dr H? Does anyone have her email?

>

> Our flight home was tolerable and she is beginning to like us. She

> is irritated when we don't speak Korean and when we do she gets

> sad. She is a very spirited baby girl and over all, just

incredible!

[Guest guest]

,

Congratulations on bringing your daughter home!! I don't know about

RSS and its consequences to teeth but some other thoughts are....

Stained - When I adopted my children from Belarus, they had been

served a tea mixture most of their lives. I saw and had heard that

many children in orphanges in Eastern Europe have very stained teeth

on top of poor oral hyigene and bottle rot. Who knows what is

routinely served to these children in many countries??

Drug Stained Teeth - The antibiotic tetracycline was widely used in

the US years ago and many children grew up having extremely stained

teeth. You never know what drugs are used in these countries. An

example....My children were given small pox vaccinations at their

orphanage.

Once Again Congratulations!! Sue

>

> Forgive me for this, I KNOW you have covered it a lot. Jet lag and

> learning my new daughter's personality have made me forgetful.

>

> Do your RSS kiddos have bad teeth? LeeAnn has HORRIBLE teeth, in

> fact one is GREEN!!!! I have never seen teeth like that!

>

> If you have seen this, please tell me it is just baby teeth or

could

> it be bottle rot??? Our dentist will LOVE us :-)

>

> Also, LeeAnn is about 12 pounds and so skinny! She wears 3-6 month

> clothes right now. I know, (duh, , she has RSS) but it just

> seems like she is really thin. I know that is normal to some

extent

> and she IS eating. Until I get to the doctor, should we be waking

> her up to eat? She drinks a lot of milk and is very active.

>

> Should I/Can I email Dr H? Does anyone have her email?

>

> Our flight home was tolerable and she is beginning to like us. She

> is irritated when we don't speak Korean and when we do she gets

> sad. She is a very spirited baby girl and over all, just

incredible!

[Guest guest]

,

I am so glad that you are all home and together as a family! How

wonderful. After all that waiting, it seems like it was so quick.

I think that you should definitely wake LeeAnn up at night to feed

her. Even if she just takes a little bit. You can also opt to add

cornstarch to her last feed of the day. That will help stabilize

blood sugars for a longer period of time. But she weighs so little

that waking her up is a good option. It will get some extra

calories into her, I hope.

I know you want to get in touch with Dr. H. The problem is that she

is so swamped between traveling, working and traveling for work that

she is not really responding to emails. You can always try,

though. The other option is to call Yadira, her secretary, and see

what Yadira says. She may have a way of getting info to Dr. H. that

she will actually read and respond to. I am happy to provide you

with Dr. H's email, but I don't know if I can post it on the

listserve. You can email me privately and I will give it to you.

Jodi Z