Re: Slow eating is this normal for RSS?

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I'm also a slow eater. Along with Hillary, I am always the last one

at the table. However, eating slowly is not a bad thing

necessarily. The more one chews the food, the better it will

digest. I think this is true for adults at least. Again, I don't

eat much at one sitting either. However, the United States food

portions in restaurants are too big anyway.

I'm sure it's difficult to look ahead, but I weighed 2 pounds, 14

ounces at birth. I didn't have a feeding tube or any medication. My

mom had a horrible time feeding me and she had to feed me every two

hours. She had a really rough time. I was really, really skinny

until I hit puberty (now I have some nice hips!). While I was

skinny, I was still an active child and I didn't eat as much as other

kids, because I didn't need to.

My mother was also treated disrespectfully when I was born. I just

want to emphasize, that yes I was really, really thin, but I was

basically healthy. I gained weight later and if I don't watch what I

eat now it would be easy for me to gain weight.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel. We live in a fast paced

society...but working fast, eating fast, not getting enough sleep and

so on is not healthy.

I ate slowly, I grew slowly, I didn't walk until I was two or so. It

took forever for me to lose my first tooth...but slow is not

necessarily bad and I made it. If your child is healthy and active,

that is the most important thing...in my opinion. I'm not a doctor,

I'm just speaking from my own experience. My intention is not to

offend anyone or to seem like I don't understand or to minimize what

you're going through...I just want to say that there is hope!

Claire (RSS adult)

<hillaryjorgensen@y...> wrote:

> Hi ,

> I have ALWAYS been a slow eater. It doesn't matter

> what I'm eating or how hungry I am, I just can't make

> myself eat very quickly. I have always been the last

> one at the table, and it will probably continue to be

> that way until the day I die so I guess I'd better get

> used to it . I am also what I guess you would call

> a grazer. I don't eat very much in one sitting, but I

> eat a lot of mini meals throughout the day. I have

> friends who joke that they've never seen me without

> food (which may be true!). I know it's really, really

> tough right now, but hang in there!

>

> ~Hillary

> 22, RSS

> --- sickybear <sickybear@y...> wrote:

> >

> > Hi to everyone again,

> >

> > Stirling is now 6mths old and although he seems to

> > enjoy the small

> > amounts of food he takes, it often takes an hour or

> > more to feed him

> > 2 (normal sized) ice cubes of food (about 1/2 jar).

> > Is this

> > expected for RSS children?

> >

> > Should i be trying to feed him smaller meals more

> > frequently?

> >

> > He seems to like his Hi-Calorie formula and will now

> > take 60-80 ml

> > in a single session!

> >

> > He is mainitaing his weight, still only gaining tiny

> > amounts

> > although he has had another UTI which in turn

> > triggered a bout of

> > oral thrush.

> >

> > I keep getting a lot of pressure from health

> > professionals to feed

> > him more as they don't really understand RSS and

> > some refuse to

> > acknowledge he has it.( we're still awaiting a

> > confirmed diagnosis,

> > but he has so many of the traits and a consultant at

> > our local

> > hospital spotted it so i don't think there is much

> > doubt there!

> >

> > is it also common for the mother to be constantly

> > blamed for the

> > child's condition as this is also happening to me.

> > A Health Vistor

> > again asked me if I ate properly while pregnant with

> > him as this is

> > a factor in SGA babies. I have also been accused of

> > taking drugs

> > and drinking.

> >

> > sorry for the mini-rant there, just wondred if this

> > sort of thing

> > has happened to anyone else out there.

> >

> > T

> > (Stirling 6mths tomorrow)

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>

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