Community paediatrician visit
Last week I took G to visit the community paediatrician. She will focus purely on Gs development, whereas Dr Rao will focus on Gs health and her Turner Syndrome checks. She was extremely well behaved and performed her best tricks -picking up things with her finger and thumb, turning her head to different sounds, and attempting to lift her hips and knees to crawl. She also threw absolutely everything she was given onto the floor, but in her defence she was given umpteen tasks and tests, and we were there for over an hour!! We didn't necessarily need to get involved with community paed, but the health visitor recommended we did. She said that it's easier to get on to their radar now than it would be when say G has a problem later on in school (not that we expect she will, it's more of a precautions move).
Anyway, thankfully the visit was a success, and they don't want to see G until she is around 4/5 years old. Development is exactly as it should be :)
Rancid raspberry
Our chemist have been extremely cooperative when it come to G meds, but we still cannot get her to take this darn omeprezole. It's been strengthened so she needs less, and also flavoured (which might I add was a waste of time-no raspberry I've ever tasted tastes like that), but we still cannot get it in to her. It's more crucial than ever as the GP and paediatrician think that her awful night time congestion and cough (which I'm certain are the source of her sleep troubles) are as a result of her reflux not being under control yet. So we now have the medicine coming in capsule form. I will break it up and mix it in with food, and hopefully she will take it. It will certainly be less offensive than the liquid version so fingers crossed.
On a more positive note, the domperidone is helping to reduce the amount that she is sick. We've not needed to change mine or Gs outfit in at least 3 days (no we're not grebs, you know what I mean!).
Eating like a big girl
G LOVES baby led weaning, and so do I! She really enjoys feeding herself, and Winston really enjoys her throwing her leftovers on the floor....
We've had many a gagging incident but I'm ok with that. She's started to chew the food (or gum it!), and best of all it doesn't make her sick like the purées did. Strips of roast chicken are her newest love, as well as melon. However, the community paediatrician thought that baby led weaning was an alien concept, and had the most puzzled look on her face when I told her G had jam on toast for breakfast...and that she fed herself. Baby led weaning isn't a new thing, I just guess that it's not everyone's cup of tea.
So what's next? We are pretty much done for September now. G has an appointment with Dr Rao at the end of October, and she also starts swimming lessons mid October, but apart from that we'll just keep plodding on!
Ooo whilst I think of it, I just wanted to thank a fab friend of mine who swam part of the Thames for Turner Syndrome. What a super achievement. I also wanted to thank anyone who was able to show their support on jeans for genes day, especially my cousins little girl who kindly donated her tooth fairy money. So much support for our little 45x girl!
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