Baby Steps

Well, we had a weigh-in today and Sophie was 17lb13oz. So she's gained over a pound in a month. That's pretty good because we had to take 1 step back to take 2 steps forward. She had so much trouble with the new formula that we had to cut way back on the amount of volume we were giving her. The new stuff has 50% more calories than what she was getting before and I guess her tummy couldn't handle it being so rich. So we cut the amount we gave her by 1/3, so she got the same number of calories, but less volume (though we did give her water also, so that her stomach wouldn't shrink). This put the amount of calories she was getting almost down into just a maintain level. But she was keeping them down. We did that for a week, then added back an ounce, waited five days, added back another ounce, etc. She's now almost back to where she started, but of course now she weighs more, so we have to shoot for more volume.

Also, she's been back on the antacids since our dr visit in February and it seems like it's helping. So that makes life easier. Still hasn't grown out of the gagging herself phase, but hopefully soon.

So we're happy that she gained weight when we weren't sure she might not lose some and we're also happy with Sophie's new obsession, which is trying to figure out walking. She's started standing more and balancing and can take a step if she doesn't think about it too much. But she's getting better...