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Stressed beyond recognition
2Mar2010 Filed under: My new baby girl Author: Mamapumpkin
My little munchkin above is capable of stressing me out to the point that Tee no longer recognises her own mother. I have metamorphosised into a flaming dragon in heat who’s just lost her King, not to another female dragon but to a….to a…..dirty pig! What does He want with a pig? She has no fire? She cannot fly?
You see the way T2 looks at the camera? At 6 months, she already knows how to tantalise the world with her charm. And being such a good girl most days, little do people know that she can herself turn into an extremely fierce baby dragon at night. When she wants to. She is fiercer than Tee ever was, but much, much sweeter. Isn’t that worse? I usually stay away from those types much preferring people whom are open book and direct.
But that isn’t what’s stressing me out. What is stressing me out is that she has started solids for a month and a half now. She loves…….her food and can eat up to 250ml worth of solids be it pureed fruit or baby cereal. Yet, she has only gained 100 grams in a month as opposed to 1000. There is clearly something wrong with her absorption of nutrients but we only see the Doctor next week so as it stands, Mommy is having sleepless nights (plus baby T2 has a flu and is coughing like crazy which gives HER sleepless nights) worrying herself silly. I am stressed out. I have tried not being stressed out. And I’m usually one who can take a lot of stress. But this time round, my hands are up. I’m surrendering to the fact that I am no longer in control of this. It is making me very, very sad.
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Once upon a time, I designed buildings and interiors of corporate offices and on the rare occasion, homes. Now, I clean poop and am student of a patience management course. From the drawing board as a London Architect to the realities of Motherhood, I have certainly learned many lessons in humility. And then others.....
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Paik Ling (127 comments.)
March 2nd, 2010 at 5:47 am
T2 is indeed very very pretty and sweet! Best allay your worries with a sooner than later trip to the paed. Perhaps she is just slower in gaining weight but will play catch up later.
BoeyJoey (42 comments.)
March 2nd, 2010 at 6:07 am
Yes, she looks beautiful there, and I’m sure she has a charming personality to match :-). Maybe she’s just on the small side? As long as she’s developing well on other areas, I won;t worry too much :-). You take care of yourself too.
syn (85 comments.)
March 2nd, 2010 at 9:07 am
hey, maybe she has a higher metabolism rate for a baby. pray that it’s only that and nothing else. my no.2 eats more than my no. 1 as a baby but weight gain seems slower.
btw, for someone who’s stressed out, u still look good and ur skin is flawless! *envy* (of ur skin that is!)
chinnee (137 comments.)
March 2nd, 2010 at 2:56 pm
this baby…oooo….she has got cunning eyes!
rachel (130 comments.)
March 3rd, 2010 at 7:18 am
t2 looks perfectly fine to me.
hmmm maybe ur weighing machine at home SPOIL already..how can it be so detailed to 100grams? u use the food weighing machine ar…
Chrissy (8 comments.)
March 3rd, 2010 at 3:32 pm
Amelie is in the same boat
She dropped from 25th percentile to 5th percentile 
Paed recommends a high calorie formula e.g. Pediasure? Our appointment to follow up is this Sat…*sighz*
Nomadic Mom (4 comments.)
March 4th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
She really looks like you!
Atasha (39 comments.)
March 6th, 2010 at 1:41 am
She’s a darling. I love the photo of the both of you. Try not to stress so hard. Is she developing normally? If so then you probably shouldn’t worry so much about the weight. It’s true she may just be on the small side or have a high metabolism. My friend had a similar issue but her ped. was the one who stressed her out telling her to give her son more high calorie foods because he was so low on the chart. I think the ped. did not take genetics into account. She and her husband were small statured and very slim people. So why should the baby be on the high end of the chart…you know…OKay I am done rambling
Just try to not stress so much.