You first find out that you’re
pregnant and are super excited. I mean you’re jumping for joy, wanting to
scream it from the rooftops and can’t help but tell everybody, excited. You and
your spouse make all sorts of plans on how you’re going to raise your
youngster. You make compromises on certain aspects of discipline and decide
what type of child you will have. If it’s a boy he will probably be in sports,
music and be handy with different tools. If you have a girl you want a princess
who isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty but still wants to be girly with all
the frills and lace. You breathe a sigh of relief after every Dr.’s appointment
and leave with peace of mind knowing your child is healthy. The day comes to
deliver your sweet bundle of joy and you prepare for the pain of childbirth.
Congratulations! It’s a healthy baby girl! She has all 10 fingers and all 10
toes. She’s a small 6lbs 12oz little thing but she’s perfectly healthy
nonetheless.
A year goes
by and you are so thankful she’s a healthy ball of energy. You compare her achievements and milestones to other kids and are pleased that she seems to be ahead
of her friends (Oh come one we all do it! Admit it!). This is what we did. We were so proud that our
little girl was learning and was achieving milestones ahead of time. In our
minds she was absolutely perfect. Her doctor would tell us to get her to eat
more because she was so small. She was considered 1% in her weight class and
was a super picky eater. We chalked this
up to be a normal thing. I mean come on! She’s just a small frame and most kids
her age are picky!
Her Dr. at the time treated her for
a skin disorder due to her often scratching the back of her neck but later
found that she didn’t have one. I loved our daughter’s doctor but had my issues
with her. She would dismiss certain concerns and misdiagnose others. Luckily baby
girls doctor retired just before her second birthday and we were given a new doctor.
This doctor is amazing! She, instead of critiquing our daughter and telling us
what we are doing wrong, decided to give us solutions to our issues. It helped
that she had the same exact issues with her daughter. Having a doctor with the
same personal experience is a huge game changer. We immediately felt more at
ease and quickly fell in trust with her.
Her new
doctor was quick to recognize the issues that needed immediate attention. She
asked us all the right questions (finally a Dr. who knows what to ask!) and
knew exactly what we needed to do. We quickly found out that our precious and
perfect little girl had some bad eating habits; habits that could not be ignored nor taken
lightly. My worst fears were quickly
realized and although it took me a little time to come to terms with them, I
was ready to do everything I could to tackle the issues at hand.
We were told that our little monkey was
classified as failure to thrive. She had only gained one pound in 6 months,
barely ate anything due to being extremely picky and had some sensitivity
issues. No parent wants to hear this but this was our situation and now we have
to learn to make it better.
To Be Continued.....
