[blparent] Kloei's Weight (was Remus is here, finally)

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Hi, Anjelina.  Best of luck with the pediatrician appointment tomorrow. 
Just remember, weight isn't everything.  It's a factor among a lot of 
others.  Sarah was monitored for slow weight gain during the first few 
months, and I earned myself a lot of gray hairs worrying about it.  But 
she's almost a year now, and doing great.  She's a little on the small side 
as far as her weight, but she's following her own curve on the growth 
charts, and that's the important thing.  How much your baby gains from day 
to day or week to week doesn't matter as much as how she grows over months 
and years.  A few months ago, Sarah only gained five ounces in four weeks. 
She'd been sick.  But the next month, she gained over a pound.  All I'm 
saying is, don't get too hung up about what the scale says on any given day. 
Keep it in perspective--two bits worth of free advice from someone who 
didn't.

Jo Elizabeth

"Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds 
water."--Swedish proverb
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anjelina" <cruz.anjelina at mchsi.com>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 6:16 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Remus is here, finally


> Hey there. She's growing. When we came home from the hospital she was
> wearing preemie clothes, but now they are not fitting her. We have another
> pediatrician appointment tomorrow. The breastfeeding is getting a bit
> easier. I'll feel much better tomorrow when I find out what her weight is
> doing.
>