Ted and I took Ryan to a GI Specialist in LA this week. Since he was born he has had reflex and gas issues. The outcome was Ryan is fine just a gassy baby but according to Ted's family it was passed on. The one thing I came out of the visit was I had been overfeeding Ryan. The doctor walked in and first thing he said was, "Wow what a chunk". He proceeded to tell me I was overfeeding him. I told him how much I was feeding him and he realized it was the correct amount. He then said, "you must have been overfeeding him before". As a GI specialist he maybe should have said that overeating is a symptom of reflux becasue it helps with the burn. It didn't stop there, he continued through the appointment to say how big and chunky he was. The best was when he said that I should be the one to tell my baby when his is full not the other way around but that was probably easy for him to say because he wasn't a parent. Wow what was my first clue. I looked up his weight/height percentiles and he is in the 80-90% - So there Dr. Kim!!!! It is amazing how it effects me when people comment on Ryan's size. I grew up with a weight complex and now it seems that the sames feelings are coming back.
I think he is perfect ---- I love his rolls and chins and I know that as soon as the bugger starts moving he will slim down. I will now get off my soap box.
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2 comments:
He's perfect the way he is! And you're right, he'll be fine once he starts moving around on his own. My brother was such a pudge as a baby but then turned into a rail when we was a toddler. The GI doctor needs to take the stick out of his butt!
---Kassandra---
you never told me the doc was korean!!! not that it was important, but all that does sound like what a young korean doc would probably say! haha.
do i sound racist?! =)
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