Allergies

TESTED for cows milk, soy and egg allergies today as M is days away from starting solids - and formula!

All three allergens came up negative.

Dr B says: This does not mean M has no allergies as she is too young for conclusive results and she may develop a stronger allergic reaction later.

But at least there is no strong positive reaction so I can go out and buy that tin of cow formula.

Complicated!

Anyway because M seems so sensitive, we're going organic - at least for the first $ix month$.

Thinking about trying Bellamy's from Australia. Email me if you have any opinion! Thanks!

Note: 7.02kg; 65.2cm

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Emma's eczema

THEY grow out of it, don't they???

The weather has been too hot.

Sigh.

Poor baby.

3 Month Checkup

ALL happy until she got jabs in both fatty thighs.

It was quite painful, according to Dr B. I think she felt worse about the jabs than me.

Tough love.

Then an oral vaccine - her first taste of anything other than Mama's milk (not even water!!! Except for the time I almost drowned her in a bath washing her back - didn't realise her face was in the water!!!)

Anyway Emma really liked the taste of it. You could see she was thinking: Now what is this in my mouth? Yumm!

Weight: 5.84kg
Length: 58cm

At 2 months (16/9), she was 5.38kg, so she's put on a significant 0.5kg.

But as a comparison, Z was a hefty 6.5kg and 62cm at 3 months.

Dr B said Emma is at the 50 percentile and might be "petite". I guess the main reason for this: Since her feeding frenzy at 6 weeks, Emma's milk intake has decreased dramatically and is below what it should be for her weight. She is drinking about 700-800ml a day when before, when she was much smaller at 6 weeks, she was drinking 1200ml!

But anyway, nothing to worry about. Just musing.