On tuesday night after 5pm baby started acting sick and spit up a little bit. She was also running a fever of about 101.5. I always let 24 hours go before I run to the doctor just to see if she will get better on her own. Wednesday night she was still not right and really hadn't eaten much that day. Fever broke about midnight so she went 30 hours. Thursday she wasn't feeling good but no fever. She ate a little but mostly nursed all day. At about 4pm the fever came back. Alright I call the doctors office, he is not available..but someone else can see her. The last time that happened I was having to explain the feeding therapy and the nutrition clinic and everything I am feeding her. Not fun to explain that she is under care and things are been addressed. Well I went anyway. Finally, the doctor comes in and looks her over, which she is up and looking good. Anyway, she has mouth sores. I believe it is part of the cocksackie virus...she doesn't have the sores on her feet or hands or anywhere else just in her mouth. So I guess she will lose a little weight. The sad thing is she wants to eat but it hurts. Do I really need this complication in addition to everything else..NO!! Anyway, she should be better within 5-7 days of this starting. Which means by next tuesday she better be right as rain.

Yet another appointment, on Valentines day no less. Anyway I was hopeful this time. She had stopped drinking her one cup of bright beginnings soy formula (30 calories per oz), and she had stopped eating baby food with nutra in it, but I thought I had beat her to the punch line. Because of her food refusal, I started giving her gogurt...I only needed to give her three a day to replace what her formula would give her. She was at least having three a day, plus other junk food (little debbie snack cakes, goldfish with ranch dressing and fruit snacks.) I figured she was getting at least 350-400 calories which is about her usual (she still nurses six times or more a day). She had gained a whooping 5 ounces. She now weight 16 1/2 lbs at 19 months old. Sad thing is I seem to be the one gaining weight, grrr!!! They want to do an endoscope but the baby has to be perfectly healthy for a full month with no fevers or snotty nose for them to do it...yada, yada, yada!! It's the middle of winter so it probably won't happen anytime too soon. She actually had a snotty nose at this appointment and I hope it doesn't turn into something more!!! The nutritionist brought in high calorie juices for her to try...we tried one...she spit it out...lovely. The doctor is also starting to believe that she might just be petite...Really?!? He still wants to check out her esophogus first...one day!!