AN is NOT undergrowing, and New Year Resolution

Have I mentioned that AN lingers about 9kg on the scale lately? Her weight varies about 100g +/- at other times of the day but doesn't go any lower than that.

She's back on track and is in fact somewhere between 10-25% on her health booklet, no longer on the 3% that she used to be on!

All thanks to a mummy who chanced onto my blog and saw my concerns. She gave me this link which I initially thought was a little more assuring that our Singapore chart but upon more detailed comparison, the values are really not much different.

So, AN IS back on track!

Here's the link: http://www.fwcc.org/growthchart.html

Thanks, Happy Homemaker for the link!

She's almost back on the US chart for babies tho, and it doesn't bother me that much anymore coz she's asian (Zhu, Jo and some of you girls are right about the difference in the charts)

Mr Liow and I are a little disappointed with the PD that AN is currently seeing. She doesn't seem to be very well informed, given that she's the specialist and we (mainly, ME...) trust her completely.

She says AN is not growing, I nod my head (it was true given that she even fell below the Singapore chart. Fine.). She says not to give AN water till meal times, stop breastfeeding, give this and that shot. Me listens.

Mr Liow saw that AN hadn't taken a particular shot that she should have taken by her 20th month and asked the PD about it. The PD checked and agreed that AN needed that shot.

If Mr Liow had not gone with me, if he had nt been that sharp, we'd probably have overlooked that.

I asked if there were supplements or if she had any tips on helping AN eat better. Her answer was "no. If I had, I would be a millionaire."

Huh...?

I knew there are supplements for adults with poor appetites. I just am not too sure if there were any for toddlers. I don't really care if supplements like that make anyone millionaires.. And there were no advises whatsoever about what I could do to help AN eat better.

And then we start to miss Dr Terrence Tan...Never once had he made comments that benefit us in no ways..

I'm also to be blamed for listening to her blindly, attempting to wean AN before she's ready and making us both miserable, trying to force AN to eat without going through the proper channels (or at least be informed that AN's seeming defiance is only a result of her growing independence!)

Stupid me, stopped giving AN too much water (as advised by PD) and she's started to get constipated, again...*goes bang my head on the wall*

And only since yesterday while Mr Liow helped feed AN (I've no more patience to watch her shake her head and tell me "NONO NONO!" when I try to feed her, or watch her fling her food around when I allowed her to feed herself) had I time to read up more on finicky eaters at her age.

Realised I was doing everything wrong as I read: http://www.babycenter.com.sg/toddler/nutrition/

So, from today onwards, I will not make her eat if she doesn't want to, and I will not get upset (she has this weight gain to last her a little bit, I hope...hehe).

I will make a schedule and sticky strictly by it.

I will not put my heart and soul into staring at her during mealtimes.

I will (not the 1st time I said I will do this) try to take things easy with her.

These last 4 sentences shall be my new year resolution (better late than never, right? ;p )