Six Months

Madilyn turned 6 months on Sunday! We had her check up today, and it didn't go as well as I had hoped.

For those of you who may not know, Madilyn is having trouble with solid foods. Each time she has cereal, she gets ill a few hours later and proceeds to vomit profusely. Like, until she's dry heaving and gets lethargic. A few hours after that, she's okay again. I've even tried spacing out her solids to see what is causing it. We still don't know.

The doctor didn't seem too concerned about all of this, and encouraged us to try other solids and see if she has the same reaction. He wanted her to be up to 4-5 tablespoons of veggies 2x a day and 4-5 tablespoons of fruits 2x a day. If she doesn't tolerate these foods either, then they will refer her to a pediatric stomach specialist for further testing.

Too add insult to injury, she is still 26 inches (as she was at 5 months) and has gained less than an ounce in the past 20 days. I feel like I'm failing my child. She's been nursing practically around the clock like a newborn, and still no growth! She's even been up at least 4x a night for weeks now. The doctor says she should be able to go all night without eating and still grow. He said if she can't, then there's something wrong. He kept insisting that she can sleep through the night at this point. Ugh, it's all so frustrating....