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.Mel
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Posted: 20 May 2010 at 11:37am |
Sounds like perhaps she should retire! Good on you for not taking any sh*te from her!
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AandCsmum
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Posted: 20 May 2010 at 11:39am |
Jo, the dietitian wants him up on the 50th% at the moment he's at the 15% which is an increase. My PN reckons we'll get to the 25% and that will be good. He's on the 75% for height. The nurse today said Oh what a bonny boy...she's looking at his tummy which is usually quite round & not at the ribs etc showing.
We don't eat preservatives or additives in our house so unfortunately that cuts out a lot of prepackaged foods, majority have soy in them anyway even if they are dairy free.
I have tried avocado. He seems to like it, I need to do a specific test to see if he tolerates it. Egg seems fine although he doesn't like it so much.
Oh the PN was horrified that I had to give his meat a couple of chews before he'll eat it. He will not eat it any other way & believe me I've tried. So this has to be the next best thing to help get it in him. At least he has gone back to eating chicken by himself! He's really interesting in feeding himself with a spoon so need to work on that!
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A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12
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AandCsmum
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Posted: 20 May 2010 at 11:43am |
Yep Mel....she's probably overdue!!
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A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12
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hannibal
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Posted: 20 May 2010 at 12:13pm |
Still waiting on a call for the 15 months check up!!! Bubs is now 19 months old so I'm not holding my breath and numerous people I have talked too have never heard from them either!
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Raspberryjam
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Posted: 20 May 2010 at 12:26pm |
OMG - she is suuuch a cow!!
Great weigh in!
Milla was the same weight at that age, although I expect shorter than your little guy, she was 11.25 at our last weigh in and is 82cm - so there is hope and definately sounds like Mum knows best for him to be gaining so well - Is it just the dietician you have to convince for the neocate ? We used duocal which is another calorific formula - but only for a wee while when we were waiting for surgery
I agree with the processed food thing entirely, but I cant get Milla to eat meat - only ham and luncheon -and beans - like kidney beans etc - you could try that too maybe
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Posted: 20 May 2010 at 12:33pm |
argh that is so stink!
We have had the same plunket nurse since Mr 9 was a baby and she is lovely! I have heard some horror stories though about some real old dragons so I am so glad we have a nice one!
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AandCsmum
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Posted: 20 May 2010 at 12:56pm |
Yes I've had Judith since Alia was 6 weeks old & she know the differences between my two kids which is awesome, she is so helpful & supportive.
Cooper was 81cm a month ago. I think he did a big growth spurt just around the time of seeing the paed so he looked skinner than he was. All this bloody rigmarole is just because I wanted to give him a bottle of formula during the day! Mummy wanted a break!! I'm not sure who I have to convince. My GP is onside & is writing letters to the paed recommending he prescribes it. I was given 6 tins of it so that could actually last me almost 6 months, am wondering at this point just to flag the lot of them!
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Kel
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12
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T_Rex
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Posted: 20 May 2010 at 12:57pm |
Yay for a good weight gain, must be a relief. Are nuts ok? They have high fat content too.
Tararua plunket are great. I showed up unannounced at their offices yesterday and burst into tears when the lady I was after wasn't there (  long story) anyway, thry rang her and she came in to see me, insisting it was no trouble even though she'd knocked off work an hour earlier.
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RBsMama
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Posted: 20 May 2010 at 12:58pm |
My ds didn't get his his 7-9 months checkup so they gave him an early 15 month old. We've never had any consistency either.
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Raspberryjam
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Posted: 20 May 2010 at 1:42pm |
Does sound a lot of bother for 1 bottle a day, could you pay for it if your gp gives you a script? As I understand the only benefit to having a specialist prescribe it is the subsidy? could of changed since we went down that road. Our dietician prescribed it before we left hospital
Its obviously helping and giving you the break you deserve
Anyway , good luck, seems to me your both doing really well
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Posted: 20 May 2010 at 4:05pm |
I don't like Judith, she didn't listen to me and treated me like a dumb young mum when I had Andrew. Didn't read anything that was sent to her about Andrew being in hospital after birth the fact we had to go back and the reason why I couldn't b/f him. I was so angry with her.
I think I know the old biddy you are talking about and she so needs to give it up.
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AandCsmum
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Posted: 20 May 2010 at 5:16pm |
Really?? I have found her really good, listening & taking on board & advising without preaching. I'd be totally pissed off in your case though.
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Kel
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Blankney94
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Posted: 20 May 2010 at 7:08pm |
Yay for a good weigh in Kel 
Sounds like that Plunket nurse was being a right stickibeek. Good that your usual one is on the ball.
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Posted: 22 May 2010 at 8:49pm |
I have judith too, only met her once or twice so haven't decided what I think of her yet.
Got a reliever last visit.
I know who the old biddy is too, she spends a lot of the time on reception at the rooms..
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Posted: 23 May 2010 at 3:29am |
Oh yeah, some of the Plunket people need a right good kicking ...
We finally met our nurse on Izzy's fourth visit. We're on the North Shore and our nurse had been helping out in Waitakere before that and we'd had a different reliever each time, so no continuity at all. I don't really understand why they didn't just send the relievers to Waitakere and leave our nurse here? What is the point of disrupting two different areas? The nurse is great by the way, not complaining about her, just don't understand the organisation.
Don't get me started on the Karitane nurse though. She didn't even speak English properly for one thing, and all she did was read handouts aloud rather than saying anything useful. Then, we all turned up for our seven-month group ... but there was no nurse. So we left. We'd been let into the clinic by someone from the play group who then left the clinic, so I thought I better ring the Plunket Area Office to let them know that the clinic was unlocked. I told them what had happened, about the nurse not turning up, and they were like "oh yes, she's left Plunket now". Well would it have been too much trouble to call everyone to tell them the group was cancelled?!?!
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Posted: 23 May 2010 at 8:45am |
we didn't even hear from plunket until ds was 8 week olds to make an appointment for when he was 9 weeks old, they even asked did we want a visit as if it was something we wouldn't be interested in. DS was 5 weeks early only 5lbs and had a hematoma on each lung so ended up in neonates for 17days so um yes I would like a visit as we need to make sure he is gaining weight etc. My mw before she discharges me said we should be seeing weekly for the first few weeks just so they can make sure he is gaining ok oh and she dropped the paper work off on her way cause we live quite close to the plunket rooms. She came and then said she would come again in 3 weeks. The PN herself was lovely but at least DS is obvisouly doing ok and he is my 2nd so not quite as freak out as 1st but if they don't step up I am just going to switch to the Doctors at least then we will get our appointments.
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