Kate

Kate had a Doctor appointment yesterday for a weight check. She's 7 1/2 months old and is at 11 pounds 13 ounces. She's gone down even further below 0% on the growth chart. She just keeps dropping down. :(
She's only gained 8 ounces in the last 6 weeks. She had to have some bloodwork done yesterday to see if her being so underweight is caused by any health issues. It was torture! They had to draw blood out of both arms and it was coming out so slow that it took like 10 minutes on each arm, and Kate was screaming the whole time. They still didn't get enough blood. They said they'll try to do all the testing with what blood they got, but she may have to go back in for more blood. My poor little baby. I think all the tests will come back negative though. I think it's just genetic. She takes after her daddy and big brother. Kaden is still only about 25 pounds at three years old, and Brent had always been really skinny his whole life. Brent had all this testing done when he was little too, but was perfectly healthy. At her 6 month check up her doctor told me to hold off on giving her solids for a bit since there are more calories in breastmilk than solids. I have to start giving her a nutritional supplement pouder that adds extra calories. Usually the powder is added to a bottle, but Kate will not take a bottle or sippy cup. So I have to add the extra calorie powder to baby food and see if I can get her to eat more. Anyway, that was our day yesterday.