Not By the Book

The last few days have been so frustrating! I´ve been following the latest thoughts regarding schedules for babies....eat, waketime then sleep. But what happens when there´s a kink in the plans?


I´m learning that I do REALLY well with structure...but I kind of fall apart when the structure stops working or gets out of whack.

In December Aaron caught a virus (adenovirus) and battled 3 solid weeks of diarrhea. 


He recovered from the diarrhea but hasn´t gone back to his normal eating habits since then. He was eating very well before. Now, it´s a battle to get him to take half his bottle at each feeding. Although he shows signs of hunger and a desire to eat, when I pull the bottle near he cries and arches his back and refuses it. He rarely eats the total amount he should by the end of the day. 


I´m going to weigh him this afternoon to see how the week has gone. Last week he had gained weight, in spite of the resistance. We´ll see how it goes today. 


There are several possible issues contributing to this....sore gums as he´s working on entry of the first teeth, some kind of allergy, acid reflux. Who knows...time will tell.