Re: Mason update

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> Thanks for the input.  Mason is still dealing with alot of diarhea
> (sp?) problems. We were taking him to a very good ped and she tried a
> few things to cure this.  None of them worked.  She did help me figure
> out that he needed to be on alimentum formula to stop him vomiting all
> the time but did not help with the poo problems.  My DH finally
> convinced me to stop seeing her and go to someone else.  We saw the new
> dr for the first time last friday and she had a whole slew of things
> she wanted to check in addition to what the other doc had done.  She
> feels like Mason has parasites.  We collected stools over the weekend
> and should be hearing back on them soon.  We saw her again yesterday to
> go oever all the things she wanted to do.  She did a developmental test
> on him to see where he is at etc in addition to adding a few things to
> check through bloodwork and stools.  I was very impressed with her.
> She is very thorough.  She researched his case n particular over the
> weekend to be able to try and figure his problem with the poo out.
> Anyway long story short.  When Mason wakes up in the middle of the
> night he is only after food and nothing more.  I told her this and she
> said to continue to feed him as much as he wants in the middle of the
> night.  She feels with the poo problems that he is making up for what
> he lost during the day.  I agree with this.  She said she would not be
> surprised to see him start sleeping through on his own once we get this
> cleared up.  As for his size he is definately behind but catching up
> VERY fast.  He is the size of most six month olds.  He wears size 3-6
> and 6-9 clothes. Developmentally he is doing EXCELLENT!!  He was on a
> 3-4 month level when he came home and is pretty consistent with what a
> 13mo is doing already.  He just needed the stimulation and op****tunity
> to build on those skills.  His ped does not think it will take him long
> at all to be totally caught up.  He is actually past his peer group in
> some areas and behind in others.  Anyway thanks for the info.  Carola
> and Marianna I didn't get pics to you yet.  I will try to find some
> time this afternoon to get them off to you. Jamie should have them
> already.
>
> Joni
>

Joni-
When Kai came to live with us, she just turned 12 months.  We were advised
by the adoption director to keep her like a "younger" infant for a few
months (i.e. hold her bottle, carry a lot in a carrier or arms, feed her
at
her night wakings, to do "holding" time everyday and try to stimulate eye
contact) to help her to "attach" to us as her caregivers/parents.  She
ended
up being weaned from formula/bottles by 16 months or so.  It took about
2-3
months before she was truly attached to us as her "parents".

Hope the poo problem is solved soon!
jocelyn