![]() ![]() The good news for you is that now you have heard about feeding tubes, and I can assure you that they’re far from terrible. I knew nothing about feeding tubes and it sounded terrible. The day I brought the log to our pediatrician’s office was the day he was admitted to the hospital and the day he got a feeding tube. But it wasn’t until I kept a detailed log of our baby’s meals that we were able to determine the problem: he was eating next to nothing. If your baby is nursing, write down how long they are nursing, since amounts are harder to track. Track eating: Write down how often and how much your baby eats. Gross, right? Yes, but it gives information. ![]() Get clarity from your doctor on what that means, and track consistency of stools. Track diapers: Don’t just answer the question “Is your baby pooping and peeing enough?” Most of us don’t know what “enough” is. Track weight: Write down weight taken at doctor’s office. They also monitored my baby, looking for evidence of the thing that I knew was happening but couldn’t name: We will always listen.”Īnd they did listen. Our pediatrician gave us excellent advice that I wish all concerned new parents would hear: “Come in as often as you need to. I knew that something was going on, I just wasn’t certain what exactly that thing was. Or was he? As a new parent, it can be hard to tell. But at the moment, that was far from our minds, all we could think was that our baby wasn’t eating enough. Looking back, this was of course a clue that disabilities would be discovered in the months and years to come. When my baby was 3 months old, he had a swoop of Elvis-like hair, a habit of licking his toddler brother and an aversion to eating. None of the parenting books, however, ever mentioned a feeding tube. That’s what we read about in all of the parenting books. Many children experiment with both food and their own autonomy as they determine what they will and will not eat. Like many things, feeding your kid sounds like an easy enough task, but sometimes it’s far from that. ![]() Children run the gamut from kale-loving vegans to connoisseurs of dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets to kids like mine who literally don’t eat food. A simple thing like eating should be easy, right? Except that for many families, eating is far from easy. ![]() 7.- add fresh basil on top and enjoy.Adam kept his neutral tone and simply said, “Parenting is hard, isn’t it?” Layer with more chicken, sauce, parmigiano and fresh mozzarella. 5.- in a baking dish add some sauce, chicken breast, more sauce, provolone and basil. Give the chicken breast a hard sear for 1.5 min per side. 2.- butterfly the chicken breasts and slice in half, place a plastic wrap on top and thin it out with a meat mallot. Directions: 1.-add the tomatoes to a pan with the onion.
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