Vera has her own growth charts for Trisomy 18. As you can see, the black lines deviate markedly from normal growth curves, especially as the years go by.For almost a year, Vera was the same weight. But since we put her on Pediasure recently, she's been putting on the pounds. At 22 months, she's now 17 pounds (8kg), and 27 inches (70cm) tall. This puts her in around the 80th percentile for weight, and 50th percentile for height on the Trisomy 18 charts. This means we can stop worrying about weight gain for now, and start to take her off Pediasure, which is high caloric and VERY sweet. Too sweet for even myself to take. So much sugar can't be good for little ones in the long run. She might go the other extreme and become fatty!
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I can't agree more about that sweet smell of pediasure. Because of Annabel's tummy issues as of late we switched back to Pediasure to see if it made a difference.I forgot to unclamp her feeding tube and pediasure ended up all over her bed. Not sure why this never happened with breastmilk that doesn't have a scent. WELl her whole room smelled of pediasure, yuck.
I am so glad for Vera's weight gain. Yea for sweet Vera and so mommy doesn't need to worry about that. Since you have enough other to worry about. Hoping you are getting your rest you need.
Way to put on those pounds, Vera!
Yes Cathy, I'm getting the rest I need cos I tire more easily now, coming to 6 months. Yeah Pediasure sure leaves a strong scent! Hope it helps sweet Annabel put on some weight though. It's been quite good and easy on Vera's poop is our experience with it.
Isabelle was also on Pedisure after I stopped breastfeeding her and she didnt gain weight on other milk products.
Yes, that super sweet Vanilla smell.
Keep it up Vera and get all the rest you need, May.
I give Mathias Pediasure once a day. Trying to get him to gain some weight too. He smells of Pediasure these days too. Hehe....
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