Jeanne and I had a jam packed day, and a large cup of coffee helped me get through it well. Even though Jeanne didn't go back to sleep after 5am milk, we still had a great day.
We had our first Montessori class today. I was a little worried when the first 5 minutes were filled with the most hokey of hokey children songs. I almost left after that... blech.
Then, however, the rest of the hour was filled with playing different musical instruments, dancing, 3 different artwork stations (the theme today was snow), a book reading tent, a train set, then we finished the day with a puppet show, that all the kids loved. The class is geared for 18-36 month olds, and thankfully, Jeanne did well with the other children.
After that we had a Dr.'s appt for Jeanne with her new pediatrician. She's been having intestinal distress since Dec 29th with no other illness symptoms, so we were trying to figure it out. As of right now, the best guess my myself and her doc (and several negative tests) is that she may be lactose intolerant, and or her diet is 'too' healthy, and doesn't contain enough fat. The problem there, is that most food items recommended for children in the low weight category are given many milk products to help them gain weight, and get more fats. SOoooooo, if she is lactose intolerant, we need to find other fat sources.... The Dr. said that children her age should be getting about 50% of her calories from fat, and I know she gets no where near that. Perhaps 20%, on a really, really good day, but no where near 50%. Although the Dr. was pleased to hear that Jeanne ate no junk food, we were still in a pickle in how to choose more foods for her, as we were both unwilling to introduce fast food or foods including any high fructose corn syrup.
After that appointment we went food shopping and looked for some fatty foods to get her. In our bags home included, 'in house' made sausage, peanut butter covered pretzels, yogurt covered banana chips (which were gross in my opinion, and she hasn't eaten one yet), 'ritz' like crackers made with butter and are uber yummy(!), and soy 'cheddar' cheese, soy chocolate and vanilla pudding, and lastly, chocolate peanut butter 'ice cream' made with coconut milk and is dairy free.
We tried the soy pudding for lunch, and it was pretty good! Jeanne ate an appropriate portion along with her egg noodles (slathered in butter), but she didn't seem to eat the soy 'cheddar'.
Dinner included the sausage, which she ate a bunch of, applesauce, a beet, warmed pineapple with cinnamon, then some of the 'ice cream. Man oh man, was that coconut cream FANTASTIC. It includes EVERYTHING I love, chocolate, peanut butter and coconut, holy hooka was it yummy! Mind you, do not even look for this item unless you want to gain, as it has 210 calories per 1/2 cup and 13 grams of fat. I did buy it specifically for Jeanne to get more calories and fat in her diet. I gave her a few spoonfuls after dinner, and she literally danced in front of me each time she circled back for more. Ohhh, too good!
Hopefully, with her belly full of protein and fat, she will sleep well tonight (and me too, please, oh please, oh please!)
Hubbers is away on a business trip, and so far the only one I've been jealous of. He is attending a meeting in a biosphere, surrounded by mountains and wilderness. (sigh). Oh well, at least Jeanne and I are keeping busy, and are expecting granmommy this Friday.
Hope you are all well!
~us
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