Anyway his head is perfectly fine. The Specialist actually commented today that it couldn't’ be more perfect! Which was about the only smart thing he said through the whole visit.
Ok, so here is where it gets interesting. He asked how Thomas was sleeping I said great, he likes to sleep on his tummy. You should have seen the look the doctor gave me (like I was crazy)....here is the conversation (of course he is foreign so I have to squint my eyes and focus really hard to even understand what in the world he was saying)
Doctor “You’re not putting him on his back”
Me “No, I start him on his side but he always ends up on his tummy”
Doctor “He really needs to be sleeping on his back”
Me “How can I control that, I would have to get up every hour and check to see if he is on his back and he really just prefers his tummy”
Doctor “Well the back position protects him from SIDS”
Me “I know this, but he prefers his tummy, for goodness sakes he started crawling a month and half ago, is pulling himself up to a standing and sitting position and moving from one piece of furniture to the other, so I think he is ok and in the first place isn’t sleeping on his back (and being breech, the doctor through that in there) the reason why we are here”
Dustin “Just calm down Mandy”
Complete silence
Doctor “Do you use a monitor”
Me “Do you think I’m a idiot, of course I use a monitor”
After that the appointment was pretty much over, I think both me and the doctor had enough of each other.
I honestly see where the doctor is coming from (if he was telling me this 5 months ago), but someone please tell me how I’m suppose to control this. Plus my son just prefers his tummy . What I’ am I suppose to do put him in a straight jacket and tie him down……I don’t think so. Plus If he is all ready doing all the other stuff then what is the problem.
On happy note, he weighs 22 pounds, 29 ½ inches long and is still in the 75% percentile. The nurse was very nice (thank goodness) and even said how strong he was and said you are going to be walking soon…..ugh. I wish people would stop saying that I’m not ready for it.
I love this picture! Daddy was being funny and squirting water in Thomas' mouth and he was trying really hard to get a drink!
7 comments:
You know way more than those Dr's : ). How does someone make their baby sleep on their backs? Kaish never did that either.
PS Oh my goodness...if I had the bed to myself for 5 nights a week. I would definitely be a bed hog too!
Once they're rolling all the time, you definitely can't keep them on their backs! Selah (6 months) has been sleeping on her tummy for a while now. I lay her down on her back, and she immediately flips. Every time. That's how she likes to sleep. I don't understand what the doctor expects you to do differently!
Isaac was more content on his back for a longer time, and he favored one side. SO, he ended up with a mild flat spot for a while. It corrected itself, and he always had a lot of hair that covered it so it wasn't a big deal. Selah's head......perfectly round. :)
Most kids, I think, prefer to sleep on their tummies and if you think about it...all of us probably slept on our tummies as well; mainly because that was not thought of as a cause for SIDS. And look...here we all are discussing how idiotic your doctor is ; )
Both of my girls preferred their tummies, I'm a tummy sleeper so I think they get it from me. They are perfectly healthy and lived through every bit of my "bad parenting".
As a Mom you just sometimes have to go by what's right for you and your child.
Hang in there!
I learned pretty early on that doctors do not know everything (and sometimes it seems not much). You begin to wonder if their own children are duct-taped to the bed facing up.
Noah has slept on his tummy since about 3 days after we brought him home from the hospital nearly 15 months ago! It's the only way he would sleep for more than 5 minutes at a time. and that dr. is a doofus!
That doctor sounds like a moron. If they roll over and are strong enough to crawl, pull up, and ROLL OVER then I'm sure they'll be fine. I never used a baby monitor with either of my kids. Looking back, maybe I should have, but they survived just fine. That doctor probably doesn't even have kids.
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