Pedialyte Trial - Day 6 (Tuesday 12/9/08)

Weight 7.017 kg (15 lbs, 7 oz)
Oral Intake 13.5 oz


Our FirstSteps dietitian, Dana, came this morning to check in on Sofie. She was really thrilled at how well she's been doing so far. She didn't expect her to be taking near as much orally as she's been taking and doing so well at holding her weight.

So our question was, where do we go from here? We had kind of thought by this time, Sofie would need to go back on NG feeds to put some weight back on and we'd have to try again in a week or two. I was prepared for a huge weight loss (maybe even 9%), but so far she's only lost 1%. Sofie's doing so well, we talked about it and felt we could continue the trial for a few more days.

Sofie was really active and kind of whiney for most of the day. She wanted to go, go, go and play all day. She didn't take her usual morning nap and only napped in the afternoon for 30-45 minutes. Then she napped for another 30-45 minutes in the evening, and at 11:30 pm was still laughing and having a great time. Mommy and Daddy decided enough fun had been had for the day and just put her to bed. She did eventually fall asleep after "talking" to herself in bed for a little while. I guess she's still getting enough nutrition to keep her energy up!

With all her activities, she only ended up taking 13 1/2 ounces for the day, which was down from the previous two days, but still not too bad if you look at the big picture of progress.