This week we had Jonathan's 18 month check up. Unfortunately, his pediatrician was slightly concerned about the progress made on his weight. He weighed in at about 18.5 pounds, not much more then he was two months ago at Dr Yazdi's office.
We thought we had been making good progress on his feedings, but our journal didn't back that up. I went back and averaged the calories he's been getting over the past 45 days and it was on the low side of what he needs for his current weight, let alone growth. Past trends showed that we would do great for a week or two and then not so great for another week or two. Overall, it's not been quite good enough though.
The reason why we haven't been able to consistently get enough through his system is because he's been sick a lot. It seems that any time he gets a sniffle or a bug, like all of us, his system slows down and he doesn't want to eat as much as he normally would. The issue we see is that he always seems to catch something and that it seems to take him longer then normal to get over whatever he has.
We're to the point where we can't do much more considering his response to feedings when sick. So, we've scheduled an appointment in January with another Peds Gastro from Denver for a second opinion. We hope that a fresh set of eyes will reveal something we haven't explored yet. At the very least, we'd like to have her run some of the tests a second time to validate the first set of results. Maybe there is something else going on that is also impeding our progress and his growth.