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Author: Jennifer
Date: 06-21-03 06:21
My nephews are18 and 16 now. The youngest one thinks he can do no wrong, like I said. You may be right about hyperactivity because the 16 year old was diagnosed with that and dyslexia when he started with school. My perosnal opinion about the hyperactivity is that the premies start out life with so much going on around them that it puts their brains into overdrive, along with the doctors and nurses bustling around them their brains have to figure out to do things for themselves sooner than they should. I am not saying that it shouldn't be treated but have patience because all of my nephews have grown out of it. What can help with the hyperactivity is keep a food journal for him and see what foods make him act out, then restrict him from those. I know it is hard because you are grandma and you are supposed to be the one to spoil him but you sound like you are somewhat of a primary caregiver and this will also help your daughter manage him better. Good Luck. I hope i have helped.
PS. Don't let her just drop him off anymore. She needs to spend time with him at new surroundings even if he has been there before. He still is a baby with short term memory and is he is hyperactive that makes it worse.
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Author: SheilaH 301/283.25/125
Date: 06-21-03 10:30
I really appreciate the advice. He is the apple of my eye, he and his mother. I have wanted a grandchild for so long, I can't help but spoil him. My daughter had almost given up on having a baby, and she has wanted one since she was a little girl. It's so hard not to spoil him when he cries and sticks out that little lip or he smiles a great big beautiful smile when I walk in the room. I love that little fella so much and the fact that he almost didn't make it makes it so much easier to spoil him. Even though he is spoiled, he's not mean or greedy. He plays well with other children and he just coos and baby talks our dogs. In fact one of the dogs loves him so much that she just has to be next to him when he is here. She will even crawl behind him when he crawls. It's so cute. I wish I had a camcorder.
BTW, I was right, my daugther caved last night at about 1:00 am. She gave him a bottle. She just plans on giving him one at night for now. I hope. The doctor said that he needs to eat more and won't as long as he is filling up on the bottle. He's refusing to drink from a cup today. I hope he doesn't get dehydrated.
We are going to try what you said about not slipping out. As for the food diary, well he has been hyper ever since he was in the nicu. The nurses all said that he was the most active baby they have ever seen and it's a big nicu. I imagine that they have close to 100 babies in there at a time. Maybe it's something in milk that is common to mother's milk, formula, and cow's milk. If he cuts down on the milk, which is what the doctor wants, maybe that will help.
Thanks for responding and for all the help.
SheilaH
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