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January 13, 2003
THE PROBLEM WITH GROWN-UP FOOD
After we moved, we got a new pediatrician, one who was quite a bit less jovial and friendly than his previous one. As long as the advice was good, though, I guess we can get along with a gruff doctor.
The first bit of advice we got from this fellow was that, since Jordan was a year old, he should stop getting baby food and formula, and he should not have a bottle any more. I guess we quit reading our baby books at some point, so we weren’t quite prepared for this. But we persevered and began the job.
Changing over the formula to whole milk and using a sippy cup instead of a bottle wasn’t that difficult. Changing over the food wasn’t much harder. The only problem was that we have erratic hours and don’t always eat that well. Since we now have to feed Jordan some of what we eat, we take more care with menus. Another side effect is we tend to sit down at the table more often, which is nice.
So far, so good, but then another problem reared its head. Apparently, the new foods were affecting Jordan’s digestion. Duh. The new foods were causing some sort of, I don’t know, acidic waste production that caused a roaring case of diaper rash, the worst I’d ever seen. It looked like huge, wet blisters on both sides of his bottom. According to Jordan’s reaction, it felt about like you’d expect it to feel.
Jordan never had suffered from much diaper rash, just every now and then he’d have a small patch of little rashy bumps that a cream would clear up. But this new rash was not cured by the cream. The second day of this new monster rash, I plastered plain old Vaseline jelly on the sores, and the rashes began to clear up. Took about a week before the areas finally disappeared.
It’s been about a month now, and Jordan’s skin and system seem to have come to an agreement. He no longer requires the jelly or the cream, and he’s eating more and more big-people food. He’s lucky he’s had eight teeth since he was nine months old. That helps a lot. And he’s almost ready for a couple of molars to pop through. Wonder what surprises that will bring us?
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