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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP. And it's getting worse and I am becoming a cry-baby. I thought I was strong but am bursting into tears at the slightest trigger. I have taken this week off and so has hubby. I am confused whether I should go to Childrens or Georgetown based on the responses PP. So have decided to keep the late month appt at Childrens with Dr Wolf and am looking to get an ASAP appt at Georgetown. Hopefully they will refer us to a speech therapist. I didn' take LO to emergency since they would just give some fluids and send us back home. We need expert guidance. And as is DD's naps are shot, I don't want to drag her back and forth if not valuable.

I or my rather my poor darling is getting the worst comments. I interviewed 3 nannies and 1 disappeared after she heard about the feeding difficulties and the other tried it out today for 4 hrs and said I can't believe she is so thin, it makes me sick. There is too difficulty with the feeding. I can't do it. I am clueless where I would be able to find someone patient.

Ped would call us every week for weight checks and send us back since she was slightly above 5th percentile. I could have told her that since I weigh her daily. We changed peds within the practice and she atleast tried to get us appt at childrens and the nurse is trying right now to see if we can get in at georgetown.

She doesn't like the moby wrap anymore but I did try to feed her and no go. Yday she managed 12 oz. I have tried a syring and she keeps her mouth shut and kicks and screams and pushes us away with her hands. Of course I haven't persisted.

I have tremendous guilt that I can't help that all this started if I stopped pumping (she never latched) and I was such a zombie. I did go on till 6+ mths.

Question - I am in fairfax county and have set the ball rolling so someone from the infant toddler dept is coming over. We won't qualify for free services. Should I pursue that for an OT or go private? I have the Language Experience and S Skinner (sp) from Georgetown on my list for now in the OT category.

Thanks again moms
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I'm so sorry for all you're going through.  I see you're in Fairfax.  Which pediatric practice do you go to?  The docs at Virginia Pediatric and Adolescent Center in Springfield are awesome.

We did the Infant Toddler assessment for our son and we thought they were fantastic.  I would pursue that for sure and see how it goes.  (Have you had an assessment done already and are just waiting for an OT?)

The Moby Wrap might be too constricting for an 8 month old, even a small one.  Have you ever tried a Mei Tai or a simple soft-structured carrier like a Beco Butterfly?  There is a Babywearing meetup tonight at the Lorton Community Library in Fairfax County at 6 PM --- you could bring your baby and try out a bunch of different carriers to find one that she might tolerate.  The Babywearing educators are SO, so helpful.  They also have a free lending library of carriers so you could try one or two at home for a month.  (You have to join to access the lending library - I think it's like $30 to join - but it is worth it to get access to try out the library of carriers!)[/quote]

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