Well, I took Ebony for her checkup with the Maternal Child Health Nurse on Tuesday and was rather alarmed to discover she has only put on 90g since she last got weighed 2 months ago!

Last time she got weighed, she was 6.240kg, and now shes only 6.330kg! The nurse is concerned as last time she was weighed she was below the 3rd percentile, and now shes REALLY below the 3rd percentile! She referred me to my GP to get her checked out further in case there is some underlying reason why shes not gaining weight.

I went to the GP yesterday, and she is referring me to see a paediatrician at the childrens hospital.

She's just started on formula within the last 2 weeks (she was being breastfed but my supply basically stopped... I was lucky to get 30mls when I expressed BOTH breasts!), and has just started taking a real interest in food so I'm hoping that things will start improving naturally now that she's eating more... still very worried though!

She seems healthy otherwise... just very tiny! She's a munchkin!

Well so far, I've successfully managed to keep Ebony off the boob, and she's even taken 2 bottles of formula! She seems very picky about it though and will only take the bottle if I use a specific teat, and it has to be at just the right temperature. Not really warm, and not cold... what I call more like room temperature!

Still, the transformation is HUGE! It's like she's a completely different baby! She is sleeping through EVERY night now. She goes to bed around 7.30-8pm and is not waking up till about 9 - 9.30am!!! She's even becoming a lot more adventurous with her food! She's had a nibble of some cooked carrot sticks, brocolli and even some small slices of nectarine!! The vegemite toast would still have to be the best thing though... she's actually starting to eat it rather than just suck on it!

I tried her with some fingers of banana today but she turned her nose up at them... so I tricked her!!! I roughly mashed some banana up and mixed it in with her banana custard and she quite happily ate it! hehehe... I is too sneaky for you Little Miss!!!  Maybe I'll have to start trying this trick with other stuff too? Do you think it would be ok to mix pumpkin and custard too???? LOL