Announcement and update and beds

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Hi everyone. I have finally started to catch up on all my list mail.

My third daughter, andra, was born 1/15/04 by scheduled

c-section, and was 8 lbs 9 oz and 22 " long. Everything went fine and

we are both doing well.

Miranda is doing well. Surprisingly she's actually gone up in the

charts. Although her geneticist is still pretty certain about her RSS

diagnosis (she has many of the features), recently at Miranda's 2-year

checkup she actually measured above 50% for height and has gone above

10% for weight. Feeding her is still a daily struggle, but she's

obviously getting enough.

I just thought I'd share one of our tricks for getting extra calories

into her. Miranda usually has an aversion to high-fat foods (girl

eats like a humming bird, all she ever wants is fruit and bread). But

she loves oyster crackers, so to add calories we fill the crackers

with high-calorie foods such as peanut butter or margarine. If you

press your fingernails along the edge of an oyster cracker you can get

it to crack neatly in half. Just put a dab of peanut buttern inside

and press it back together. She'll eat peanut butter if its hidden

like this.

As an aside, we are moving the two older girls into a bunk bed. Our 4

year old will be in the top bunk, with Miranda in the bottom. My only

concern with the top bunk is whether she'll be able to get to the

potty in time if she wakes in the middle of the night.

Elaine

Dorohtea (4), Miranda RSS (2), andra (0)