Men: Not what you think.
I got the kids dressed and ready to attend preschool story time at the local library this morning. It started at 10, and I'm proud to admit that I got there at a measley 10:03. Not bad for two kids in diapers, I think.
We were too late, though. Apparently, this story time deal is a big one, and the stroller patrol gets there a half an hour early just for a chance to get into story time. I'm not kidding. They only let 72 kids into the story room, and the librarian snickered when I asked at 10:03 if we could go in to listen to the stories.
She told me that my best bet was to get there at least 30 minutes ahead of time and try to get a number to go in.
Who knew Mother Goose still had it?
As far as nursing, the lactation cosultant basically told me to tell the pediatrician where she could stick it. She showed me how which growth chart you use will wildly change percentiles. The doctor was apparently using a growth chart supplied by Ross Pharmaceuticals (formula company) - so Chris' 3rd percentile wasn't really a fair assessment. She showed me World Health Organization and National Institute of Health growth charts for exclusively-breastfed, healthy babies, and he's on the 12th to 15th percentile.
Also, she told me that the chart contains data only for healthy children, not crack addicts and midgets, so he'd be in an even higher percentile if the chart included all babies, not just the healthy ones.
She set my mind at ease by telling me that she's seen scads of genuine Failure to Thrive kids and Chris doesn't look anything like any of them. He's just a bit of a dink, which makes sense since he has two short parents. She made me repeat after her "he's fine, he's fine, he's fine" and recommended that I start shopping around for another pediatrician, one who has more experience with exclusively breatfed babies.
So I feel a lot better after meeting with her. I have another feed and weigh scheduled at the first of the month, but I feel 95% convinced that I'm not starving my child.