I can't explain how happy she is! She is never fussy- unless she is tired! She is like a different baby. Mommy and Daddy are happy to have this little bundle of joy that can actually enjoy the world in which she lives. We took her off of the prevacid for her acid reflux, and she has been doing so well. She is now down to one medication that keeps the UTI's from coming back- and that's it! Yay! We see the nephrology specialist in a couple weeks- hopefully that will help us see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Milestones: She is going to crawl any day! She has been scooting backwards for awhile now. She pushes up on her hands and knees and sometimes stands on just her hands and feet! How cute!
She has decided that she likes to roll to her stomach during nap time, but gets mad and can't or won't roll back over to lay on her back! Needless to say, she is learning to love sleeping on her tummy. :)
She still has the most adorable smile I have ever seen- and she gets more cuddly every day!
She started eating food and so far loves sweet potatoes and bananas! I can't imagine having to eat the same food for a whole week- but I guess it's better than 6 months worth of milk!
So happy to be a mommy!
I'm gonna be a Big Sister!
I'm gonna be a Big Sister!
Monday, December 28, 2009
First Christmas and "whats that? DayCare?"
The holiday season was filled with joy and laughter! Jaeda loved trying to open her gifts. We had to devote an entire room to her toys already!!!
I have really enjoyed my time off work to spend with my baby girl. She has been feeling great and so happy! We continue to work on the napping- the holiday traveling did not help the situation! She is typically napping 3 times a day now and waking up once at night. We are now working to make the schedule much more time sensitive because she will be starting daycare in early January!
We are very excited but scared for this adventure called daycare! I have always planned on her going to daycare, but then she arrived- and I was sobbing in the hospital saying " I DON'T WANT HER TO GO TO DAYCARE!" Tears of hormones rolled down my face that day! I was lucky to be a stay at home mom for the first 4 months! And we thankfully had my mom and mother inlaw to watch her in our home the last couple of months. But now is the time. I want her to grow and prosper! I want her to grow into a beautiful little girl without seperation anxiety (which she is already getting!) I want her to meet and play with other kids her age and learn what it means to share- even if means sharing little Tommy's cold. I want her to be in an environment where she can be educated and learn all there is to know about letters, numbers and colors! What a wonderful place it will be for her to explore!
I have really enjoyed my time off work to spend with my baby girl. She has been feeling great and so happy! We continue to work on the napping- the holiday traveling did not help the situation! She is typically napping 3 times a day now and waking up once at night. We are now working to make the schedule much more time sensitive because she will be starting daycare in early January!
We are very excited but scared for this adventure called daycare! I have always planned on her going to daycare, but then she arrived- and I was sobbing in the hospital saying " I DON'T WANT HER TO GO TO DAYCARE!" Tears of hormones rolled down my face that day! I was lucky to be a stay at home mom for the first 4 months! And we thankfully had my mom and mother inlaw to watch her in our home the last couple of months. But now is the time. I want her to grow and prosper! I want her to grow into a beautiful little girl without seperation anxiety (which she is already getting!) I want her to meet and play with other kids her age and learn what it means to share- even if means sharing little Tommy's cold. I want her to be in an environment where she can be educated and learn all there is to know about letters, numbers and colors! What a wonderful place it will be for her to explore!
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
The most wonderful gift... the happy side to the first 6 months.
As I was thinking about what to post next, I realized that although my baby Jaeda has had a rough first months to say the least, she has had equally as many wonderful milestones along the way. Jaeda was brought into this world on June 18th 2009. She was 6 lbs 12 oz. And she came out hungry! Unfortunately they made the poor girl wait a couple hours before she got the first nibble.
Her first check up the next week was, we will say, "normal." Everything about this child from hiccuping to sneezing is "normal." In fact I couldn't get a question in while this doctor would say a laundry list of things that were "normal" for a baby to go through! Needless to say we didn't stay with that doctor! On July 4th we put the munchkin in the stroller and walked down for the parade. She fell asleep half way through and even slept through the fire trucks!
On July 14th we took her to the doctor to have her belly button checked. We are avid golf players, but were worried to see one on our daugther's tummy! That's how big her belly button was protruding. However, no worries!, its NORMAL! Just a herniated belly button that she has since then out grown.
On July 24th she slept for 5 hours in a row! I was in heaven... if only it lasted!
She has attended fun showers, birthday parties, and family outings! She got to go to the pool on August 6th with her 'cousin' Bailey! Loves the water!!! The zoo was also a fun adventure! She was baptized in a beautiful park in August. (That perfect experience is whole other story!)
Since she was 2 months old she wanted to sit up all the time. She just wanted to see the world! She was already standing with help at the start of September and now she stands while hanging onto things!
When she was 3 months she rolled from her tummy to her back once...and it has never happened again!!! She rolled from her back to her tummy at the start of 5 months and rolls all day long!
She has lots of fuzzy hair growing in... we still can't tell what color it is- it depends on the light. :)
She loves giving big sloppy kisses, bath time, and playing with toys! She has the cutest smile and reaches for mommy and daddy. I could stare at her perfect little face all day long!
So there are my random thoughts of the last 6 months. The biggest joys in my life have come from the smallest gift, my baby Jaeda.
Her first check up the next week was, we will say, "normal." Everything about this child from hiccuping to sneezing is "normal." In fact I couldn't get a question in while this doctor would say a laundry list of things that were "normal" for a baby to go through! Needless to say we didn't stay with that doctor! On July 4th we put the munchkin in the stroller and walked down for the parade. She fell asleep half way through and even slept through the fire trucks!
On July 14th we took her to the doctor to have her belly button checked. We are avid golf players, but were worried to see one on our daugther's tummy! That's how big her belly button was protruding. However, no worries!, its NORMAL! Just a herniated belly button that she has since then out grown.
On July 24th she slept for 5 hours in a row! I was in heaven... if only it lasted!
She has attended fun showers, birthday parties, and family outings! She got to go to the pool on August 6th with her 'cousin' Bailey! Loves the water!!! The zoo was also a fun adventure! She was baptized in a beautiful park in August. (That perfect experience is whole other story!)
Since she was 2 months old she wanted to sit up all the time. She just wanted to see the world! She was already standing with help at the start of September and now she stands while hanging onto things!
When she was 3 months she rolled from her tummy to her back once...and it has never happened again!!! She rolled from her back to her tummy at the start of 5 months and rolls all day long!
She has lots of fuzzy hair growing in... we still can't tell what color it is- it depends on the light. :)
She loves giving big sloppy kisses, bath time, and playing with toys! She has the cutest smile and reaches for mommy and daddy. I could stare at her perfect little face all day long!
So there are my random thoughts of the last 6 months. The biggest joys in my life have come from the smallest gift, my baby Jaeda.
Nap time
We are starting to get our baby girl on a nap schedule! We can finally lay her down awake and with just a little crying, if any, she is fast asleep. Her naps are typically around an hour long. She is up for 1.5 hours and then back down for another nap! Finally, for my sanity, I can get some things done around the house!
Things I will write about:
Starting solid foods!
She starts Day Care in January- scared mommy and daddy!
Things I will write about:
Starting solid foods!
She starts Day Care in January- scared mommy and daddy!
Nearly 6 months later and a day off....
It is nearly 6 months after I have given birth to a beautiful baby girl. I finally have a day off of work and have been inspired to blog. I am not sure why- as I am sure after this blizzard clears and I am back to work, the time to write a blog will be nearly non-existent.
My daughter is perfect in my eyes! She's beautiful, smiley, happy, playful, starting to sleep more and healthy! The journey to get to this perfect baby has taken nearly 6 months! It started shortly after coming home from the hospital...Irritable...diarriah...irritable...arching her back...irritable...hiccups...irritable...not sleeping...irritable...girggly tummy...not always wanting to eat...irritable...acid reflux ...irritable...urinary track infection...irritable...constipated...irritable.
We had been to the doctor several times, even the ER once. The ER doctor says "Oh she has colic" and hands me a brochure on how to soothe a colicky baby. I was thinking "RIGHT... she has been screaming, having diarrhea, eating like she had never eaten in her life, and slept under an hour today- because she has colic!" I'm glad your decade of school taught you nothing about babies! Come to find out (at the doctor the next day) she had an intestinal virus that would clear up on its own.
So my mom and I researched her symptoms online and spoke to other parents. After awhile we realize that it seems a lot like silent reflux (acid reflux without the spitting up.) I call the doctor and tell them "she has all of the symptoms of silent reflux. She gets irritable, arches her back, doesn't eat well at times, and gets the hiccups!" He hands my husband and I a prescription for prev acid and $140 dollars later we are on our way to a happy baby, so we thought!
The first few days of being on the medicine proved to be helpful. She was less irritable and much more content. However after those three days it was like we had a fussy baby back on our hands. This time is was random irritability. She started spitting up more and could not be soothed easily. Back to the doctor we went for her 4 month check up. After some tests, we found out that she had a UTI. She started an antibiotic and a day or two later seemed much better! But now she was constipated! Between the Prev acid, Tylenol, and antibiotic she just couldn't go and was still uncomfortable!!! So now we added in milk of magnesia, because she would NOT drink prune juice! Two days later... explosion in the diaper! For three nights in a row she slept 7 to 8 solid hours! Now that was amazing! I hadn't gotten sleep like that for months! After those 3 nights it was back to being up 2-3x's a night. :(
The next week we are at the hospital doing some tests to find out why she got the UTI. Ultrasound, catheter, and a VCUG. We find out that she does have a reflux and this is what can cause her infection. When we go back to the doctor for a check up nothing more is prescribed, but she is a perfect baby!
She had a few great weeks- super happy, couldn't ask for anything more(besides sleep). Then two weeks ago she starts getting irritable again, spitting up more, but no fever. She didn't have a fever with her first UTI either so I was convinced that is probably what it was. After a week of not getting better, we took her in, and got her tested. This was a Thursday and the results wouldn't be back until MONDAY! Luckily the doctor started her on an antibiotic in the mean time. Sure enough, the call from the doctor confirms it is a UTI. Now she has prescribed a prophylactic for when she is done with the antibiotic to keep it from reoccurring. In the mean time she is still waking twice a night! But is a happy baby once again!
My daughter is perfect in my eyes! She's beautiful, smiley, happy, playful, starting to sleep more and healthy! The journey to get to this perfect baby has taken nearly 6 months! It started shortly after coming home from the hospital...Irritable...diarriah...irritable...arching her back...irritable...hiccups...irritable...not sleeping...irritable...girggly tummy...not always wanting to eat...irritable...acid reflux ...irritable...urinary track infection...irritable...constipated...irritable.
We had been to the doctor several times, even the ER once. The ER doctor says "Oh she has colic" and hands me a brochure on how to soothe a colicky baby. I was thinking "RIGHT... she has been screaming, having diarrhea, eating like she had never eaten in her life, and slept under an hour today- because she has colic!" I'm glad your decade of school taught you nothing about babies! Come to find out (at the doctor the next day) she had an intestinal virus that would clear up on its own.
So my mom and I researched her symptoms online and spoke to other parents. After awhile we realize that it seems a lot like silent reflux (acid reflux without the spitting up.) I call the doctor and tell them "she has all of the symptoms of silent reflux. She gets irritable, arches her back, doesn't eat well at times, and gets the hiccups!" He hands my husband and I a prescription for prev acid and $140 dollars later we are on our way to a happy baby, so we thought!
The first few days of being on the medicine proved to be helpful. She was less irritable and much more content. However after those three days it was like we had a fussy baby back on our hands. This time is was random irritability. She started spitting up more and could not be soothed easily. Back to the doctor we went for her 4 month check up. After some tests, we found out that she had a UTI. She started an antibiotic and a day or two later seemed much better! But now she was constipated! Between the Prev acid, Tylenol, and antibiotic she just couldn't go and was still uncomfortable!!! So now we added in milk of magnesia, because she would NOT drink prune juice! Two days later... explosion in the diaper! For three nights in a row she slept 7 to 8 solid hours! Now that was amazing! I hadn't gotten sleep like that for months! After those 3 nights it was back to being up 2-3x's a night. :(
The next week we are at the hospital doing some tests to find out why she got the UTI. Ultrasound, catheter, and a VCUG. We find out that she does have a reflux and this is what can cause her infection. When we go back to the doctor for a check up nothing more is prescribed, but she is a perfect baby!
She had a few great weeks- super happy, couldn't ask for anything more(besides sleep). Then two weeks ago she starts getting irritable again, spitting up more, but no fever. She didn't have a fever with her first UTI either so I was convinced that is probably what it was. After a week of not getting better, we took her in, and got her tested. This was a Thursday and the results wouldn't be back until MONDAY! Luckily the doctor started her on an antibiotic in the mean time. Sure enough, the call from the doctor confirms it is a UTI. Now she has prescribed a prophylactic for when she is done with the antibiotic to keep it from reoccurring. In the mean time she is still waking twice a night! But is a happy baby once again!
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