Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Exciting Times!

Time seems to get away from me some how! So much has happened since my last post! Some fun, some not so fun. Let's start with the not-so-fun...
A week ago today, we had our first trip to the ER. Disclaimer: given the chance to do it again, I wouldn't have gone to the ER so quickly. But you know what they say about hind sight. We all know Dax has acid reflux. After nursing one side at his 6:30pm feeding he spit up blood. My first thought was that the acid irritated his throat to the point of making it bleed. I called my pedi office (which was closed) and spoke to the on-call nurse. Her advice was to take him to the ER, so I did. I called Cameron who, bless his heart was still at work, and told him to meet me at Texas Children's Hospital. We arrived at 7pm and were seen by the admitting nurses pretty quickly. Not too much more waiting before we were taken back to an exam room. Wouldn't you know we got there at the dreaded shift change, which always makes things go so much slower. When the ER doc arrived he did a total physical exam and took a look at the burp cloth with the bloody spit up. Dax was in a great mood, blowing bubbles and gurgling the whole time. Dr. Ho wasn't convinced that the blood came from the baby, meaning me. So the doc's advice was to change Dax's acid reflux medication and for me to feed him from one side only for two days and then switch. I didn't rush to fill the script for the new meds. I wanted to speak to our pedi first. I did decide to follow the instructions to nurse on one side, pump the other, and give him a bottle to make up for what he wasn't getting from nursing a full two sides. At 10pm we were still waiting for the discharge papers. By this time Dax is way over due for a meal and really ready for bedtime. Cameron told us to go ahead home and he would finish up at the hospital. As I was exiting 1463 Cameron called me and informed me that the nurse needed to take another set of vitals on Dax. I politely told him to tell her tough you-know-what. He said she was a little peeved, but she would get over it, or not! The next day, when I spoke to Dr. Phillips, he agreed that we don't need to change his medication. He also didn't think it was necessary to only feed on one side. I also spoke to my lactation specialist who said that 99% of the time any blood in a baby's spit up is from the mom (crack/fissure or broken blood vessel). Dax hasn't had any more instances of bloody spit-up since then!
Not-so-fun event number 2: Earlier this month Cameron bought me a fancy smancy video monitor for Dax's nursery. I LOVED it...until a few nights ago. Dax usually wakes up at 11:45ish and 3:45ish to eat. Keep that in mind. Monday morning I wake up at 6:45. Yes, that's right. We skipped two feedings, and my son DOESN'T skip feedings. I reached over to my monitor and punched the button to turn on the picture and what do I see? NO SIGNAL across what should have been my sweet boy. I sprint into his room to find that he has completely busted himself out of his Velcro swaddle blanket. Who knows HOW long he cried and screamed and squirmed. I felt terrible and Summer Infant had to bare the brunt of it. I am getting a new video monitor out of this whole deal. So, the following night to compensate for being a horrible mother that doesn't wake up when her son needs her, I set my phone alarm to go off three times through out the night so I could check to see if my monitor was functioning properly!
On to the fun stuff! We have had Dax sleeping in his crib in his room for a week and a half now! We are successfully crying it out (when needed) for naps! Dax loves to play with his Big Boy 4mo old sippee cup. He is obsessed with putting his fingers, or whole hands in his mouth! He is getting more control of his arms and is able to bring toys up to his and into his mouth. He can roll from his tummy to his back when propped up on a small pillow. We have a standing lunch date with some girlfriends and their babies. We also have a standing swimming date on Fridays. We get together with other fams on Friday nights for fun dinners. Dax loves to smile, blow bubbles and stick out his tongue. And he is particularly amused when you copy him doing these things! Dax had his 4mo check up today. He is 27in long and weighs 17lbs and 1oz. Doc said he looks great and is meeting the developmental check points. He had to get two shots today and he only cried for about 30 seconds! Tough guy like his Daddy already!
I think I am a month behind on my Smile Box creations! I need to do month 3 and month 4!! Stay tuned!

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Monday, July 18, 2011

Family Reunion

I was really dreading our drive to Waco for our Family Reunion!  However, Dax really surprised at how great he did!  He was a trooper!  Baby Einstein saved us!  I didn't take any pictures at Cameron Park, so when I get sent some I will have to add them!

Lunch Bunch

Megan and I started a Thursday Lunch Bunch!  Here we are ready to go to Panera!

Play Date at Allie's

Here is Dax's girlfriend, Allie!  Well, he has to share her with Jake!  Allie is 6mo old!  Such a cutie!  We try to get the "itty bitties" together for a play date once a week!  At this point our play dates are more for the mommies than the babies!  They just roll around and gurgle at each other! 

Bible Dedication

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