Callie's 2 month check up

I reached the end of the rope after last night's crying sessions and sleeplessness for both Callie and I.  I finally decided: this is NOT normal, something is going on with her.  Her calm demeanor started to diminish about 2 weeks ago, when she turned 6 weeks old.  According to the internet, however, this is the age of "peak fussiness" for most babies, so I assumed it was just a stage.  Her symptoms were non-specific, but included: wanting to be carried around the clock, specifically in an upward position (over the shoulder), crying spells lasting hours upon hours (especially around bedtime), drooling, gassiness, hiccups, and just overall fussiness.

After some research on Monday, I diagnosed her as having colic.  I made a trip out to the mall and bought some simethicone gas drops and colic gripe water.  Within minutes....the treatments seemed to work wonders, as her cries turned to coos....and we were thrilled!  This was a one trick pony, however, because the next day the fussiness returned (but not as bad).  

Over the next three days, the symptoms seemed to be escalating again, and I was suspecting she had reflux.  Her cries started to sound like she was actually in pain and one night her voice became hoarse from crying so darn much!  She also started gagging during some feedings and would only drink an ounce or so of milk at a time.  The most worrisome symptom was her coughing herself awake and then gasping for air once she awoke.  After seeing this...I moved up her 2 month check up appointment to today and it literally took less than 1 minute for the doctor to confirm that she has reflux.  (She noted the bubbly saliva, watery eyes, and she could also hear her "swallowing" a lot after each hiccup).  The diagnosis was actually a relief, because I was worried the doctor would tell me "it's just the age, the fussiness is normal."  So she is now going to take Pepcid to reduce the acid and heal the esophagus, which is probably very irritated and raw.

Other than that, (lol), Callie is perfectly fine!  She is tipping the scales at 12 lb 10.9 oz (85%!!) and measured 23 inches long (80%).  {Sadie was 11 lb 2.4 oz, and 24 inches}  Because her growth is so good, the doctor is not worried at all about this acid problem.  The plan is to take it for 2 weeks, then see from there if she needs to continue (until she starts solids).

*On a side note: today was one of the craziest days....while I was talking to the doctor about Callie....my phone was blowing up.  After we were done, I saw Sadie's school and Vail were both calling me.  Apparently, Sadie has green boogers and some blood streaks in her nose, so they wanted us to pick her up.  Obviously, I had my hands full (can't believe the timing....all 3 grandparents are off-island) so Vail left work, picked Sadie up and headed to the doctor as we left the doctor and were headed home.  Sadie ended up being fine, and actually the doctor recommended we take her to the beach to clean out all the junk in her sinuses (since she STILL does not know how to blow her nose).  Right now, I'm enjoying a few moments of peace as both girlies are sleeping (this must be the calm before the storm!)....gonna be a long day and even longer night by myself once they awake!

Gobble gobble...Thanksgiving 2012

Paisley, Chase, and Sadie had a "We are Thankful" luncheon at school.  Luckily, daddy was able to run away from work for awhile to see the performance and enjoy the turkey lunch.  Although Sadie did not really sing the song (but we could hear Paisley loud and clear!), she did stand nicely in line and seemed to enjoy the attention.  She was also very proud of the turkey that she made (using an outline of her hand as the feathers, and her foot as the body).

Sadie's Parent Teacher Conference

It's so strange....to have a parent teacher conference for a two year old preschooler!  It was really neat though, to hear about Sadie's behaviors from an outside perspective.  She had nothing short of rave reviews from her teacher, Miss Mika, who used word such as: confident, comfortable, thorough, playful, happy, energetic, and social.  She showed us a few of Sadie's drawings and paintings and pointed out some details from that demonstrate these characteristics.  For example: the drawings were large, and covered most of the area of paper --> confidence, the crayon impressions were dark --> also confidence, she used 2 sides of the paper --> thorough, detailed.  Miss Mika also told us what we already know about Sadie, which is that "you will know when she wants to do something and when she doesn't want to do something."  Interestingly, however, at school she doesn't throw tantrums or cry like she does at home, instead, she tells Miss Mika she "doesn't want" or "no."  Finally, Miss Mika did come up with 2 areas for Sadie to improve on: 1) Running in the classroom 2) Potty training.

Beach bound

Our little swimsuit models

The girls....shredding the 6" waves

Callie....staying high and dry, and out of the sun

BIG Little sister

"WOW"....that's what daddy and mommy both said at Callie's one month weigh in when the scale registered a whopping 9 lbs 13.9 ounces!  Which, doesn't sound like that much, but that's a weight gain of almost 3 & 1/2 pounds in one month, and to put it into further perspective, big sister Sadie was 8 lb 6.3 oz at this same age.  She also measured 1/4 inch longer than Sadie...guess all this growing is a result of her being a VERY good eater and a pretty good sleeper as well.

A smile (after doo doo!)

"Who the heck are you?"

11/13/2012

11/17/2012 - "TICK"