Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Update...

Ryan and I have been doing good. We're slowly starting back into the home improvements we put on hold after we had Chloe. We have SO much to do. Ryan's been very busy at work lately. He's going to be taking care of Chloe after I go back to work so he's been getting prepared for that. His mom is going to come up next week when I go back to work to help Ryan with the transition. I know he'll do fine...he is such a good dad. My first day back to work is Sept 2. I'm going to miss Chloe SO much!! I'm so jealous of all the moms that get to stay home with their children, but, I am thankful that I have a good, secure job and good health benefits in a not so stable economy. Upon doing some research, we suspect that Chloe was misdiagnosed with colic...we think she has silent reflux. She has over 50% of the symptoms associated with it. We took her to the dr yesterday because her throat was very hoarse. Our dr prescribed her zantac so we'll see how it goes. We started her first dose last night (she gets it twice a day) and this morning her voice/cry was already starting to sound normal again. We also put her on a formula for babies with reflux (has rice already added) and that made a HUGE improvement. With the gentle formula she was on previously she would only eat 1.5-2 oz and she would cry during feedings. As soon as we started the new formula she was eating 4 oz with no problem! My goodness, these past weeks have been a roller coaster ride!! She seems much more content now. And she now weighs 8 lbs 10 oz (she's in the 25th percentile). She is just so petite! She is getting to be so much fun when she's awake though...smiling and cooing. Life is good!

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Going back to work is tough. At least Ryan will be with her and she won't be in daycare. I still don't like leaving Hailey with the babysitter. Matt & I were just talking about her staying the night at his moms. I'm not happy about it, but I think that we are going to have his mom keep her in a couple of weeks so that we can go to dinner for my birthday. We'll see how it goes.

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