2 Months Old and NO More Binkis!!

 

Yesterday, Kaden turned 2 months old! It’s really been two months already?! He’s been a little cranky lately and has been wanting to be held a lot! I decreased the amount of Rice Cereal we were putting in his bottles because it was so hard for him to get the formula out and we were constantly having to shake the bottle thru the feeding just to make it work.  I think that may have affected the reflux…I started putting a full scoop back in today. We will just deal with the constant shaking. : ) I tried a faster nipple but he couldn’t keep up with what was coming out. 

Perhaps the most exciting news of the month is that Olivia has FINALLY given up her binky! She took her binky's to the store and traded them in for a new Leap Frog Computer.  She gave them to the lady and the lady promised that she would give them to the binky fairy for her so that she could pass them out to all of the other babies in the world. : ) Nap time when we got home went horrible! She screamed and sobbed and ravaged her room looking for binky’s for 2 hours before I finally gave up and let her get up and sit on the couch with me.  Night time didn’t go so well that night either.  She cried for quite awhile but it only took her about an hour to fall asleep.  The second day was a bit better and by the third day, she stopped asking for it completely! She even brought me one that she found and she threw it in the garbage without one single complaint! I am so very proud of little Preschooler!! The sobs coming from  her room were heart breaking and exhausting but I knew she could do it! She is becoming such a big little girl and she makes me laugh every day with the silly things she says!

On a sadder note, we took our Dog Gypsy in last month because her head seemed to be sinking in and we were very worried.  Turns out, she has enlarged heart. Her heart should measure at a 9 and it measures at 13.  She also has fluid on her lungs.  I thought she was doing better since we put her on the meds, but lately she seems to dragging a lot again.  Last night I tried to wake her up to get her off the couch and it took me forever just to get her to stir!  We need to take her back before her meds run out and reassess.  If she is doing worse, then we need to make the decision to put her down. :( I am not ready to have to explain this to Livie…It’s going to be hard. : (

7 Weeks!

Kaden is now 7 weeks old?!! Where did the time go?! Since my last post, we have made some progress with the acid reflux.  Kaden had an Upper GI to rule out a condition called Pylorics Stenosis which would need to be corrected with Surgery, Luckyily, he does not have it! The noises, the choking, the coughing….they have continued, but they switched his formula again to a one that has rice starch in it and it seems to have help with the gasping and the noises when he eats.  They also have him on Prevacid now and I really am not seeing much of a difference…not like I did when they put Livie on it.  He almost always gags at some point if he is flat on his back for a period of time and he is very raspy after feedings and when he sleeps.  His bed is inclined at night and I do my best to keep him in an upright position most of the day. 

We saw a new Pediatrician the other day, mostly for a second opinion, but he pretty much agreed with the other Pediatrician about the acid reflux but also said he could have a bit of a swallowing issue as well and wants us to have another x-ray done.  We aren’t really sure what to do at this point.  He seems to be doing fine with feedings as long as we use that rice formula and keep a very slow nipple on his bottles.  These x-rays are not an ordinary x-ray and they cost thousands of dollars.  At this point, we both kind of feel like he is doing fine and if a problem arises in the future then we will look into it. 

Olivia is having so much fun at Preschool and has had such a desire to learn lately!  We do number quizzes and she is constantly asking “what letter is this” and “what shape is this” when she sees an object. She found a piece of paper on the floor the other day from something I had cut out and she said “Mom, look! It’s the letter L! Today is about the letter L!” LOL She sings “there are 7 weeks in a day”, I know that’s a little backwards but she will catch on! hahaha. When we read a story she sits down next to me on the couch and says, “Let’s begin.” LOL She is just growing up so fast and she is so smart! We are so blessed to have two beautiful, wonderful kiddos!

I recently did a mini photo shoot with the kids the other day at the park. The wind was blowing like crazy and Kaden wanted nothing to do with it, but I ended up with a few good shots. : )

Hope all is well with everyone! We love you and miss you all so much! Can’t wait to see everyone at Christmas!