At the dentist

So if I have a crown, and am I now a queen!

Kept busy

Oh my gosh... What a freaking week.  I think this picture best explains where we've been.

We've been struggling with keeping Isaac eating, and by Tuesday morning, early, we were all miserable.  Isaac was up several times that night, and at 5 am, had not eaten in over 12 hours, and hadn't had any wet diapers.  We decided not to wait until the doctor was open, and went to the ER.  They got us back quickly (unlike the 7 hour wait the week before).  They did x-rays and blood work.  A few hours later they admitted him.  

It was determined that (even after antibiotics that started on Sunday) his ears had gotten MUCH worse.  He also tested positive for RSV.

They decided not to do a swallow test, becuase after the speech therapist watched him eat (and tried feeding him), they determined that most of the issues had to do with combinations of him being sick, and nothing more.  They gave me some tips to help him eat better, sucking out his nose before each feedings, and swaddelign him, to keep him 'less distracted' by his moving body.  The goal right now is 24oz/per day.  Yesterday we got to 21oz, so we're headed in the right direction.   

We ended up staying 2 nights, and the antibiotic seemed to make such a difference.  He was back to my happy baby the morning they released us (Friday).  Yesterday, I caught up on all the stuff that had been ignored all week. 

There was a light snow that came in the first night we were there.  When Travis came to visit the next morning, he and Isaac stood at the window and watched it fall.

He has a nervous thing he does, in scratching his head.  He'll also do it when he is really upset (crying).  With his IV on the top of his head, he grabbed it a couple times.  We've figured out that the gloves they make for babies don't work, he can get them off... however, SOCKS work great.  My Mom got him these socks for Christmas (because "every baby needs a pair of Santa socks").  He would look at the 'man' on his hands and smile... it was cute!

I'm glad to be home.  And I'm looking forward to having my healthy happy baby back.

Pediatric Urgent Care

So... it's been a long day.

By 4pm, Isaac had only eaten 8 ounces.

That's not ok.  I'm not ok with that.

We took him to the pediatric urgent care.

And they listened.

They really listened to me.

They agreed that something was wrong.

So now we have been told he needs a swallow study and a developmental review.

I hate that it's taken so long to get what he needs, but I'm happy we're getting somewhere.

We're calling the doctor tomorrow to get these referrals started on, so we can get him better.

Saturday Morning

On weekends, if Isaac get's up early, one of us goes and changes him, the other makes the bottle and feeds him. This morning, I changed him, then went and crawled back into bed.  Trav kept Isaac in the other room, and about 10am, came back in with him.  He brought him in to snuggle.

There is no better way to spend my Saturday morning then suuggeling with my little guy.  I really don't want him to get in the habit of being in our bed, (since it's so hard to break), so I think that we'll keep this as our very limited Saturday morning thing.

But it was awesome!

25 Ounces

Never would I believe that I could be SO THRILLED about this number, but it's the number of ounces that Isaac ate today!

He's supposed to be at 30 ounces per day.

This is the closest we've gotten in weeks.  We still had to fight him, and there still was 45 minuet feeding sessions.

BUT

HE

ATE

25

OUNCES


!!!!!


And that's a great way to start the weekend!

PS: It's crazy warm here today, like 69*, we actually put a jacket on Isaac and took a walk around the neighborhood.  He sat in his stroller for the first time!!  I took a picture, I'll try to upload it tomorrow.  So cute!

Hard day

Today was a really hard day with Isaac's eating.  We got close to 20 ounces, but still not close to 30 ounces.

He also didn't sleep well, and woke up about every 45 minuets, which meant that I never could get to far into any one project I needed to get done.

By the time Trav came home from work, I told him I resigned from being Mom for the evening.  I'm so blessed that he happily took over 100% of care for Isaac, and I got to work out in the bedroom and even got a backrub before bed, and generally recharge!

I love that guy.  Well, both my guys, even if today was rough!

Updates!

Ok, I've worked on the digital side of my blog a little bit, so this is probably all you can count on as a post today.

The one thing you'll want to check out is the new tab on the top that says MONTH BY MONTH.


When Isaac was born, we decided to get a build a bear for both him and his birth mom.  We got one for her, not only to have, but so she would have something the same as him, and could see compared to the bear, how big he was getting.

I know my mom LOVES these pictures, and has told several people about them (even if they aren't adopting, they get the bear for grandparents out of town).