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Reflux, the Pumpkin Patch and Pictures

Little One has reflux.  It's fairly common I believe and usually it's simply a laundry issue.  All the spitting up has increased the laundry around here a ton.  However, her reflux has gotten worse and a few nights ago I woke up to her choking.  No parent wants to wake up to that.  In addition, she's been congested and coughing.  No fever and no other symptoms of having a cold.  So off to the doctor we went.  She starting taking Zantac 2 days ago.  It takes about 2 weeks to take full effect but already I think we're seeing a difference.  She's coughing less, no choking last night and it even seems she's spitting up less.  I am hoping the medication is actually whats working.  I absolutely hate giving babies medication but I'm also very thankful that there are medications that truly can help our little ones. 

Last weekend we headed to a local pumpkin patch.  The cost to do their activities was $9 per person.  Ridiculous in our opinion.  Especially since Precise Prince didn't really care if we did activities and with me carrying Little One in a sling, I wasn't going to be doing anything but watching.  So we headed off to a place that was further away but had some free activities.  The activities were geared to younger kids but it was enough to satisfy Creative Princess who really did want to do some activities.  This weekend we'll be carving the pumpkins the kids picked out.

I laid her down to wash my hands and she was happy so I worked on getting a few dishes done.  She fell asleep.

Two beautiful girls!

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Smiling baby:

She's cute even when she cries.

Sisters

"Playing"  with her toys.

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In my last post, I wrote about Little One's funky diapers.  Well, after almost two weeks of being dairy free, she had a day of normal diapers, only to return to mucusy ones.  Alas, I have cut out a lot more foods to see if we can get this under control.  I didn't cut out as much as I did with Creative Princess but almost.  I have seen some signs that things may be improving but the jury is still out.  Mostly I want to be sure that things don't escalate to the point that Little One hurts.  Right now it seems she isn't hurting (although there were a few days I wondered if she was hurting.)

I had more to blog but I can't remember what.  I rarely get on the computer during a time I have two hands available to type.  I'll just add some pictures and leave it at that.

Burping time

She was smiling but of course, once the camera came out, we couldn't get a picture.

My youngest niece and her dad

One of Little One's cousins

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The past few weeks

A little background:  Creative Princess had a severe milk allergy until she was 7.  We discovered it when she was only a few months old and I was nursing her.  I avoided the foods she was allergic to (which included egg) and continued nursing her until she was 2.  So I have some experience with food allergies in a breastfed baby.

(Warning: poop discussion following)  I noticed a few weeks ago that Little One's diapers seemed off.  Her poo wasn't the brown, seedy poop of a breastfed baby.  This was after we stopped having to supplement with formula due to low blood sugar problems. Having gone through what I did with Creative Princess, I decided to take all milk products out of my diet.  Lo and behold, her poos have been more normal for a couple of days (after a week off milk).  She had her one month dr. appt. today and she confirmed that milk was probably the culprit.  Looks like I'll be going without dairy for awhile.

Little One's check up went great today.  She's gained two pounds since birth and is 2 inches taller.

Sleeping has been going pretty well.  Most nights we start off with a 3 or 4 hour stretch.  Two nights ago, it was 5 hours.  Little One seems to be making her own schedule.  She's has awake time in the morning and evening.  Some evening's she is a bit fussy, but not too bad.  She cluster feeds most evenings-Precise Prince did the same.  I don't mind the cluster feeding but it makes it a challenge to go anywhere in the evening.  Plus I don't want to be judged for it.  Funny, I normally don't care what others think but I feel like I have to defend some of my parenting practices for babies-I feed on demand, refuse bottles for at least 5 weeks (we will start a bottle soon in hopes Little One will take expressed milk occasionally), don't do pacifiers, like baby wearing, don't start solids before  baby is 6 months and sitting on her own, support co-sleeping (and we do co-sleep for part of the night, some nights), and I don't schedule my baby.  Now, I don't care if others don't do things the way I do as long as they are taking care of their babies.  I would say more on these issues but really, I need to go to bed and still have a few more things to type.



I turned 40 recently.  We're having a small BBQ this weekend to celebrate but for my actual birthday, my family spoiled me.  I got a comfy blanket, a new shirt and a gift card to Gene Juarez (can't wait to get a massage but will need to wait until Little One is nursing less.)  My dear older daughter baked me a cake (milk free) and my son cooked dinner (Cornish hens, potatos and corn).  My husband cleaned up and I just relaxed.  It was a perfect day!

Other pictures to share:

Cousins

My niece wouldn't let me get a picture of her holding the baby but her fiance would.  He is a natural!

I didn't go to our church retreat this year.  The night before I didn't get much sleep and the thought of being exhausted and having to nurse undercover in 80 degree weather did not sound good.  World Traveler took the big kids and had fun as usual.

I had to add a couple pictures of me with Little One.  I only have a few.