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May 8, 2008

My baby girl, Ava, is now 6 wks. old and had a rough start. She has reflux and when she vomits (which is constantly!), it sometimes comes up through her nose. When she was born, this caused her to stop breathing which got her an apnea monitor and an extra day in the hospital to be monitored by a pediatrician (who charged $400 an hour to stand there and watch her all day! Thank God we have insurance!) and all kinds of blood tests, plus a CT scan to make sure it wasn't anything else. She'll be on the monitor until she's atleast 3 months. She hasn't stopped breathing since I brought her home. When it comes up her nose, she panics and holds her breath but she does start breathing again on her own with me rubbing her back and suctioning her nose. She hasn't held it long enough to make the monitor alarm (Thank God!). Her doctor put her on Zantac which I didn't think was working until I missed a dose! After spending the day cleaning up vomit that shot clear across the room, I'll never miss another dose again! I heard good things about the Dr. Brown bottles so I started using those and have noticed an improvement. We still go through countless bibs/burp cloths/outfits a day though. If we aren't going anywhere then I'll just strip her to her diaper and wrap her in a blanket. Easier to change blankets than whole outfits!

Her doctor has decided to send her to an ear, nose, and throat specialist to see why it keeps coming out her nose since her palate seems to be formed normally. She goes on Monday, May 12. I can't wait. I've never looked forward to taking one of my kids to the doctor but I just want them to tell me why she does this and to hopefully fix it or atleast tell me "she'll grow out of it."

She started out at 6 lbs. 8 oz, and was 18.8 inches long. She's now 9 lbs. 15 oz. and is 21 inches. She's growing great so she apparently is keeping SOMETHING down. She's getting rolls! She's so cute!

One thing that seems to be different than all the other "reflux babies" that I read about is that she just isn't a fussy baby. She's very content, (except when it's coming out her nose...) and she's alert and happy for several hours a day. Doesn't have any real crying fits, except when she's hungry or strapped in that dang car seat that she hates so much! My second daughter had colic and she cried CONSTANTLY. Now 10 years old, she still cries all the time! But Ava just isn't fussy at all. She sleeps very well. At night she sleeps from Midnight to 6:30/7 am and wakes happy and ready to eat! Occasionally she'll seem a bit gassy and whiney but I'll put her over my shoulder and pat her back and she's happy.

She's starting to "coo" but no smiles yet. She likes to stare at me and dad while we talk to her and she'll "talk" back a bit but still no real smiles. She talks to dad more than me...I'm the one who cleans up the vomit all day and she talks to HIM more?????? Ah well... She likes to stare at bright colors and will swat at toys hanging on her car seat. She doesn't get much tummy time because that usually ends in a vomit disaster! I imagine she'll take forever to roll over as she's always propped up on her back or in her car seat. I have a bassinet that raises up at one end which is GREAT. Don't know what we'll do when she graduates to the crib--guess I'll just prop the mattress up somehow. Changing diapers usually turns into a race against the vomit as I HAVE to put her on her back then.

Ava listening to me talk to her. 6 wks

Ava listening to her dad talk to her. 6 wks

Ava and her niece (yep, her niece!), Aubrie. 6 wks.

May 12, 2008
Ava went to the ENT specialist today and all is well. The doctor said her palate is normal and that it's just something that she's going to outgrow, probably by 4 months. She said her ped. was concerned that she might have a cleft palate that she just wasn't detecting but the specialist said it was completely normal, perfectly formed. She said if she didn't grow out of it by 4 months then they would stick a scope down her throat but that she didn't feel it was serious enough to torture her with now, at 7 wks. She did tell me to call her ped. and get her zantac dose adjusted because she's throwing up more. She said you have to constantly adjust the dosage for babies as they grow so I'll do that today. She also said that it might help to add a little bit more water than called for to her formula to thin it out and make it easier to get through her system before she pukes it back up and to feed her smaller amounts more often, instead of 4-5 oz. every 4 hrs. I'll TRY that. I don't know how well Ava will adjust to 2 oz. every 2 hrs. She'll be convinced that she's starving!! I was hoping the spec. would give me some magic medicine to make it all stop but figured she would tell me "she'll grow out of it." They held Ava down and stuck a stick in her mouth to hold her to tongue down while she took FOREVER to feel around on her palate. Ava was so p.o'd!! And of course she was gagging and choking. Poor baby. Then when they stopped she was looking at ME like I did it! I felt horrible!
She'll be 7 wks. tomorrow--about 2 more months to go!

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Mary-beth-c - 32.2 hours ago
omg girl your baby is sooooo cute. haha i ready your story here that you wrote and it sounds so much like kamrie. :) Kamrie is a pretty good baby as long as your holding her though!! hehe She's not spitting up like she use to that zantac is helping her. Did the doctor just put her on zantac? Cause kamrie is on zantac and reglan. It seems to be helping her. As long as i stay off the coke and spicy stuff she's fine too. haha Kamrie is weighing 12lbs and 7oz and she's 23 inches long. My babies are growing way to fast. It makes me sad. My son will be 3 on the 5th. :(

cko1522 - Wednesday, 14 May
Oh my gosh, your baby's reflux story is aweful! I hope she feels better soon. We just started Prevacid tonight, so I hope that goes well. My son has been having aweful spit up these last few days, and he is so uncomfortable. Its so sad. I breast fed for a while, but he was having latching issues and I was having supply issues, so I gave it up at 6 wks. I felt so guilty too. But, one way or another he will be nourished, and that is the important part. Anyway, I really hope your daughter feels better soon. Reflux sucks.

kikiea - Friday, 9 May
I'm sorry you and your baby are having such problems with refllux! Although, I know just how you feel!! I'm scared to bring my son into almost any stores... for fear that he throws up on things and I hve to pay for it!! And the only people I'm completely comfortable to allow to hold him are my mom and my sisters... everyone else, I have to be prepared to grab him away and apologize... He seems to be improving some... and as much as I want him to stay little forever... I can't wait until he grows out of this...

magali - Monday, 5 May
hey there how are you? i have a new blog for you to read!!

clairelouise - Friday, 2 May
God you had a hectic time with your daughter didnt you, glad shes doing well now though,
Ive just got back from the hospital, My appointment went really wel the midwife counseller i saw was great, went through everything and was so kind and listened to everything i said,
Ive deff decided against a c-section as the thought of if kind of scares me aswell.
Im seeing her again and we will do a birth plan together, she's going to take me on a tour of the delivery suite aswell,she said if i wanted a section she would come with me to see the obstetrition,i said its really the last thing i want,
She agreed i had a traumatic birth and when i said what i wanted she said theres no reason i cant have it,
I feel so much better now, But i dont think ill stop thinking about it until the time comes,
Anyway, glad your ok, take care of your little one,
thanks for replying,
claire, xxxxxxxxx

1blessedmomma - Friday, 2 May
Thanks, and congrats to you too. They are all sweet blessings from the Lord!!

clairelouise - Friday, 2 May
Hi ive jsut written you out a long message and deleted it, hee,hee, pregnancy does strange things to you doesnt it,
Im not too bad getting over the sickness and horrendous pain from my cysts, glad to be getting back into some normality now, Ive got a midwife appointmant today and a scan next friday,
how are you doing,? Ava is beautiful she looks very tiny was she very big at birth?

take care
claire.xxxxxxxxx

JenO - Friday, 2 May
We are using the Dr. Brown bottles and they don't seem to make a difference for him which really sucks! We increased his zantac to 1ml 2x a day so it has helped a bit. For some reason he usually has one bottle during the day that he spits up most of. No pattern to what time of day it is either. He is gaining weight and is not bothered by the reflux or spit up now so I guess that is all that counts....just really hard on the washing machine :O Glad to hear that Ava is doing much better!

riknlee - Friday, 2 May
HI, thanks for the message. I live in Australia so I will be pregnant during winter. I will be warm from the inside. Anyway I hope you are keeping well. My pregnancy is going well so far, occasional tiredness at night time and stuffy nose - otherwise I wont complain. Keep in touch

magali - Friday, 2 May
not feeling good!! do you read my latest blogs????

riknlee - Monday, 28 April
oh my god I dont know how you manage. you guys must earn a fortune to be able to afford 7 kids. I am having my 4th in sept and wondering how we can afford everything. If I could have babies for a living I would but that isnt an option. Your little baby is sooooo cute - congratulations on her birth. And you had pre eclampsia too. Just shows you it is not always on your first pregnancy. i had it with my first. I hope all the problems smooth out. Good luck and well done.

Mary-beth-c - Sunday, 27 April
Hey there omg that's to funny. i told my hubby and he just laughed. Our kids do the funniest things don't they!!! hehe Sounds like something my son would do.

We are doing better kamrie has been sleeping through the night now which is really nice. She'll wake up about 5 or 6 then sleep some more about another 4 to 5 hours.

JenO - Thursday, 24 April
Wow that Owen definately is not that bad with reflux. You sound like you have a lot going on!! He is still on .5ml 2x a day of zantac because our dr. is on vacation and isn't back until next week!! A lot of people that I have talked to have said that prevacid works better than zantac so I am hoping that is what we will try next. Good luck

Mary-beth-c - Sunday, 20 April
hello there oh i'm so glad that your little ava is doing better. Kamrie is doing great she loves to eat though evertime shes awake she wants to eat. lol My son is doing better more and more everyday with her. It was really bad for the first 2 weeks. But things are starting to settle down. He does get rebellious from time to time and he don't ask any questions when she's eating. He likes to sit with me when i'm nursing her though. He loves to help with what he can anyways. He loves her but he's like your son he doesn't understand why she can't play with his toys. Still to little to understand but he'll get through it soon.

That was funny about the alarm thing going off. I'm mean i'm glad that ava was okay but your husband going crazy. If it was my hubby he would probably run out the house first. lol The other day we were all outside and my son went running around my hubbys truck when i heard some dogs going crazy and my son screaming to death. I was trying to run around the truck to go get my son and guess what the first thing my hubby did he jumped on the truck to safe his life first. I was like omg we were laughing about it but my son was not very happy.

Kamrie just woke up talk to you soon.

magali - Monday, 14 April
thanks hun very much about the comment yeah i never have postpartum depresion with any of my kids and you know what i didnt even believe something like that could happen and now i have it and its the worst feeling you can ever experience, but now i'm feeling a little better i hoping i can have my life back anytime soon take hun!

magali - Monday, 14 April

awww she is beautiful! congrats!

Mary-beth-c - Tuesday, 8 April
Hi there pepper it's been a while since i've talked to you. Well congrats. on your little new bundle of joy. I had my baby girl 3 weeks early cause my water broke. lol She was ready to come out. I hope ava is doing better now. I'm so happy she's finally here i bet you are to. let me know how you are doing k.

Mary-beth-c - Thursday, 3 April
Hey pepper just wondering how you have been doing. i'm had my baby girl on march 9th. She decided to come 3 weeks early. She's doing good and so am i. Hope you are doing well.

trinabear18 - Monday, 31 Mar
I am just checking on you about the baby, I am still going strong with 2 cm dilated and u?

Mary-beth-c - Tuesday, 29 Jan
hi pepper hate to hear that your computer isn't working well. i really enjoy talking to you. I love the baby pictures she's a doll. I go in for another ultrasound on friday and i so can not wait. I'm ready to see how much she weighs and who she might look like. hehe

i'm okay just starting to feel the pregnancy. If i'm on my feet to long my back and hips get to hurting so bad. And i think she's laying on a nerve cause if i stand to long or even if i sit to long my right hip goes numb. And it's really starting to hurt. I told my husband that he's going to have to help for sure now cause i'm going to need it. i'm trying to rest as much as i can but it's hard to do with a toddler running around. My son likes feeling kamire kick. I think he's getting excited now that he can feel her move around in my belly. Before he didn't understand but i think now he does. We are getting more stuff for the baby so he'll go in her room and look at the stuff and say oh wook mom baby. And he'll kiss my belly and give her hugs. hehe He's a ham....

Sorry about your little boy not wanting anything to do with the baby. I bet when she gets here he'll love her to death.

My hubby and mom in law are freaking out cause they keep saying i don't know what to do with a girl or how to hold her and stuff like that. My hubby says i don't know how to play with her i can't play tonka trucks with her. I just tell them it will come natural when she gets here. It'll all be okay. lol We were that way before we had my son. didn't know how to take care of him and all that good stuff. But now it's like we are experts at taking care of him. It's just a natural thing that comes to you when you become a parent. Well i hope all is going well with you and keep me up to date when you can. YOu take care and rest that's what i'm trying to do anyways.

Mary-beth-c - Tuesday, 8 Jan
Hi pepper how are things going for you and your family so far? I hope okay. I've been doing better. Hey i miss your pictures of your belly. When can you upload one?? just wondering. lol We are all doing good. Kamrie is really growing and we can't wait to have her. I'm starting to freak out a little bit cause we haven't done her room yet. Yikes!!!! Not to much longer. YAYAYA how's that baby girl doing?? Well just thought i would check in and see how things were going. Take care and hope to hear from you soon.

Mary-beth-c - Thursday, 20 Dec
Hey there pepper well how are things going with you and your daughter and her new baby? I hope things are going okay. I'm doing good just waiting for tomorrow. I can't wait. 1 month is to long already. hehe I was wanting to tell you that i hope you and your family have a wonderful MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! You take care and hope to hear from you soon.

Mary-beth-c - Thursday, 13 Dec
Hey there just wondering how you were doing so far?? Hope okay I'm doing good just trying to stay warm. I have my appt on the 21st. Can't wait had to reschedule cause of the weather. One more week yaya Take care

Mary-beth-c - Friday, 5 Oct
Aww thanks i'm very excited and can't wait for her to get here. My hubby was the one that picked that name out. He's had that name picked out since we were dating. I really like it to. I think he will be a good big brother to when he's around babies he loves to talk to them and he tries to play with them he just doesn't understand that part right now.

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