I keep saying what a big strong girl my 2 month old daughter is... she is amazing and I'm so proud of her! I just can't imagine what the reflux pain must feel like for her. We just do our best to get through it.
All in all, even with the episodes, we had a good trip with the baby and only did one load of laundry during the trip... although I need to do some now that we're home. hahahaha
Today has been terrible... the baby is feeling like crap and she had a fever today which I cant figure out why. She has refluxed bad today too and just been miserable and screaming all day. The trip we took to Target was sure fun as I was hiding in the bra section trying to stop her from screaming. We did just get her Tucker Sling (www.tuckersling.com) and hopefully she will be able to have some fun with that.
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Friday, August 26, 2005
More Fun to Come...
Well this morning has been fun again... we had 2 EPISODES this morning!!! AHHHHH Talk about stress! I have to say, I'm handling them better though. Anyway, it seems like Kaitlyn may even be handling them better as well... I figured out though that she needs to be sleeping on more of an incline because even on her inclined sleeper I woke up to hearing her aspirating... I cant believe how quick I got across the hotel bed!!! hahahaha
Anyway... this trip has been pretty exciting to say the least... we did have a good trip to the Zoo yesterday though! Kaitlyn slept most of the way through... she basically woke up to poop and then eat!! We did get her some cute little souviners. She got a t-shirt with a little lion on it that says Detroit Zoo and a Giraffe rattle and a little tiny Stuffed Giraffe. She is going to love Giraffes and jungle animals since they are EVERYwhere now!! I'm thinking about decorating the bathroom in them now too! We'll see!
Anyway... this trip has been pretty exciting to say the least... we did have a good trip to the Zoo yesterday though! Kaitlyn slept most of the way through... she basically woke up to poop and then eat!! We did get her some cute little souviners. She got a t-shirt with a little lion on it that says Detroit Zoo and a Giraffe rattle and a little tiny Stuffed Giraffe. She is going to love Giraffes and jungle animals since they are EVERYwhere now!! I'm thinking about decorating the bathroom in them now too! We'll see!
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Baby's First Vacation
Baby's first vacation is a trip in the car to Michigan to see my parents and the rest of my family. It took us 15 hours to get here and Kaitlyn did super great in the car, seeing is she slept most of the way!! So here we are in Michigan visiting my family. My great niece came to stay at the hotel last night and this morning as we are getting ready to leave to take her back home, my daughter was sitting in her Car seat as we were just about to walk out and she has an "Episode". It was one of the 10 min bad ones again and I think my 6 yr old great niece thought the baby was going to die. Her eyes were the size of coconuts! Kaitlyn was, I guess it's called aspirating, because she was holding her breath again for about 3-10 secs then would scream for half a second and then hold her breath some more... I realize now how it feels for her... I mean if you've ever breathed in liquid or had something "go down the wrong pipe" and you cant breath and you are coughing and stuff... thats gotta be how it is for her but she obviously doesnt know how to handle it and freaks out... her body does a good job though helping her keep from dying.
Anyway... just wanted to update on how the vacation has been going... needless to say that led to a not so good day today... but on the up side that did follow two not so bad days!! We're off to see the Detroit Zoo tomorrow with Kaitlyn and her 3 second cousins (of which 2 are all around Kaitlyn's age). It's weird that both my niece and nephew had kids before me!!! hahahaha Oh well... wish us luck tomorrow!!
Anyway... just wanted to update on how the vacation has been going... needless to say that led to a not so good day today... but on the up side that did follow two not so bad days!! We're off to see the Detroit Zoo tomorrow with Kaitlyn and her 3 second cousins (of which 2 are all around Kaitlyn's age). It's weird that both my niece and nephew had kids before me!!! hahahaha Oh well... wish us luck tomorrow!!
Friday, August 19, 2005
And the Days Roll on...
So Kaitlyn got her shots on Monday when she was at the Dr. and she has had a fever in the 99's all week (5 days now) and been a little crabby butt! She is very whiney and just generally not feeling well. We have been giving her tylenol to keep her fever down but she still keeps getting one. Poor baby!!
Anyway, other than that she hasnt been so bad with the Reflux this week probably because she feels like crap and has been sleeping on and off most of the day. Just wish it was at longer intervals!! She only sleeps for like 5 or 10 mins so not a lot I can get done! I have gotten more done this week though than last so that makes me happy. I was also able to get our stuff packed to go away to Michigan for the week. We're leaving at 4am and heading there... it's amazing how much stuff Kaitlyn has!! hahaha
Well I cant wait for my father to meet her and I plan on getting LOTs of pictures of her and Grandpa! She even has a special Detroit Tigers outfit so we can get a picture of her with Grandpa in his Tigers Jersey and then we got him a Detroit Tigers Frame to put the picture in!! I'm so excited to see my family and let them meet Kaitlyn... it's goinh to be great!! I'd like to try to go to the Zoo while we are there too and maybe make it a summer tradition when we go home to see the family we go to the Detroit Zoo. I havent been there in years and I think she would love it even at this age. She would just sit back and take it all in! She loves looking at things now!!
Well I have a lot of stuff to get together before Jon gets home, if I get a chance to write how things are going while we are gone, I will. If not I'll have to update when we get back!
Anyway, other than that she hasnt been so bad with the Reflux this week probably because she feels like crap and has been sleeping on and off most of the day. Just wish it was at longer intervals!! She only sleeps for like 5 or 10 mins so not a lot I can get done! I have gotten more done this week though than last so that makes me happy. I was also able to get our stuff packed to go away to Michigan for the week. We're leaving at 4am and heading there... it's amazing how much stuff Kaitlyn has!! hahaha
Well I cant wait for my father to meet her and I plan on getting LOTs of pictures of her and Grandpa! She even has a special Detroit Tigers outfit so we can get a picture of her with Grandpa in his Tigers Jersey and then we got him a Detroit Tigers Frame to put the picture in!! I'm so excited to see my family and let them meet Kaitlyn... it's goinh to be great!! I'd like to try to go to the Zoo while we are there too and maybe make it a summer tradition when we go home to see the family we go to the Detroit Zoo. I havent been there in years and I think she would love it even at this age. She would just sit back and take it all in! She loves looking at things now!!
Well I have a lot of stuff to get together before Jon gets home, if I get a chance to write how things are going while we are gone, I will. If not I'll have to update when we get back!
Thursday, August 18, 2005
8/15/05 Dr Visit Update
First of all I have uploaded ALL of Kaitlyn's photo's to our new shutterfly collection webpage... the web address is http://fuchs.shutterfly.com for anyone who is interested in viewing all of her pics including the ones from Sunday (8/14).
Well on to the update! Kaitlyn went to the Dr Monday 8/15 and I apologize for the delay in posting but things have been very hectic lately!!! So Kaitlyn is doing well with gaining weight so far. I really think the extra calories from the cereal are helping with all of that. Anyway, she is 10lbs 9oz and 21.5" tall and all of her parts are in working order.
Kaitlyn is not doing well in the GERD department. I cant tell you how stressful and scary it is to watch your child screaming in pain and puking their guts out 2-3 feet away from you! Just to catch up, She has been on Prevacid for the past month to help with her reflux but I'm not sure, if anything, what it was doing for her. She has also been getting her formula thickened with oatmeal so that she is able to hold it down and that it doesnt aggrivate her reflux anymore than it already does. About 2 weeks ago she pretty much was eating nothing for about 3 days... a few ounces of formula here and there and that was it. She has since started eating more which is good but it seems that her reflux episodes have gotten much worse. The dr now has Kaitlyn on some Zantac to see if this will help her. What she goes through is becoming unbearable for me as a mother. I am very stressed out with trying to get her to eat and trying to stop her pain. During the day she gets her two doses of Zantac and then she get Maalox inbetween when the Zantac isnt enough. Anyway... we dont have health insurance right now but we are going to try to get Kaitlyn in to see a Pediatric Gastroenterologist very soon because we want to make sure she doesnt have any other more serious problems to go with her Reflux. We may have to go to a Neurologist as well because when Kaitlyn eats or has an episode of reflux it looks like she is having some sort of seizure or going through convulsions... its truely horrible to watch, especially when you are the one holding her little body as it flails around and stiffens up and is all beat red.
Anyway, once we get all of that figured out we will write and let everyone know how she is doing. For now, we wait and hope and pray she gets through each day in as least amount of pain as possible.
Well on to the update! Kaitlyn went to the Dr Monday 8/15 and I apologize for the delay in posting but things have been very hectic lately!!! So Kaitlyn is doing well with gaining weight so far. I really think the extra calories from the cereal are helping with all of that. Anyway, she is 10lbs 9oz and 21.5" tall and all of her parts are in working order.
Kaitlyn is not doing well in the GERD department. I cant tell you how stressful and scary it is to watch your child screaming in pain and puking their guts out 2-3 feet away from you! Just to catch up, She has been on Prevacid for the past month to help with her reflux but I'm not sure, if anything, what it was doing for her. She has also been getting her formula thickened with oatmeal so that she is able to hold it down and that it doesnt aggrivate her reflux anymore than it already does. About 2 weeks ago she pretty much was eating nothing for about 3 days... a few ounces of formula here and there and that was it. She has since started eating more which is good but it seems that her reflux episodes have gotten much worse. The dr now has Kaitlyn on some Zantac to see if this will help her. What she goes through is becoming unbearable for me as a mother. I am very stressed out with trying to get her to eat and trying to stop her pain. During the day she gets her two doses of Zantac and then she get Maalox inbetween when the Zantac isnt enough. Anyway... we dont have health insurance right now but we are going to try to get Kaitlyn in to see a Pediatric Gastroenterologist very soon because we want to make sure she doesnt have any other more serious problems to go with her Reflux. We may have to go to a Neurologist as well because when Kaitlyn eats or has an episode of reflux it looks like she is having some sort of seizure or going through convulsions... its truely horrible to watch, especially when you are the one holding her little body as it flails around and stiffens up and is all beat red.
Anyway, once we get all of that figured out we will write and let everyone know how she is doing. For now, we wait and hope and pray she gets through each day in as least amount of pain as possible.
Saturday, August 13, 2005
2 Month's Old!!!!
YAY!!! Kaitlyn is 2 months old today!!! I can't believe I have been a Mommy for two months already! Anyway, Kaitlyn has her two month appointment at the Dr on Monday so I will do an update then with all of her stats and how things are going. It just makes more sense!
But she is beautiful and growing big and strong - hopefully she is still gaining weight - although she is eating much better again!! :)
It's amazing how quickly they grow and how much they achieve in a single day! I'm so proud of Kaitlyn and I love her so very much!
But she is beautiful and growing big and strong - hopefully she is still gaining weight - although she is eating much better again!! :)
It's amazing how quickly they grow and how much they achieve in a single day! I'm so proud of Kaitlyn and I love her so very much!
Thursday, August 11, 2005
Life's Full of Little Surprises
Wow... today has been surprising so far! I dont want to get my hopes up but Kaitlyn has been eating a bit more. She had 3.5 ounces this morning at 6 and then she had another 2.5 at 10. She slept from about 11pm until her 6am feeding and then slept again until her 10am feeding. Today seems to be a good day too! She actually had some reflux today and coughed and gagged a bit but she handled it rather well.
I know she still isnt eating a lot but eating more is more than I can ask for!! We still havent had any episodes of spitting up or throwing up since Monday which is great for all of us. Well she did have one very tiny spit up last night but Daddy was playing with her and bouncing her around so that really had nothing to do with the reflux I'm sure.
Speaking of playing... it's amazing how much more active and social she is. She smiles at you when you smile, she coos back at you when you coo, she laughs and tried to make the faces you make. It's really great and Jon is having such a good time playing and bonding with her. Expecially when he isnt looking at her and she coos really loud for him. He loves it and so do I!! We realized through all of this hardly eating stuff that she LOVES to play while lying on her back! We even laid her down for awhile yesterday to play on her Playmat. She was batting at the little dangling animals and making them play music and dance around. She was smiling and laughing and she just loved it. I really think she will be learning to roll over soon if she got some time on her back. She kicks nice and hard and pushes against anything she can and she is pretty strong. A lot of the time I will have her laying on my chest facing out while I'm sitting here checking my email and she will kick and push at the table the laptop is on. I have to be careful because sometimes she gets a good kick in and the table goes flying along with my drink usually!
Just to document it, We have gone for a couple walks now around the neighborhood and I really think Kaitlyn likes the wind and the trees and the sky outside. She just looks around at everything and enjoys our walks. The couple times we have gone now have been as a family. Jon and I take her around the block and to the little shopping center near the house. He and I get ice cream over there and hopefully when she gets a little older, we can all go there and get some ice cream on our family walks. I'd like to start walking more with her but right now the house is such a disaster that I cant begin to think about all that.
Well I'm going to keep praying that today is a good day. I'd like to be able to get a few things done upstairs in the living area as far as unpacking goes. I also need to get some laundry done too... I have a lot to do and it's hard to get anything done when Kaitlyn needs me all day and Jon wants to relax after work so I have her then too. I know things will get easier when she is a little older, but it's so much work right now to do all the housework and unpacking AND take care of the baby. My main concern is Kaitlyn though... her comfort and happiness comes before all the boxes piled up in the living room so the rest can wait if she is having a bad day!!
I know she still isnt eating a lot but eating more is more than I can ask for!! We still havent had any episodes of spitting up or throwing up since Monday which is great for all of us. Well she did have one very tiny spit up last night but Daddy was playing with her and bouncing her around so that really had nothing to do with the reflux I'm sure.
Speaking of playing... it's amazing how much more active and social she is. She smiles at you when you smile, she coos back at you when you coo, she laughs and tried to make the faces you make. It's really great and Jon is having such a good time playing and bonding with her. Expecially when he isnt looking at her and she coos really loud for him. He loves it and so do I!! We realized through all of this hardly eating stuff that she LOVES to play while lying on her back! We even laid her down for awhile yesterday to play on her Playmat. She was batting at the little dangling animals and making them play music and dance around. She was smiling and laughing and she just loved it. I really think she will be learning to roll over soon if she got some time on her back. She kicks nice and hard and pushes against anything she can and she is pretty strong. A lot of the time I will have her laying on my chest facing out while I'm sitting here checking my email and she will kick and push at the table the laptop is on. I have to be careful because sometimes she gets a good kick in and the table goes flying along with my drink usually!
Just to document it, We have gone for a couple walks now around the neighborhood and I really think Kaitlyn likes the wind and the trees and the sky outside. She just looks around at everything and enjoys our walks. The couple times we have gone now have been as a family. Jon and I take her around the block and to the little shopping center near the house. He and I get ice cream over there and hopefully when she gets a little older, we can all go there and get some ice cream on our family walks. I'd like to start walking more with her but right now the house is such a disaster that I cant begin to think about all that.
Well I'm going to keep praying that today is a good day. I'd like to be able to get a few things done upstairs in the living area as far as unpacking goes. I also need to get some laundry done too... I have a lot to do and it's hard to get anything done when Kaitlyn needs me all day and Jon wants to relax after work so I have her then too. I know things will get easier when she is a little older, but it's so much work right now to do all the housework and unpacking AND take care of the baby. My main concern is Kaitlyn though... her comfort and happiness comes before all the boxes piled up in the living room so the rest can wait if she is having a bad day!!
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
GERD Update
Ok so on a positive note... Kaitlyn has not spit up or thrown up at all so far since maybe the moring on Monday... been about 48 hours.
Here is the weird thing... On Saturday and Sunday she seemed to be going through a growth spurt and needing to eat so much more food... so we gave her more although not more than she should be eating. I'm not sure if that made her reflux worse but then all of a sudden on Monday she started refusing to eat and only eating a couple ounces at a time and screaming and crying during and after feedings again. She is still getting her Prevacid and we give her Maalox when she seems to be having a really bad time. Which is such an amazing help.
Now yesterday I decided to start charting her feedings and fussings again for my own sanity and to take a copy to the new Pediatrician we are going to see on Monday. I noticed she only at 16oz of food and at about 10 pounds she should be eating about 25 ounces!! For the last few days, she eats about 2 ounces and then Refluxes a few times and spends an hour crying and screaming and kicking and stiffening and eyes watering and just flipping out before I break down and give her Maalox. Then she finally settles down and like now, she is sleeping (THANK GOD - my back hurts from the stress). I know she is hurting because she wont take her pacifier or anything in her mouth and her breath and mouth smell like rancid tummy acids... it's nasty. The Cherry Maalox makes it smell so much better!!!
I guess I'm just confused as to why she is still refluxing tummy acids if the Prevacid is supposed to turn off some of the acid pumps in her belly! Anyway... I'm assuming she is not spitting up or puking now because she is only eating a couple ounces every 4 hours or so as opposed to the 4 oz per feeding. It has also been taking her anywhere from 30-60 minutes just to eat the 2 ounces... I know this isnt good for her but I guess I'm just going to wait and let her go how she wants til we see the Dr Monday.. at least she is eating something, I guess!
Here is the weird thing... On Saturday and Sunday she seemed to be going through a growth spurt and needing to eat so much more food... so we gave her more although not more than she should be eating. I'm not sure if that made her reflux worse but then all of a sudden on Monday she started refusing to eat and only eating a couple ounces at a time and screaming and crying during and after feedings again. She is still getting her Prevacid and we give her Maalox when she seems to be having a really bad time. Which is such an amazing help.
Now yesterday I decided to start charting her feedings and fussings again for my own sanity and to take a copy to the new Pediatrician we are going to see on Monday. I noticed she only at 16oz of food and at about 10 pounds she should be eating about 25 ounces!! For the last few days, she eats about 2 ounces and then Refluxes a few times and spends an hour crying and screaming and kicking and stiffening and eyes watering and just flipping out before I break down and give her Maalox. Then she finally settles down and like now, she is sleeping (THANK GOD - my back hurts from the stress). I know she is hurting because she wont take her pacifier or anything in her mouth and her breath and mouth smell like rancid tummy acids... it's nasty. The Cherry Maalox makes it smell so much better!!!
I guess I'm just confused as to why she is still refluxing tummy acids if the Prevacid is supposed to turn off some of the acid pumps in her belly! Anyway... I'm assuming she is not spitting up or puking now because she is only eating a couple ounces every 4 hours or so as opposed to the 4 oz per feeding. It has also been taking her anywhere from 30-60 minutes just to eat the 2 ounces... I know this isnt good for her but I guess I'm just going to wait and let her go how she wants til we see the Dr Monday.. at least she is eating something, I guess!
Sunday, August 07, 2005
Talking with Daddy
A little while ago Jon and I were sitting on the couch with Kaitlyn sitting up in her Boppy pillow between us and she was Cooing (kind of a sighing sound) so loud to get her daddy's attention every time he would look away to play his video game. It was like she got a little "name", or sound as it was, for daddy and thats how she called him to get his attention. After he would look she would just smile real big and giggle. Then he would look away and she would do it again and again... this went on for about a half an hour and I was dying because it was so amazing and watching them "play" together was so cute!!
I LOVE to see her happy and smiling and even the three times she refluxed during didnt seem to bother her as much because she was bonding with Daddy. She just got a little sad crunched up face and was about to cry, spit out the formula/tummy acids and then kept playing... it was such a great moment for all three of us !!
I LOVE to see her happy and smiling and even the three times she refluxed during didnt seem to bother her as much because she was bonding with Daddy. She just got a little sad crunched up face and was about to cry, spit out the formula/tummy acids and then kept playing... it was such a great moment for all three of us !!
Move Over, Unpacking Begins...
We FINALLY got our cable modem hooked up in our new place!! Still have a LOT of unpacking to do but trying our best to do what we can with a infant. We did have a garage sale and got rid of a few things so that was good. We ended up making about $80! I think Kaitlyn enjoyed her first Garage Sale at Aunt Donna and Uncle Charlie's house - she and I got to sit in the air conditioner!! Hahahaha
Anyway... Kaitlyn has had a rough time with her reflux this past week. She started projectile vomiting and all that and the Dr (we had to find a new Pediatrictian and his name is Dr William Gerba - we like him a lot so far he seems caring and knowedgable) was worried about her losing weight... but when we were there last monday she was 7 weeks and 9lbs 12oz. Exactly 3 pounds gained since birth and thats what she is supposed to be. He said they like to see about a pound every two weeks. Anyway we tried putting her on Zantac instead of the Prevacid and it was a disaster... so she is back on the Prevacid and when it wears off before its time for her next dose, she gets alittle Maalox to calm her tummy acids.
Last night was a horrible episode... she shot puke across our bedroom and it had her food in it and her meds, which she took 3 hours before that. It was a very scary episode because she stopped breathing for a bit and was starting to turn blue and I thought we were going to be going to the ER but finally she started coughing/screaming and was obviously breathing again. She was so scared and upset after that... it was the worst episode of projectile for her yet... I was extremely scared myself... I think I stopped breathing with her...
She is really growing too... besides getting bigger, she is really smiling and laughing and communicating... of course all she can do is cry when she needs something but she does coo and grunt and make little noises that melt our hearts! She even knows - and REALLY lets us know - when it's time to take her medicine. It seems the "milestones" are cruising along at warp speed right about now. Lately, besides kicking and punching and pushing her arms and legs, we've noticed she has been trying to refine her fine motor skills... she twists her wrists and feet now and pulls her toes up and points them down. It's amazing what we're able to do with our muscles that we dont realize we actually had to LEARN to do at some point!
Ok enough of my babbling... Kaitlyn will be going to the Dr again next week sometime for her 2 month check up and shots... We'll also know then if she is still gaining weight. I think she will be just fine, I'm sure the cereal in her food (so she keeps it down) is helping give her the calories she needs from throwing up so much. I'll post again on how it goes...
Now that we have the internet back, I will be here more often but not as often as I will be once we finally get unpacked!!!
Anyway... Kaitlyn has had a rough time with her reflux this past week. She started projectile vomiting and all that and the Dr (we had to find a new Pediatrictian and his name is Dr William Gerba - we like him a lot so far he seems caring and knowedgable) was worried about her losing weight... but when we were there last monday she was 7 weeks and 9lbs 12oz. Exactly 3 pounds gained since birth and thats what she is supposed to be. He said they like to see about a pound every two weeks. Anyway we tried putting her on Zantac instead of the Prevacid and it was a disaster... so she is back on the Prevacid and when it wears off before its time for her next dose, she gets alittle Maalox to calm her tummy acids.
Last night was a horrible episode... she shot puke across our bedroom and it had her food in it and her meds, which she took 3 hours before that. It was a very scary episode because she stopped breathing for a bit and was starting to turn blue and I thought we were going to be going to the ER but finally she started coughing/screaming and was obviously breathing again. She was so scared and upset after that... it was the worst episode of projectile for her yet... I was extremely scared myself... I think I stopped breathing with her...
She is really growing too... besides getting bigger, she is really smiling and laughing and communicating... of course all she can do is cry when she needs something but she does coo and grunt and make little noises that melt our hearts! She even knows - and REALLY lets us know - when it's time to take her medicine. It seems the "milestones" are cruising along at warp speed right about now. Lately, besides kicking and punching and pushing her arms and legs, we've noticed she has been trying to refine her fine motor skills... she twists her wrists and feet now and pulls her toes up and points them down. It's amazing what we're able to do with our muscles that we dont realize we actually had to LEARN to do at some point!
Ok enough of my babbling... Kaitlyn will be going to the Dr again next week sometime for her 2 month check up and shots... We'll also know then if she is still gaining weight. I think she will be just fine, I'm sure the cereal in her food (so she keeps it down) is helping give her the calories she needs from throwing up so much. I'll post again on how it goes...
Now that we have the internet back, I will be here more often but not as often as I will be once we finally get unpacked!!!
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