Oatmeal Really Cleans you Out!

Well I just want to thak God for the woman who suggested we give Kaitlyn oatmeal instead of Rice cereal to thicken her formula. We started doing this a few days ago and have been adjusting how much we are actually putting in it since. In the last day and a half it seems as though we have the thickness pretty well figured out to keep her from throwing up. She still spits up a tiny bit here or there but thats normal. She may burp a little up or just spit some up, but only a couple times a day instead of 4 or 5 time after each feeding.

Today has been wonderful for Kaitlyn and me both. She is extremely happy and smiley. She has been doing wonderfully for the last two days. I really think that the Oatmeal is helping to clean out her system. Since she has been eating the oatmeal she has been pooping a lot more. She was only going once a day and now it's 3 or more times a day. I don't know if that is helping her reflux and delayed emptying or not but I would like to think that if the intestines are not full it gives the stomach more room to empty and not reflux into the esophogus. We'll see how things are going as time goes.

We have decided to keep Kaitlyn on the Alimentum until she is two months old and thickening it like we have been. After she is two months old we will start weaning her off and back on to regular formula. We plan on adding in one ounce of regular formula each week until we are at a full bottle of regular again. We will still thicken it though and then maybe when she is 3 months or so we will try slowly thinning it back out and hopefully by the time she is 4 months old she will be back on regular formula all together!! We'll see, we're also going to be seeing a Dr after we move so I guess it all depends on what they say to do too but thats my plan. I'm not sure how long she will be on the meds, her Dr here only gave her one month. I'm thinking that when we move we can talk to the Dr there and see if we can work her off of the Prevacid and onto Zantac and see if that still helps her. Then as she gets older we can try to take her off the meds completely.

Anyway, Jon is on his way back from Long Island. He drove down there today with the cats so we didnt have to worry about them when the moving company gets here Tuesday. We also gave our fish and fish tank away today too, to a family with 3 little girls. I hope they enjoy their new home. We just decided it was easier to give them away than to try to move down there with them and take care of them... they were being a bit neglected since Kaitlyn has been here. It's not her fault, it's just that we dont have time to clean their tank and always forget if we even fed them. I think it's better that they go to a loving home!

Anyway, we have two days left to pack now and I think Monday is going to end up being the "pick up what you can and throw it in a box" day and nothing will be organized. At least I have gotten a lot of stuff organized and labeled. Well I'm going to get some packing done while Jon is headed home and Kaitlyn is napping.

I'll update soon if there are any changes!