Sunday, June 6, 2010

Little Miss


I can't believe this baby is 5 months! We call her Little Miss quite a bit and she loves to have anything and everything in her mouth. She loves different textures and is always grabbing for things to suck and chew on, especially her hands.
She is such a sweet and happy little girl. Unless she is eating or trying to sleep. Poor thing has such digestive/stomach issues. After being diagnosed with reflux when she was barely a week old and being on prevacid, she has had pain laying down, or eating, and recently in the last month constipated (whole month without going on her own). What breast-fed baby does that happen to?!? Mine.
Poor thing. Just took her to her GI specialist this past week and in addition to tripling her prevacid, she is also taking milk of magnesia every day to help her poo. It's working, but seriously, these are medicines for ADULTS, not a toothless, hairless cherub faced baby! Sigh.
What's a mother to do?
So far, so good though. She slept for the longest ever last night at 4.5 hrs. It felt really nice. Didn't even cry for a couple hrs before bed like usual. Maybe the GI knows what she is talking about and I should stop calling her an idiot. Well, that's a big maybe. My goal is to still have her weaned off the medicines sooner than later. Especially the milk of magnesia. It's been 3 weeks.
On a happier note, she is now rolling over and just as happy as can be most the time. She loves to grab her cute little toes. She is so stinkin cute and I love her chubby little legs and big kissable cheeks. She loves her daddy and brothers as much as they love her. There is something so sweet about big brothers talking so lovingly, and holding/playing with her so gently and kindly.
(rolling over the first time)

3 comments:

Kevin and Kristen said...

What a very pretty baby! That 5 months went by very fast!

Emily Petty said...

Sorry to hear about all of her digestive issues, I'm wondering a little about our new little girl. I hope her system smooths out soon!

Ashley said...

Oh my word, she's beautiful! With that smile, you would never know she had any pain! :)