5 Months Old
I cannot believe it...my itty bitty baby girl is 5 months old already and not so itty bitty!!! She is changing so much every day and doing so many great things!!! She is the happiest baby and is such a joy in our lives. She just adores her big brother and her Daddy is the light in her eyes. Daddy and big brother are just so in love with our precious girl!!! And well I'm Mom...everyone knows how much I love and adore my kids...they are my entire world...I get out of bed each day just for them; even when I'm so exhausted it seems like my eyes won't open!!!
Bailey is still having issues with her formula and still spitting up excessively. We've tried 5 different formulas and even attempted soy when we were suspicious that she might have a milk allergy. As it turns out it wasn't a milk allergy because she did the same thing with the soy!!!
So feeling a little unsure of my pediatricians I requested that they refer us to a pediatric GI doctor. We went on Friday which was the day she turned 5months old. She is gaining weight good even though she throws up most of her bottles which is baffling to me but the GI wasn't surprised. She is now 15 pounds 8 oz and 25 inches. They are putting her on a reflux medication and we are being switched back over to the Similac Sensitive Formula to try with the meds and see if that helps her any. They also want to do an Upper GI Study with barium swallow to test her anatomy to make sure that her digestive system grew right. Both myself and the GI Specialist want to make sure that being she was a preemie that everything grew right and developed right since she still had another month of growing she could have done inside the womb!!!
So I have to call on Monday and get an appointment with either CHOP or St Chris's hospital to get the Upper GI Study done and then they want to see her in a month on her 6 month birthday to make sure the meds are doing the trick and to review the results of the GI Study!!! :-) So lets hope we can fix her spitting up issue because we are getting really tired of cleaning up her little rivers that just flow from her tiny little mouth!!! We change our clothes just as much as we change hers...its insane.
We can't do too much tummy time with her because she spits up horribly; can't play with her for a least an hour after a feeding for fear she'll christen us; and its hard for others to hold her and love her because they don't want to wear her puddles on their clothes!!!! Very frustrating, my poor little girl!!!
She's still resisting cereal some but she's getting a little better with each passing day. She is a little bit more receptive to it when we mix in banana's only!!! So we are hoping she'll start eating more and more cereal soon; we're staying consistent and trying even though some nights we fail and some nights she'll eat a couple spoon fulls. So we'll see
I'll be uploading some new super cute pictures of her and her brother soon. I am SOOOO behind on everything...I haven't had much time to do much of anything these days. I am so sorry Jen and LeeAnn...I have presents for Adrianna and Jackson...I just have to get my butt to the post office!!! UGH
All of our babies are almost here...Just a couple more left to go...the new current break down is below!!! :-)
~ Bailey Ann Pennington 2/25/08 - My Princess and my second Child
~ Derek Joseph Nelson 5/6/08 - My friend Debbie's First Child
~ Joshua James Ricciardi 5/20/08 - My Cousin Andrew's First Child
~ Brody Xander Black 5/25/08 - My Cousin Linda's First Child
~ Christopher Andrew Calbazana 6/24/08 born at 19 weeks - our angel in Heaven born to a very good friend Devi and always in our hearts
~ Adrianna Lee Foraker 7/14/08 to my long time friend Jen and her husband
~ Dakota Lynn Dimmick 7/27/08 My Cousin Stephanie's second daughter
Still waiting for:
~ Baby Surprise Benedetto due the end of August to Adam's Cousin Kyle and her husband
~ Avery Rose Johnson due the middle of September to My Cousin Karen and her husband
~ Baby Girl Greco due in October to my friend Donna Marie and her Husband
~ Baby Girl House due in I think in November to my neighbor Ally
Babies Babies Everywhere!!!! :-)
Bailey is still having issues with her formula and still spitting up excessively. We've tried 5 different formulas and even attempted soy when we were suspicious that she might have a milk allergy. As it turns out it wasn't a milk allergy because she did the same thing with the soy!!!
So feeling a little unsure of my pediatricians I requested that they refer us to a pediatric GI doctor. We went on Friday which was the day she turned 5months old. She is gaining weight good even though she throws up most of her bottles which is baffling to me but the GI wasn't surprised. She is now 15 pounds 8 oz and 25 inches. They are putting her on a reflux medication and we are being switched back over to the Similac Sensitive Formula to try with the meds and see if that helps her any. They also want to do an Upper GI Study with barium swallow to test her anatomy to make sure that her digestive system grew right. Both myself and the GI Specialist want to make sure that being she was a preemie that everything grew right and developed right since she still had another month of growing she could have done inside the womb!!!
So I have to call on Monday and get an appointment with either CHOP or St Chris's hospital to get the Upper GI Study done and then they want to see her in a month on her 6 month birthday to make sure the meds are doing the trick and to review the results of the GI Study!!! :-) So lets hope we can fix her spitting up issue because we are getting really tired of cleaning up her little rivers that just flow from her tiny little mouth!!! We change our clothes just as much as we change hers...its insane.
We can't do too much tummy time with her because she spits up horribly; can't play with her for a least an hour after a feeding for fear she'll christen us; and its hard for others to hold her and love her because they don't want to wear her puddles on their clothes!!!! Very frustrating, my poor little girl!!!
She's still resisting cereal some but she's getting a little better with each passing day. She is a little bit more receptive to it when we mix in banana's only!!! So we are hoping she'll start eating more and more cereal soon; we're staying consistent and trying even though some nights we fail and some nights she'll eat a couple spoon fulls. So we'll see
I'll be uploading some new super cute pictures of her and her brother soon. I am SOOOO behind on everything...I haven't had much time to do much of anything these days. I am so sorry Jen and LeeAnn...I have presents for Adrianna and Jackson...I just have to get my butt to the post office!!! UGH
All of our babies are almost here...Just a couple more left to go...the new current break down is below!!! :-)
~ Bailey Ann Pennington 2/25/08 - My Princess and my second Child
~ Derek Joseph Nelson 5/6/08 - My friend Debbie's First Child
~ Joshua James Ricciardi 5/20/08 - My Cousin Andrew's First Child
~ Brody Xander Black 5/25/08 - My Cousin Linda's First Child
~ Christopher Andrew Calbazana 6/24/08 born at 19 weeks - our angel in Heaven born to a very good friend Devi and always in our hearts
~ Adrianna Lee Foraker 7/14/08 to my long time friend Jen and her husband
~ Dakota Lynn Dimmick 7/27/08 My Cousin Stephanie's second daughter
Still waiting for:
~ Baby Surprise Benedetto due the end of August to Adam's Cousin Kyle and her husband
~ Avery Rose Johnson due the middle of September to My Cousin Karen and her husband
~ Baby Girl Greco due in October to my friend Donna Marie and her Husband
~ Baby Girl House due in I think in November to my neighbor Ally
Babies Babies Everywhere!!!! :-)
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