Little Miss Sophie is now ONE MONTH OLD! At her weight check on the 17th she was 6lbs 8oz. We were given the green light to keep doing what we're doing and not return until her 2 month check-up. Well.....apparently Little Miss S decided she wanted to see her pediatrician again. Off and on for a couple of weeks, Sophie has had a few crying spells. To us, it seemed like it was related to her having a BM. Last week, her fussiness was continuing to get worse and as we kept track of when they were occurring, we noticed it was always after her nursing. With her fussiness she also wasn't sleeping well. Friday, it became so bad that we had an hour of hard, inconsolable crying. She sounded like she was in pain. Nothing we did would help and she just seemed miserable. After a call to the pediatrician, he wanted to see us Monday. In hopes of making her a little less miserable and possibly determine if there was something in my breastmilk she was having issues with (this after I had eliminated all possible gas-producing foods from my diet for 3 days), we switched to formula Friday night while I continued to pump to keep my supply up. She did really, really well on the formula. Until Monday. Monday she began spitting up and having her painful crying episodes again.
At her appointment she was diagnosed with possible reflux. Our first order of business was to try added rice formula and stop nursing. Immediately after her first feeding with the new formula, she cried and cried and cried. For two and a half hours. Poor thing was so miserable. We switched back to regular formula overnight. That seemed to help but she's still having issues. Today has brought quite a bit of spitting up and more fussiness after feedings. After another call to the pediatrician, Sophie will be starting on Zantac tonight. We're to use the regular formula so we can figure out what's working. If neither the Zantac nor the rice formula (which we tried yesterday) works, we'll need to return to the pediatrician to see if there are other issues with her stomach.
In other milestones, Sophie loves to stare at people's faces. She'll try to mimick any faces you make at her - it's very funny. She can hold her head up by herself for a couple of minutes at a time. She LOVES to stare at the ceiling fans and loves, loves, LOVES her Gloworm and Soothe & Glow Seahorse. She's now up to 6lbs 15oz (as of Monday, her one month birthday). Bathtime is becoming much more tolerable for her. When we first started baths in the tub, she'd cry the whole time. Now, she only cries if she gets cold. Yay for progress!
And now for the best part....a few pictures from the past couple of weeks!
Enjoying the ceiling fan
I'm such a mean Mommy putting a picture up of her throwing a fit. I find it rather humorous.
Storytime with Daddy.
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