Sitting up is so much fun!
LOVE this face. Perhaps we have an actress on our hands?
The swings ROCK!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Ah... spring and the outdoors!
Sitting up is so much fun!LOVE this face. Perhaps we have an actress on our hands?The swings ROCK!
Lil' LJ Photo Shoot
Some pictures from our Lil' LJ photo shoot... I'll fill in the blanks with my designs.
The March of Dimes walk is this weekend!
Take 5 minutes and a few dollars and help us reach $1000 raised! We are only $100 away. Click the button to the right and donate whatever you can! I'll post pictures of our team and pictures from the walk on Monday.
We need your help!!
We need your help!!
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Time is just flying past!
My days and weeks are a blur. I can't believe it's been so long since my last post.
The girls had their last Synagis shot this morning for RSV. We are so glad to be done with those. At their weigh-in, I noticed that Emma's weight didn't seem any higher. The nurse looked up her weights for me and we realized in one month she had only gained 2oz. So, we have to go back in 2 weeks for another weight check. I'm not sure what tests they would do if she still doesn't gain. The interesting thing is that Emma has never been a good eater. However, in the last few weeks, she's been eating wonderfully and now eats just as much as Mady. Madelyn is now 16lbs, 14oz. and Emma is only 13lbs, 12oz.
Oh, and that Emma... for almost two weeks now, she has not been sleeping through the night. After 2.5 months of them going to bed at 8:45 and sleeping until 7:30, this has been really hard on all of us. She wakes up between 11 and 12 screaming. We try to let her cry it out, maybe 3 or 4 times for 5-10 minutes. She instantly calms when we hold her and she will fall fast asleep. As soon as we put her down in the crib, she starts screaming again. We can't let her cry it out much longer than this, because she wakes up Madelyn. We took her to the doctors last week, and they said it's probably just that she's at that stage when she wakes up, she gets scared and wants her mom or dad. Both of them are giving us a hard time with naps too. We could easily count on one good 2 hour nap and 2 other short naps. Now, we are lucky to get one good one. It's been very hard on Grandma and Grandpa this week!
I've been wondering if it has any coorelation to us switching to powdered formula. I think we made the switch very close to when this all started happening. A friend from high school gave me 22 cans she had left over, so I HAD to switch. That vs. $7.50 per 32oz bottle of ready to feed. You do the math on that one! I guess we are going to switch back for a few days, just to see if it has anything to do with Emma's lack of sleep.
I hope to post more soon, as the girls are doing so much and are so aware of everything around them. It's amazing to see things through their eyes and how exciting the littlest things are.
The girls had their last Synagis shot this morning for RSV. We are so glad to be done with those. At their weigh-in, I noticed that Emma's weight didn't seem any higher. The nurse looked up her weights for me and we realized in one month she had only gained 2oz. So, we have to go back in 2 weeks for another weight check. I'm not sure what tests they would do if she still doesn't gain. The interesting thing is that Emma has never been a good eater. However, in the last few weeks, she's been eating wonderfully and now eats just as much as Mady. Madelyn is now 16lbs, 14oz. and Emma is only 13lbs, 12oz.
Oh, and that Emma... for almost two weeks now, she has not been sleeping through the night. After 2.5 months of them going to bed at 8:45 and sleeping until 7:30, this has been really hard on all of us. She wakes up between 11 and 12 screaming. We try to let her cry it out, maybe 3 or 4 times for 5-10 minutes. She instantly calms when we hold her and she will fall fast asleep. As soon as we put her down in the crib, she starts screaming again. We can't let her cry it out much longer than this, because she wakes up Madelyn. We took her to the doctors last week, and they said it's probably just that she's at that stage when she wakes up, she gets scared and wants her mom or dad. Both of them are giving us a hard time with naps too. We could easily count on one good 2 hour nap and 2 other short naps. Now, we are lucky to get one good one. It's been very hard on Grandma and Grandpa this week!
I've been wondering if it has any coorelation to us switching to powdered formula. I think we made the switch very close to when this all started happening. A friend from high school gave me 22 cans she had left over, so I HAD to switch. That vs. $7.50 per 32oz bottle of ready to feed. You do the math on that one! I guess we are going to switch back for a few days, just to see if it has anything to do with Emma's lack of sleep.
I hope to post more soon, as the girls are doing so much and are so aware of everything around them. It's amazing to see things through their eyes and how exciting the littlest things are.
Monday, April 13, 2009
May is almost here
I start back to work full time again in May - which for me, will thankfully only be 4 days per week. That being said, I'm still very upset. I can't seem to get over the fact that the majority of my children's days will be spend with someone other than us. I'm not sure why this is so difficult for me. Maybe it's because of everything we've been through. I just found out from a neighbor that she's heard a vague not so good opinion on the day care that we are planning on taking the girls to on Thursdays. I guess I may research looking into another place. I think there may be one more that did accept part timers that we didn't get to check out earlier.
Mady's Head/Chest MRI/MRA
I can't believe I haven't posted about this yet. My weeks FLY past. We spent 8 hours at Children's the day of her scan. Her appt was at 1pm, we had to be there at 12. They didn't take her into be sedated until 3:30pm. We got home at 8pm. She did so well. She was very pleasant until about 1/2 hour before they took her in - smiling and laughing. Her last bottle was at 7am, so she's quite a trooper.
The results showed the 3 liver hemangiomas and then an additional one in her neck. I talked to another pediatrician in my office, but have not yet spoken to Madeyln's normal physician. She'll be in on Wednesday. My concern is that we can't see the one on her neck and they said it was pretty sizeable. So, will it affect and muscles or nerves? And what about the cysts she had at her MRI in the NICU. Are those still there? All questions to ask her on Wednesday.
We are very relieved that she has none in the brain or airways, but I'm admittedly bothered by her having yet another one... even if we can't see it.
The results showed the 3 liver hemangiomas and then an additional one in her neck. I talked to another pediatrician in my office, but have not yet spoken to Madeyln's normal physician. She'll be in on Wednesday. My concern is that we can't see the one on her neck and they said it was pretty sizeable. So, will it affect and muscles or nerves? And what about the cysts she had at her MRI in the NICU. Are those still there? All questions to ask her on Wednesday.
We are very relieved that she has none in the brain or airways, but I'm admittedly bothered by her having yet another one... even if we can't see it.
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