Monday, May 30, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
Hazel's voice
Hazel is "talking" more and more. She was laughing and blowing bubbles a lot before I started the camera, but stopped doing it once the camera appeared. Anyway, here's a little glimpse of some of her new sounds.
Some of Hazel's other favorite new things:
- Her daddy - she lights up whenever Noel's around
- Showing her excitement by "flapping" her arms and legs
- Putting EVERYTHING in her mouth
- Rolling from her back to tummy
Hazel, Jude, and Dr. Yamaga say, "Don't worry so much!"
We had a great appointment at the GI yesterday. Even though the kids didn't gain any weight in over a week, their overall monthly gain was still very good. Hazel's was better than Jude's and she is even closer to getting on the growth chart. Jude is growing and is following the curve of the growth chart, but not making any progress getting up to the curve (he's just following steadily below the curve). We're still trying to figure out why the kids aren't eating well and what's causing them so much discomfort, so we have lots of new things to try. We started a new reflux medicine this morning, we're switching the formula that gets added to the milk to one that's easier to digest, and we're giving Hazel a medication to help her empty her stomach and intestines a bit faster so she doesn't get so filled up with gas. We are hoping that all of this enables them to not have any more stomach pain, which in turn should help them eat better. And the best news is, we got permission to let them sleep longer at night! Woohoo! We slept for nearly 7 hours straight last night (though we still woke up COMPLETELY exhausted).
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Tired
We're still baffled and frustrated at both of our kids refusal to eat. It just doesn't make any sense. Are they both having bad reactions to their reflux medicine? Is it something in the milk? It seems like our days are filled with these conversations, trying to make sense of something so that we can help our kids. One of the most frustrating parts of their poor eating is the fact that we can't let them sleep through the night. We let them skip one feed, but usually wake them up at 4 AM or so to eat again. This makes us VERY tired (since we often don't go to bed until midnight) and frustrated (especially when we're waking up to feed babies who don't want to eat!). Even with waking them up in the night to eat, they don't eat enough in a 24 hour period. Neither of them have gained any weight in over a week. This is very concerning to us and we're just praying that things will turn around soon. Thanks for you prayers.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Rough Days
We've had a rough couple of days here. Hazel's eating refusal is really bad again and both kids have barfed a number of times in the last 48 hours. We finished feeding them this morning and thought it'd be fun to take them for a walk in our new stroller. But, as soon as we got them buckled in, Jude barfed all over the place (himself, the new stroller, the carpet). Needless to say, we never made it out for the walk.
The kids (especially Hazel) are in need of prayer. Her eating problems have been going on for a long time and we can't seem to find a medication that helps. Therapy has not really helped either. So, we just keep praying that she'll be healed. She has started gagging when spoon feeding now, which she never used to do. It's frustrating to feel like we're going backwards, and hard to see her in so much discomfort. We have an appointment with the GI on Thursday and hope to get some answers.
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