Happy Trick Or Treat!

I had to take Dalen back to see his ped. again yesterday afternoon. I wasn't planning on the visit, but I had called them in the morning to tell them that his Zantac wasn't lasting him all day but the dr. said he wanted me to bring Dalen back in. For the past few days mornings and nights were a terror. He would cry and scream and cough and gag, it was horrible. It turns out that the growth spurt he had last week was the culprit. He wasn't getting enough of a dosage because he is bigger now. He weighed a whopping 12 lb. 1 oz. and was 22 1/2 in! He gained almost 2 lbs. and grew 1 1/4 in in two weeks! Anyways, the dr. raised his dose. I'm a hoping this works. The little twirp flirted with ALL the nurses at the dr.'s office, smiling at them with his sparkly little eyes...I need to get a stick already! I keep telling him that girls are the "Debil" (from Waterboy). ;-)

I've decided that Dalen is too young and it's too cold outside for me to have him out for tonight's Trick or Treat. I wasn't going to take him Trick or Treating this year anyways, but I was going to have him out while we gave out candy. Then Travis informed me that he has class tonight so he won't be home and there's no way I could handle Dalen and give out candy to a zillion kids at the same time so I'm just going to stay inside. I might have him out at my parent's house for a few minutes to show him off to the neighbors since they have not seen him yet. Which reminds me, today Dalen is 6 weeks old!

I hope everyone has a safe and fun Trick or Treat!

Our 7th Wedding Anniversary

was yesterday. Travis brought me home some beautiful flowers. It doesn't seem like we've been married for 7 years! But I hope that we have many, many, many more years together, especially since he is so wonderful and all. ;-)

(Thanks honey!)

I also wanted to brag on Travis for alittle bit. He has been invited to join Phi Theta Kappa, a Greek honor society at his college. His induction ceremony is November 3rd. I am so proud of him!!!

The Best Thing In The World

About The Appointment

I said in my last post that I was taking Dalen to see Dr. W. So far I am very pleased with him. He actually took time to listen to me explain what Dalen's problem was. After he checked Dalen over and got some info from me he said that Dalen probably has acid reflux and prescribed Zantac for him. It immediately helped Dalen feel better. Last night he started crying and screaming like he was in pain again, but Travis gave him the Zantac and he settled right down. He also said to take him off the rice cereal because he is too young for it which really makes me mad that the other dr. told me to do it if it would be bad for him.

That's all for now. Hope everyone has a great week.

Dalen Loves His Mobile

Mystery Dalen

I'm not sure what to do anymore. I said before how Dalen was doing so much better and sleeping well, I'm going to retract that statement. He did good for about 2 days, but all week he has been feeling so bad and crying almost all the time. I feel horrible because I don't know what else to do for him. I've called his dr. just about every day this week. She thinks he has an allergy to milk so she has switched him to Enfamil Nutramigen. It's a special type of formula that is hypoallergenic. By the way, it is $26 for a 1 lb. can!!! He has been on it for about 3 days now, and is still fussy and will not go to sleep for more than 20 minutes at a time. It says right on the formula can that it will greatly reduce or stop colic within 48 hours, not 72, so I'm not sure it's doing him any good. I think that his regular ped. has him all screwed up because she has so many patients that when I call she doesn't remember who I am or what all she has already told me to be doing. I really don't like that. I think I might've mentioned before that her office is smaller than my living room. I can't even fit Dalen's stroller in there because it is always packed! I was told yesterday that there is a new clinic in Middleport and that the dr. there is really good, so I called them just awhile ago to check out what kind of people they were and how their office works especially if I would need to call to talk to the dr. after hours. I am desperate for some help for Dalen at this point. I was told that the dr. is very nice. He is a young dr. from Huntington and is married with children and one on the way. So knowing that he not only has been medically trained, but he has real experience with his own children makes me feel better. I was also told that they have an answering service 24/7 where I can talk to an on call dr. or have him paged. I like that too. So I went ahead and made Dalen an appointment for this afternoon. Maybe I am just overreacting to the whole situation, but I don't think so. Even if I am I would feel so much better knowing that he has been checked over by a dr. and I've been given advice on what to do by someone who has time to think things through. I am hoping that something will be figured out for the poor little guy by this afternoon.

Crying baby = very stressed out and unhappy Mommy!!!

Dalen's First Church Service

Today we took Dalen to church for the first time. He slept through the whole service! He looked so adorable and everybody loved him. (Thanks for the outfit Rylan & Angie).

Dalen is doing good. His pediatrician said to add rice cereal to his soy formula because he wasn't satisfied with only the formula, and therefore wasn't sleeping but 1 1/2 to 2 hrs. at a time before he would want to eat again. He is doing soooo much better with that and is typically sleeping for around 3 hrs. now. He smiled for the first time this past week. It was very exciting. He also found out he has a voice that can make sounds.

Last week he weighed in at 9lbs. 1 oz.!

All About Dalen

Where to start? He has kept us so busy and so much has happened. Since Dalen was tongue tied I was having to pump for what seemed to be constantly, and he was having alot of issues with colic. Not only was I having trouble keeping up with him, but it was exhausting, and since he was having colic too I called his pediatrician and she suggested that we try him on Soy formula. He has been on it for about 3 days now and has been doing great! It was so hard seeing him in pain, and it was obvious that he was. I am upset about the whole bf thing, but for me it was worth giving up if it was going to help Dalen. So here's hoping that the Soy formula continues to help him.

Today is the first day that I'm on my own taking care of Dalen by myself. He has been such a good baby (so far lol). He is very slowly starting to stay awake alittle more during the day and sleeping just alittle longer at times. I feel like we are starting to get a good bond with each other now that it's just me and him for the most part each day. Travis has been a great help with him. He gets up once at night with him most nights and does alot after work too which is good considering he is working full time and is in college full time. My Mom usually comes over in the evening and will do a feeding while I take a nap or something. I can't complain about the help I've been getting.

I have been alittle cranky which should be expected. I don't handle change well, and Dalen is a huge change! The first week I cried alot, but the second week wasn't so bad. Now my two major obstacles are the lack of sleep and trying to make the adjustment of not going out like I used to. That has been difficult. I probably could go to the grocery store or something except I'm not supposed to lift anything over 10 lbs because of my C-section. I'm sure that an 8lb. + baby and a car seat is over 10 lbs. Don't get me wrong though, I wouldn't trade being Dalen's Mom for anything. I know things will get better, just like everyone keeps reminding me :-)

Have a great Monday everyone!

My Cutie Pie