Olivias First Christmas

Olivia celebrated her 1st Christmas this year! Who knew such a little girl could get so many gifts! Olivia has so many family members we had a lot of different parties to attend. (Of course this gave me an excuse to buy her many different outfits to wear!) She had a lot of fun meeting new family members this Christmas and visiting with ones she had already known. She of course had no idea what was going on around her, but thats okay. Here are some photos from her first Christmas...

U of M

Well our doctor's appointment at U of M Pediatric Gastroentology was this morning. Thankfully we weren't late, it only took us an hour to get there. Thankfully also that her dad drove! The roads were TERRIBLE! We got there early and were seen early so that was nice. She got to wear her new snowsuit for the first time today.

The first thing they did was weight and measure her. The numbers were different from Tuesdays doctors appointment. She weighed only 9 pounds 13 ounces and was 24.25 inches long!! I think U of M is more accurate becuase the nurse the other day had trouble getting the scale to balance and also I figured she was longer than 22 inches!

The doctor said that no upper G.I. is needed!! This was a big relief to me! She is what they call a 'happy spitter' . She has a slight case of reflux and there is not much they can do for it. She gave us a prescription for Zantac and said to try it for 2-3 weeks and if it doesnt help stop giving it to her. She also said be prepared for this to PEAK at 4 months!! (You mean its gonna get worse?!?!?) She should grow out of it by 1 year. So that was good news that there is nothing wrong, I was relieved to hear that.

So I guess all there is to do now is sit and wait for this puking to be over, only 10 more months to go!! lol.

Doctors and bottles!

Olivia had her two month check up on Tuesday. She weighed 10 pounds even ad was 22 inches long! Finally getting big! We have pretty much packed away all her newborn clothes and are in 3 months now. They are kinda big but we are managing. Dr. Kottke said she is doing very well and was pleased with her weight gain! She had to get shots also. They didn't seem to really bother her much. She screamed for the pokes and then that was pretty much it. She wasn't super fussy that night or anything, I was surprised!

Well, last night we went over to Aunt Sara's house for dinner. She suggested that I try different bottles to help with the spitting up and gas problem. Why didn't I think of this?? So after dinner we loaded up all the kids and went off to Target to get the Dr. Brown's bottles. Although they didnt help at all with the spitting up, Olivia loved these new bottles! She was able to eat soo much better and easier and was not near as gassy as with the Playtex bottles. Thank goodness for Aunt Sara and her great ideas! So I went back to the store today and bought some more, we are officially switching!

I took some pictures of her tonight in one of her many Christmas outfits. She is turning into such a ham and smiling for the camera. (Its hard to catch em sometimes though!) She is finally starting to grow!! Anyways here are the latest!

Finally Started This...

Well Olivia is 2 months old (almost to the day) and I decided to finally start a blog for her. I think it will be a lot easier for me to keep in touch with people this way. That way everyone can check up on us when it's easiest for them. I will try my hardest to update this at least once a week if I can.

All I can say about the past two months is WOW! Time sure does fly by. I can't believe how fast it has gone by! But so far I have loved every minute of it. She started out on the small side, only 6 pounds 8 ounces and is still pretty tiny. She had finally broke the 9 pound mark at her last doctors appointment! Liv has had many doctor's appointments so far...from not gaining weight, to having problems going to the bathroom, to our current problem- constant spitting up, we have been there at least every other week! She goes in tommorow for her 2 month well visit and shots... :(

Friday she is going to see a pediatric gastrointologist to evaluate the spitting up problem. She gets sick a minimum of 3-4 times per bottle and usually spits up at least a couple ounces. They think she may have infant reflux.We have switched her formula one time already and it seemed to really help at first but she can only tolerate the ready to feed form which costs $8.78 per 32 ounce can!!! Its still not as bad as it was, but she is still getting sick quite a bit...so we'll see what they say on Friday.

Other than all of that we have been having so much fun! She smiles ALL the time, and is also starting to coo. She has this activity mat that she LOVES to be under. It has lights on it and she will lay there kicking her feet and playing for an hour sometimes. It is really fun for me to just sit and watch her. She still sleeps a lot during the day, for 3 hours at a time sometimes. Although she is not sleeping through the night yet, she only wakes up 1 time usually, so I have gotten used to that and it is really not that bad. She is a pretty good baby most of the time, I can't really complain! I look forward to what the future brings for her, but love her at this age. I spend as much time as I can just holding her close and cuddling her.