Maddox is over 6 weeks old now. he's doing soo much better. He's getting so big now that the medicine is working. He's finally out of his newborn clothes and into 0-3 month clothes. (Carson begain in 3-6 mos.)
He's got the facials going on. He smiles and coos and frowns. Mr. personality. I must say he's a good baby at night too. He's sleeping at least 4 hrs. at a time. He slept 8 hrs. 2 different nights adn then 6 hrs. last night, gave him pacifier and slept another 4 hrs. He's doing great.
Carson's such a big brother too. he's too much help. He wants to do everything but doesn't know his boundaries. He's been a bit testy with Garrett and I, but that's expected. On the very plus side, he's about potty trained. He's doing great with that.
We're so blessed with our children and we appreciate everything everyone's done for us since Maddox has been in our lives. We love you all.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
One month check up
We took Maddox today for his one month check up and shots. Carson got his flu mist while we were there. He did much better than we were expecting him to do.
Maddox is now 9 lbs. 2 oz.....up 12 oz. from 10 days ago...woohoo. Doctor is very pleased. He's average for his height of 21 1/2 inches (20 1/2 when born) and he's below average for his weight (which we kinda figured since he lost so much to begin with).
She said we can put some rice in his bottles to keep from any spit-up. he's not doing a whole lot of projectile at all anymore which is wonderful. baby zantac is working great.
She mentioned we can take him down to one dose of medicine a day as opposed to 2 just to see if he can tolerate it. She said baby's can grow out of the reflux, but if not, she said it can take up to 9 mos. to get him off of it. Either way, it's working and we're so blessed he's so healthy now.
That's all the updates. We go back in one month.
Maddox is now 9 lbs. 2 oz.....up 12 oz. from 10 days ago...woohoo. Doctor is very pleased. He's average for his height of 21 1/2 inches (20 1/2 when born) and he's below average for his weight (which we kinda figured since he lost so much to begin with).
She said we can put some rice in his bottles to keep from any spit-up. he's not doing a whole lot of projectile at all anymore which is wonderful. baby zantac is working great.
She mentioned we can take him down to one dose of medicine a day as opposed to 2 just to see if he can tolerate it. She said baby's can grow out of the reflux, but if not, she said it can take up to 9 mos. to get him off of it. Either way, it's working and we're so blessed he's so healthy now.
That's all the updates. We go back in one month.
Monday, October 5, 2009
3 weeks today :)
Maddox had to have a weight check again this morning. It has been 4 days since his last visit. He's up to 8 lbs. 7 oz.....up from 8 lbs. 2 oz. on thursday. Baby zantac must be doing the trick. We have a one month check up next week where he will get a shot and he will need to get weighed again. I sure can't believe he's already going to be one month old next week. Where does the time go? We're so thankful he's gaining weight!!
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Weight check - Thursday, October 1
So we went on Monday to take Maddox to Children's for the upper GI which showed his intestines were fine. We then had to do a follow up on thursday for his weight. I had charted everything from the feedings, amount of food taken, when he's vomiting, when he's peeing and pooping to take to the doctor.
She said on thursday everything was good with his feedings, that he's getting what he should. He had still been vomiting about 1-2 times/day though. His weight on Monday was 8 lbs. 5 oz. And when we went on Thursday, his weight went down to 8 lbs. 2 oz. this of course caused a huge red flag to the doctors. We again went to Children's for an ultrasound to check for the pyloric muscle, which they determined was fine as well (if this was larger than normal, they would have had to do surgery right then)...so thank goodness that was fine.
now they have put him on baby zantac. We have been trying that since Thursday and we have still been having trouble with the vomit. We have a follow up appointment on Monday at 9:30 AM to check his weight once again. If it's still going down, there may be further testing. As of right now though, we're trying everything we can.
Doctors don't think it's truly acid reflux or his formula since he's not getting sick after each feeding. Poor guy is always hungry it seems like since all he takes in seems to come right back out.
We're just hoping and praying this is something that will go away soon. In the meantime, he's sleeping in his pumpkin seat upright in our room until we can figure out what's wrong with him and we can trust him to be alone in his room at night.
She said on thursday everything was good with his feedings, that he's getting what he should. He had still been vomiting about 1-2 times/day though. His weight on Monday was 8 lbs. 5 oz. And when we went on Thursday, his weight went down to 8 lbs. 2 oz. this of course caused a huge red flag to the doctors. We again went to Children's for an ultrasound to check for the pyloric muscle, which they determined was fine as well (if this was larger than normal, they would have had to do surgery right then)...so thank goodness that was fine.
now they have put him on baby zantac. We have been trying that since Thursday and we have still been having trouble with the vomit. We have a follow up appointment on Monday at 9:30 AM to check his weight once again. If it's still going down, there may be further testing. As of right now though, we're trying everything we can.
Doctors don't think it's truly acid reflux or his formula since he's not getting sick after each feeding. Poor guy is always hungry it seems like since all he takes in seems to come right back out.
We're just hoping and praying this is something that will go away soon. In the meantime, he's sleeping in his pumpkin seat upright in our room until we can figure out what's wrong with him and we can trust him to be alone in his room at night.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Maddox at 2 weeks :)
Maddox is officially 2 weeks old! We have had some feeding trouble though. Maddox was first on powder similac, which caused severe diaper rash and vomit. We then switched him to similac advance ready made formula, and seemed to be okay, but the vomit was still there. Diaper rash was gone, so we thought all was well.....
Yesterday, he was 2 weeks old, and this last week we had noticed he was projectile vomiting about every other feeding....and we're talking clear across the room vomit. Very severe. I called the doctor yesterday who told me to try to put rice in his bottles....I did that and sure enough first bottle came right across the room! UGH!
So, I called the doctor back again. They recommended coming in to see him. I took him in and they weighed him. He was 8 lbs. 5 oz. He should be at his birth weight at one week and then go up from there, he's below his birth weight by one once. this caused serious concern with the doctor.
He made us an appointment to go straight to Children's to get an upper GI done on him. The weight loss was a huge concern. We did go there and they found everything with his intestines were okay. They did find the muscle that goes from his esophogus to his small intestine was larger than normal, which could be causing the vomit. This is something called pyloric stenosis. This doesn't come about until they are about 3 weeks old, so they can't test for it until next week via ultrasound.
I have an appt. on thursday for him to check his weight and see how he is. If it's the same or down, we have to get an ultrasound next week and he will most likely have to have surgery and be in the hospital for 2 days....not something we are hoping for.
They did switch his formula to soy, but even doing this, he's vomiting severely. I am doing at least one load of laundry each day of just his clothes. It's everywhere.
We're feeling so bad for the little guy, feel like he can't eat anything and what he does eat doesn't go down properly. We feel helpless.
Please keep us in your prayers and Maddox that everything goes well for him. I will keep this updated!
Yesterday, he was 2 weeks old, and this last week we had noticed he was projectile vomiting about every other feeding....and we're talking clear across the room vomit. Very severe. I called the doctor yesterday who told me to try to put rice in his bottles....I did that and sure enough first bottle came right across the room! UGH!
So, I called the doctor back again. They recommended coming in to see him. I took him in and they weighed him. He was 8 lbs. 5 oz. He should be at his birth weight at one week and then go up from there, he's below his birth weight by one once. this caused serious concern with the doctor.
He made us an appointment to go straight to Children's to get an upper GI done on him. The weight loss was a huge concern. We did go there and they found everything with his intestines were okay. They did find the muscle that goes from his esophogus to his small intestine was larger than normal, which could be causing the vomit. This is something called pyloric stenosis. This doesn't come about until they are about 3 weeks old, so they can't test for it until next week via ultrasound.
I have an appt. on thursday for him to check his weight and see how he is. If it's the same or down, we have to get an ultrasound next week and he will most likely have to have surgery and be in the hospital for 2 days....not something we are hoping for.
They did switch his formula to soy, but even doing this, he's vomiting severely. I am doing at least one load of laundry each day of just his clothes. It's everywhere.
We're feeling so bad for the little guy, feel like he can't eat anything and what he does eat doesn't go down properly. We feel helpless.
Please keep us in your prayers and Maddox that everything goes well for him. I will keep this updated!
Monday, September 14, 2009
He's here
After being in and out of the hospital the last 2 weeks with "false alarms", he's finally here! Maddox came today at 3:02 PM and I was 37 weeks along. He was 8 lbs. 6 oz. and 20 1/2 inches long. He's gorgeous. Looks just like Carson did when he was a baby.
He's got extra fluid in his testicles, which they are going to monitor, but other than that, he's healthy and is just perfect. We are so blessed.
My labor was so easy. I came in at 8:30 AM at 5 CM dilated, by 10:30 I had the epidural, 11:30 I was 7 cm, 12:30 I was 10 CM and ready to roll. Took me 5 pushes and bam, he was here.
So different than the first. They always say the second is easier, and they weren't kidding. He was so much easier, but I was having contractions regularly for 2 weeks, so that helped progressing as I was at home.
He's here and Carson can't be a better big brother so far he's hugging and kissing him and is being wonderful.
We are so blessed and we will have pictures shortly!
He's got extra fluid in his testicles, which they are going to monitor, but other than that, he's healthy and is just perfect. We are so blessed.
My labor was so easy. I came in at 8:30 AM at 5 CM dilated, by 10:30 I had the epidural, 11:30 I was 7 cm, 12:30 I was 10 CM and ready to roll. Took me 5 pushes and bam, he was here.
So different than the first. They always say the second is easier, and they weren't kidding. He was so much easier, but I was having contractions regularly for 2 weeks, so that helped progressing as I was at home.
He's here and Carson can't be a better big brother so far he's hugging and kissing him and is being wonderful.
We are so blessed and we will have pictures shortly!
Friday, September 4, 2009
He's ready!!
I am officially 36 weeks today. The last couple days have been a little rough. Wednesday night, the 2nd, we went to the hospital. My contractions were every 4-7 minutes when they hooked me up on the machine. I was 2 cm. dilated at the time I got there.
I walked the halls for one hour and they hooked me back up on the machine and I was having regular contractions at 4 minutes and had dilated to 2 1/2-3 cm. at this time.
They ended up sending me home and said my contractions weren't intense enough and there wasnt' much change.
So, on thursday I took off work as I had contractions through the night adn wasn't feeling well.
I timed contractions again and they were 2 - 2 1/2 min. apart. I called the doctor who said to go to the office "now".....
I went in and sure enough, I was at 3 cm. They said "not much has changed" so they sent me home again.
So, they want you to call when they are 5 min. apart, so i monitor for hours and call and then get sent back home.
I have decided to just hold off on calling again until i can't stand it, but at this point I'm getting used to the contractions.
I think they are sending me home since I'm 4 weeks from my due date.
I do know they will not stop labor if you are after 35 weeks, so we're in a waiting game right now. Just keep us all in your prayers. Little Maddox is so ready to get here he can't stand it.
thanks for all the prayers
I walked the halls for one hour and they hooked me back up on the machine and I was having regular contractions at 4 minutes and had dilated to 2 1/2-3 cm. at this time.
They ended up sending me home and said my contractions weren't intense enough and there wasnt' much change.
So, on thursday I took off work as I had contractions through the night adn wasn't feeling well.
I timed contractions again and they were 2 - 2 1/2 min. apart. I called the doctor who said to go to the office "now".....
I went in and sure enough, I was at 3 cm. They said "not much has changed" so they sent me home again.
So, they want you to call when they are 5 min. apart, so i monitor for hours and call and then get sent back home.
I have decided to just hold off on calling again until i can't stand it, but at this point I'm getting used to the contractions.
I think they are sending me home since I'm 4 weeks from my due date.
I do know they will not stop labor if you are after 35 weeks, so we're in a waiting game right now. Just keep us all in your prayers. Little Maddox is so ready to get here he can't stand it.
thanks for all the prayers
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