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[FLArmyWife]

yesterday we met with a neurologist. Sweets was diagnosed with benign movement disorder called infant shudder syndrome. he should eventually outgrow it (though they cannot give us an indication as to when).

After a big push for 3 weeks we were able to get his weight up. At our reweigh yesterday he weighed 20lbs. almost 2lbs more than the appointment 3 weeks ago.

 

[Angelique76]

So gorgeous Lenora.

 

[lenorajoy]

FLA - I'm glad to hear you have a diagnosis and it's something he will simply outgrow. Great news on the weight gain, too! That's a great gain.

Thanks ladies! Sylvie is so precious. Being a mom has been so difficult, but I also love it. During those witching hours it can be so frustrating and bring me to tears because there's nothing I can do to get her to stop crying, but I'm so in love with her. I think people try to tell you how difficult and frustrating and awesome motherhood is, but nothing can prepare you for it. And there's so much I've never read about in all of my research. I've found some great resources and support, though.

AFM - My stitches are still healing, which is often an issue in and of itself. Add to that financial stress because we weren't prepared for me to be without income so soon and potentially for an extended period. Liberty Mutual has been terrible for short term disability. It probably would have been fine if I hadn't had any complications with recovery, but in my particular case their normal processes have just made life difficult.

I'm fairly certain Sylvie has silent reflux and her pediatrician prescribed medicine for it, which she started two nights ago. I haven't noticed a particular improvement so far, but I'm not sure how long that may take. She still spits up a bit, which she never used to do unless she had formula, and nothing has changed in my diet. She was crying most of the time she was awake, not sleeping well once she finally settled down, and was refusing the breast and the bottle. I think what may have happened is she was overeating when supplementing with formula. I could be wrong, but I suspect that all of that time with her stomach being too full may have weakened the valve at the top of her stomach keeping everything from coming back up, which led to reflux. She is now fully breastfed for the past few days as she seems to be getting plenty at the breast finally and refuses anything else once she's full. Unfortunately she seems to be uncomfortable at times after she eats and will cry until I find the right position (which changes frequently!). She's gaining weight really well now, though, so I'm so happy we're not needing to supplement anymore. Not even with breast milk! She seems to get frustrated if I pump between feedings because she's spaced them closer together now and I think there just isn't enough time between feedings yet for there to be enough milk there when she wants to eat again for her to get full without drinking whatever I pumped, so it's just easier not to pump. I ordered one of those milk collector pump things that you just squeeze and put on the breast you aren't feeding on and it collects the milk. Hopefully I can get a stash started with that finally because I won't have to wait until she's finished eating and I have two free hands and boobs in order to pump. Fx!

 

[lenorajoy]

I just had to share these! Her face in the second photo cracks me up! She had to be with us during dinner last night and she wasn't happy if she wasn't sitting up. She 3 boppy pillows later...

 

[lenorajoy]

This just in: I now have BO like a man! So not used to that! I never used to have BO no matter how much I sweat. I wore Sylvie out for a walk today because the weather is gorgeous! I smell terrible and I feel bad she's sleeping on my schest and having to smell that.

I hope all of you ladies are having a wonderful day!

 

[pinkpassion]

Lenora, in all my pregnancies I start smelling like a man and it takes a few months to subside. Even my deodorant can't control it.. and I'm normally no smell at all like I can seriously go without deodorant on a daily basis and be completely fine! But in pregnancy and the months after post partum forget it lol

 

[BethMaassen]

FLA: Super glad you guys have a diagnoses and Sweets will outgrow it. Also super glad to hear her has put on weight!

Lenora: Glad to hear Sylvie is doing well and has gained weight as well! Moira has silent reflux as well. Took a few days before the medicine showed any improvement. But, she also had colic. Which I discovered was brought on by peanut butter. Seeing as I ate that stuff every day. It caused fussiness and spitting up. Once I stopped eating peanut butter - peanuts in general, she started acting better.
Even now, she isnt fully breastfed, if I have peanut butter it is fussiness and vomiting. They will be testing her for an allergy.
Anyway, There are foods that can cause colic behavior. Which I did not even think about until the receptionist at my Dentist's office told me how when she first had her kids, she ate a lot of eggs because it was fast and easy which caused colic in her baby.
Was worth investigating.

Sylvie is a doll, by the way.


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Things are chaotic for me. Everyday is something new. By the time dinner is over I am practically dead to the world.

On the 25th my sister came over to start sorting through my mom's belongings. We got no where. I did end up having chest pains and landed myself in the ER. Nothing is wrong.

At the follow-up appointment with my doctor, I was prescribed Zoloft.. Because I have not taken my anti-depressant in months because it wasn't working for me and my anxiety is through the roof. My doctor figures it will help with that and coping with the stress, which is what caused the pain.

Sadly when at the ER Althiliya picked something up. Which has in turn made me and Moira ill. She is starting to get over it, and I am starting to get better, poor Moira is only 3 or so days in.. It's sucks.

I have pretty much have secured a job caregiving. Sadly, I still have to wait for a client, and I don't know when I will get one. I have Orientation next week. Which seems silly as it is only a different agency than the one I have been working with for the last 10 years.

Athiliya's 3rd birthday is on Friday. I can hardly believe she is 3 already. Where did the time go? We ar not having a party this time. I got her some toys and ordered a cake. We are going to do things with my sister and her family. I know I want to take Athiliya to a trampoline park... and from there it is kinda up in the air. We are either going to go as a family to an all you can eat place OR order pizza OR have a BBQ at the park.
My sister is refusing to let me pay for her and her kids... which is silly. Had I did the normal party I would be spending twice as I much as I would for a fun-packed, food packed day..
The general theme I went with this time is Doc McStuffins. As she loves Doc and Lambie. So her cake and toys are Doc McStuffins. I reallly want to see if i can find an outfit that looks like Doc's for her to wear on her Birthday. That would be CUTE!

OH here is a couple pictures of my babies.

Athiliya on the 8th of March:
https://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h437/HotaruFhang/Girlss/IMG_8266_zpst4tvqdeu.jpg

Moira on the 23rd of March:
https://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h437/HotaruFhang/Girlss/IMG_8458_zpsjjgjnucx.jpg

 

[Disneymom1129]

Awww Lenora Sylvie is such a doll baby. Yes it can be hard and nothing truly prepares you for it, but you do what you can and it seems like you're doing an excellent job. That's great she's ebf now!

Beth Happy early Birthday to A . Hope your new medication helps with the chest pains, that sounds scary but I hear anxiety can cause them. Hope you and the girls start feeling better too. We've had constant sickness in this house for weeks! I'm so over it.

 

[lilmisscaviar]

Melts my heart, Lenora! She is precious

Awww Beth! What a beauty

Flarmy so glad to hear that they found out what was going on and that he will outgrow it. Great job on the weight gain!

I realized that I haven't posted a picture of Grace in a while so I guess I should share an updated picture of her since she is 7 months old now. She can already sit, crawl and has started climbing on things. Needless to say I have my hands full right now

 

[Disneymom1129]

Lilmiss love all her hair! She's beautiful! Can't believe she's already seven months. I hear ya on the climbing... it stresses me out big time! My first was never a climber.

How is august and Ellie anyone know?

 

[FLArmyWife]

going MIA for 6 days (busy work schedule at Universal)

 

[lenorajoy]

I promised myself I wouldn't go this quiet in here after Sylvie was born, but here I am posting after being quiet for a while. I imagine if Sylvie napped and ate better and didn't struggle with reflux things might be different. I'd have time for things like dishes and cleaning, for instance! I'll be returning to work Wednesday and my sister-in-law will be watching Sylvie through the end of May. I may quit my job come June and pick up some part time work from home so I can stay home with Sylvie. Or we'll have to find someone to watch her permanently.

Sylvie is growing well, though we have to keep increasing the dosage of her reflux meds. Over the weekend the dosage she's taking now twice a day stopped being effective for her and she's not slept or eaten well. Poor thing. It breaks my heart when she's crying because she's in pain and there's nothing I can do about it.

I'm nervous about how pumping will go when I return to work. I've only been able to pump at home occasionally because in order to get Sylvie to nap at all I've had to let her nap on me. And most of the time she's awake she isn't content to sit still in a swing or elsewhere, so I have to hold or wear her and can't pump. So I'm not responding well to the pump at this point. I'm hoping with using it more frequently I'll start to pump more in a session. More than anything I don't want breastfeeding to be over and I have to admit I'm afraid of that happening when I go back to work. I'll do everything I can to keep my supply.

 

[lenorajoy]

Some recent pictures! We found out last night Sylvie will copy me if I squeak and coo like she does. So cute!

 

[OnErth&InHvn]

I promised myself I wouldn't go this quiet in here after Sylvie was born, but here I am posting after being quiet for a while. I imagine if Sylvie napped and ate better and didn't struggle with reflux things might be different. I'd have time for things like dishes and cleaning, for instance! I'll be returning to work Wednesday and my sister-in-law will be watching Sylvie through the end of May. I may quit my job come June and pick up some part time work from home so I can stay home with Sylvie. Or we'll have to find someone to watch her permanently.

Sylvie is growing well, though we have to keep increasing the dosage of her reflux meds. Over the weekend the dosage she's taking now twice a day stopped being effective for her and she's not slept or eaten well. Poor thing. It breaks my heart when she's crying because she's in pain and there's nothing I can do about it.

I'm nervous about how pumping will go when I return to work. I've only been able to pump at home occasionally because in order to get Sylvie to nap at all I've had to let her nap on me. And most of the time she's awake she isn't content to sit still in a swing or elsewhere, so I have to hold or wear her and can't pump. So I'm not responding well to the pump at this point. I'm hoping with using it more frequently I'll start to pump more in a session. More than anything I don't want breastfeeding to be over and I have to admit I'm afraid of that happening when I go back to work. I'll do everything I can to keep my supply.

The pump isnt a good indicator for response, especially 1 time a day. Call LLL if need be but youll be ok!!

 

[lenorajoy]

Well, pumping has gone pretty well so far! I've been doing some power pumping while working (I have a door that can be closed and locked, so I'm able to pump at my desk and keep working) and went from pumping 5 oz total throughout the day Wednesday to 6 oz total yesterday. Hopefully today I'll do even better! I was able to send 7 oz with Sylvie today (compared to the 6 I was able to send yesterday) and have 6 oz in the freezer! Whatever I pump today will go in the freezer, too. I'm not sure if I'll get much time to pump over the weekend, but if I do I'll be stashing whatever I can. Sylvie seems to be doing much better on the higher Zantac dosage we have her on now and is napping and eating better during the day. She seems to be sleeping better at night once we can convince her to sleep. She used to fall asleep while eating and that would begin her first long sleep of the night, but recently she doesn't want to go to sleep at bedtime, so it's a fight to get her to sleep once she's done eating. Once the crying starts, I've found if I play the lullaby Pandora station loud enough for her to hear over her own cries she calms down and goes to sleep with a bit of rocking. So things are starting to get better! When we were in the hospital a photographer came in and took some pictures of Sylvie and we purchased a package of prints and one of the extras was another photo session, which I scheduled for tomorrow. So looking forward to having more professional pics done! I hope they turn out well. I'll have to pick out a super cute outfit and some props for her tonight! As well as catch up on some cleaning if I can...

I hope all of our ladies and their babies/hubbies/families are doing well!

 

[lenorajoy]

Onerth - Sorry if I missed it, but have you managed to get AF back yet? I see you're trying to get AF back this month and planning on Clomid next month. Sorry for how awful and inconsistent everything has been!

 

[OnErth&InHvn]

aww, im excited for new pics too!!!

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I was ready to throw in the towel ( again) on TTC but we decided to keep going for a bit. I WILL be relaxed though. No special things.

I STILL havent had an AF since 1/20. I tried jump starting my cycle with 25mg clomid and it did nothing. No O or AF. Finally i had enough and ordered Provera and it will be here in about 4d ( cd96), then ill start 50mg Clomid.

Im buying Crinone today too.

Otherwise in life, things are good.

 

[lenorajoy]

Ugh, come on AF!! What's she waiting for? Flying pigs? CD96 is just ridiculous... I hope that Provera does its job and you'll get a good O after AF finally makes an appearance. We need a baby already!

 

[lilmisscaviar]

She is gorgeous, Lenora!

 

[FLArmyWife]

I promised myself I wouldn't go this quiet in here after Sylvie was born, but here I am posting after being quiet for a while. I imagine if Sylvie napped and ate better and didn't struggle with reflux things might be different. I'd have time for things like dishes and cleaning, for instance! I'll be returning to work Wednesday and my sister-in-law will be watching Sylvie through the end of May. I may quit my job come June and pick up some part time work from home so I can stay home with Sylvie. Or we'll have to find someone to watch her permanently.

Sylvie is growing well, though we have to keep increasing the dosage of her reflux meds. Over the weekend the dosage she's taking now twice a day stopped being effective for her and she's not slept or eaten well. Poor thing. It breaks my heart when she's crying because she's in pain and there's nothing I can do about it.

I'm nervous about how pumping will go when I return to work. I've only been able to pump at home occasionally because in order to get Sylvie to nap at all I've had to let her nap on me. And most of the time she's awake she isn't content to sit still in a swing or elsewhere, so I have to hold or wear her and can't pump. So I'm not responding well to the pump at this point. I'm hoping with using it more frequently I'll start to pump more in a session. More than anything I don't want breastfeeding to be over and I have to admit I'm afraid of that happening when I go back to work. I'll do everything I can to keep my supply.

Are they 100% sure it's just reflux? When Sweets was nursing and getting supplement he would spit up a lot. They put him on reflux meds but he still was having issues. A test on his stool revealed he had a dairy allergy (which he has thankfully outgrown). I'd say it would be worth asking at your next pediatrician visit.

Some recent pictures! We found out last night Sylvie will copy me if I squeak and coo like she does. So cute!

great photos

Well, pumping has gone pretty well so far! I've been doing some power pumping while working (I have a door that can be closed and locked, so I'm able to pump at my desk and keep working) and went from pumping 5 oz total throughout the day Wednesday to 6 oz total yesterday. Hopefully today I'll do even better! I was able to send 7 oz with Sylvie today (compared to the 6 I was able to send yesterday) and have 6 oz in the freezer! Whatever I pump today will go in the freezer, too. I'm not sure if I'll get much time to pump over the weekend, but if I do I'll be stashing whatever I can. Sylvie seems to be doing much better on the higher Zantac dosage we have her on now and is napping and eating better during the day. She seems to be sleeping better at night once we can convince her to sleep. She used to fall asleep while eating and that would begin her first long sleep of the night, but recently she doesn't want to go to sleep at bedtime, so it's a fight to get her to sleep once she's done eating. Once the crying starts, I've found if I play the lullaby Pandora station loud enough for her to hear over her own cries she calms down and goes to sleep with a bit of rocking. So things are starting to get better! When we were in the hospital a photographer came in and took some pictures of Sylvie and we purchased a package of prints and one of the extras was another photo session, which I scheduled for tomorrow. So looking forward to having more professional pics done! I hope they turn out well. I'll have to pick out a super cute outfit and some props for her tonight! As well as catch up on some cleaning if I can...

I hope all of our ladies and their babies/hubbies/families are doing well!

I was gonna ask if you'd tried a white noise machine (until I read about the pandora station). I'm sorry she's a rough sleeper. Hope it gets better soon.

aww, im excited for new pics too!!!

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I was ready to throw in the towel ( again) on TTC but we decided to keep going for a bit. I WILL be relaxed though. No special things.

I STILL havent had an AF since 1/20. I tried jump starting my cycle with 25mg clomid and it did nothing. No O or AF. Finally i had enough and ordered Provera and it will be here in about 4d ( cd96), then ill start 50mg Clomid.

Im buying Crinone today too.

Otherwise in life, things are good.

oh man. I hope you're able to get AF started and that your journey will soon result in a little bean