On this day, August 1 will be one year ago we found out that we were pregnant! Yes, one year ago we found out our little Sticky Bean was nice and cozy inside my tummy. How amazing it is to look back this time last year. I took 3 tests and they were all positive! Stephen was at work for only about 45 minutes when I called him shaking and crying! I asked him if he was "ready for another try?" I will always remember his answer..... "are you sure?" hehe. I had 3 positives tests to be sure! And so started our wonderful, scary, emotional, happy trip to our new life!
Jacky
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Joslyn giggled!
Last night during dinner, Joslyn let out the cutest giggle! It was the first time she has done that! She was sitting on my lap, Stephen and I were eating, and she just giggled! It came out of no where! We thought maybe she did it by accident... but a few moments later..... she giggled again! It was so funny. We have been waiting for some time to hear her giggle! I am just so glad that Stephen was home from work to hear it for the first time! When she giggled her whole body wiggled! Oh it was just too funny!
She is doing well this week so far. Last week she had a couple of breathing episodes. But so far, nothing this week. (knock on wood) We are still going the no medicine route. Since the medicine can not stop her reflux or her apnea and we saw no change in her while on medicine... we opted to go medicine free. The medicine is only suppose to lessen the acid when she does reflux. But she did not seem bothered by the acid (when it comes up or when it goes back down). We still see no change in her with or without meds. However, we still have her medicines and her Maalox if she needs them. But so far she has been doing well.
Jacky
She is doing well this week so far. Last week she had a couple of breathing episodes. But so far, nothing this week. (knock on wood) We are still going the no medicine route. Since the medicine can not stop her reflux or her apnea and we saw no change in her while on medicine... we opted to go medicine free. The medicine is only suppose to lessen the acid when she does reflux. But she did not seem bothered by the acid (when it comes up or when it goes back down). We still see no change in her with or without meds. However, we still have her medicines and her Maalox if she needs them. But so far she has been doing well.
Jacky
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Check up!
Joslyn saw her doctor today! She got the rest of her 2 month shots, (just not right to see her hurt that much!) and she got weighed.
Our "Little Bit" now weighs 11 pounds! Not 11 lbs and so many ounces.... just 11 pounds! How funny! That is the number I wanted to see...... I guess be careful what you wish for! hehe.
Her other numbers are: 24 inches long and her head is 15.5 inches around. So her percentages look like this:
Length = between percentile 50 and 75
Weight = in percentile 10
Head Circumference = in percentile 25
She is continuing to gain 1 pound per month. Which is really good! (for her)
We got her some new toys today. One is a large ball which we can play with to help her reflux. We put her on the ball, tummy side down, and roll the ball back and forth. When she gets older she can pick up toys when we roll the ball forward. She seems to like it so far..... not really sure what she thinks of it though. She just kind of hung out on it! It was kind of funny!
The only problem with the ball.... Mackinac used to have one just like it! So he thinks it is his! Poor baby boy......His face was so sad when I had to tell him "no Mac." I think I broke his heart! I hate that. But he was good about it and let his sissy play with it.
Joslyn is resting right now.... these shots seemed to do a number on her this time. One shot is each leg! (I cried again and Stephen wanted to take her pain away.)
'til next week!
Jacky
Our "Little Bit" now weighs 11 pounds! Not 11 lbs and so many ounces.... just 11 pounds! How funny! That is the number I wanted to see...... I guess be careful what you wish for! hehe.
Her other numbers are: 24 inches long and her head is 15.5 inches around. So her percentages look like this:
Length = between percentile 50 and 75
Weight = in percentile 10
Head Circumference = in percentile 25
She is continuing to gain 1 pound per month. Which is really good! (for her)
We got her some new toys today. One is a large ball which we can play with to help her reflux. We put her on the ball, tummy side down, and roll the ball back and forth. When she gets older she can pick up toys when we roll the ball forward. She seems to like it so far..... not really sure what she thinks of it though. She just kind of hung out on it! It was kind of funny!
The only problem with the ball.... Mackinac used to have one just like it! So he thinks it is his! Poor baby boy......His face was so sad when I had to tell him "no Mac." I think I broke his heart! I hate that. But he was good about it and let his sissy play with it.
Joslyn is resting right now.... these shots seemed to do a number on her this time. One shot is each leg! (I cried again and Stephen wanted to take her pain away.)
'til next week!
Jacky
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
our schedule
To me, a schedule is so important to have to keep your day running as smoothly as possible. Of course things will happen that can throw you off.... but for the most part if you keep your schedule then your day will go by pretty well. We have worked very hard to keep Joslyn on a good schedule and so far everything is going well!
Our typical day looks like this:
6:30-7:00 am: First and only bottle of breast milk Apnea monitor off)
7:30 am: Joslyn gets dressed for the day
7:45 am: First morning nap (Apnea monitor on)
8:30ish am: She wakes up (Apnea monitor off for the day)
9:15ish am: second morning nap
10:00 am Time to wake up for nursing
11:30 am: Late morning nap
12:30-1:00 pm: She wakes up
1:00 pm: Afternoon nursing
2:30 pm: Joslyn takes her afternoon nap
3:30-4:00 pm: Joslyn wakes up
4:00 pm: Late afternoon nursing
now sometimes she will fall asleep in between her 4:00 pm feeding and her 7:00 pm feeding. Most days she stays awake.
7:00 pm: evening nursing
8:45ish pm: little evening nap
9:15 pm: we all go upstairs for the night, Joslyn wake up
9:30 pm: time to get ready for bed, put on Apnea monitor, and last feeding for the night.
10:00-10:30 pm: Bed time.
She does not wake up until around 5:30 am. At this time I put her in bed with us until her 6:30 am feeding.
During the weekends, her morning times may change a bit. However we do not let her sleep past 7:00 am without feeding her.
There is our daily routine! I can not tell you how fast some days go by with this schedule!
Jacky
Our typical day looks like this:
6:30-7:00 am: First and only bottle of breast milk Apnea monitor off)
7:30 am: Joslyn gets dressed for the day
7:45 am: First morning nap (Apnea monitor on)
8:30ish am: She wakes up (Apnea monitor off for the day)
9:15ish am: second morning nap
10:00 am Time to wake up for nursing
11:30 am: Late morning nap
12:30-1:00 pm: She wakes up
1:00 pm: Afternoon nursing
2:30 pm: Joslyn takes her afternoon nap
3:30-4:00 pm: Joslyn wakes up
4:00 pm: Late afternoon nursing
now sometimes she will fall asleep in between her 4:00 pm feeding and her 7:00 pm feeding. Most days she stays awake.
7:00 pm: evening nursing
8:45ish pm: little evening nap
9:15 pm: we all go upstairs for the night, Joslyn wake up
9:30 pm: time to get ready for bed, put on Apnea monitor, and last feeding for the night.
10:00-10:30 pm: Bed time.
She does not wake up until around 5:30 am. At this time I put her in bed with us until her 6:30 am feeding.
During the weekends, her morning times may change a bit. However we do not let her sleep past 7:00 am without feeding her.
There is our daily routine! I can not tell you how fast some days go by with this schedule!
Jacky
Sunday, July 20, 2008
14 weeks old...
So much has been going on! Joslyn has found her voice!!!! She is talking so loudly now! Just in the past week she has learned how to make her voice louder than ever! You no longer have to listen to hear her talk to you..... now you can hear her even if you are in another room!!!!! It is great! She will have complete conversations with you. It seems every time she is awake she is talking. What an amazing sound! It is just so sweet! Her giggle is still a squeak......but boy does it make us laugh!
I had my 27th birthday Thursday. I have to say it was one of my best birthdays. We did not go anywhere, but I was able to hold, play with, and watch our miracle all day long. There is no better gift than that. Stephen made me a DVD of Joslyn with some of the videos we have made so far and he put some amazing music to it. He asked me if I was ready to cry before we watched it. Well I did cry! Just watching the videos of her up to this point... even the videos of her birth. What an amazing thing! Then we had ice cream on an icecream cone with a candle on top! I was holding Joslyn at the computer and Mackinac and Stephen came from the kitchen. It looked like Mac knew something special was coming to me! He ran out of the kitchen straight to me with the biggest grin on his furry face! It was so funny! They all sang the birthday song and I made my wish before I blew out the candle.
I have to say it was the best birthday ever! I was surrounded by my family, my perfect little family! I had both of my babies, furrless and furry, and my loving husband. I could not ask for anything else!
Joslyn goes back to her doctor this week for her second round of 2 month shots and another weigh in. I will keep you all posted then!!! (We are hoping for 11 lbs!!!)
Jacky
I had my 27th birthday Thursday. I have to say it was one of my best birthdays. We did not go anywhere, but I was able to hold, play with, and watch our miracle all day long. There is no better gift than that. Stephen made me a DVD of Joslyn with some of the videos we have made so far and he put some amazing music to it. He asked me if I was ready to cry before we watched it. Well I did cry! Just watching the videos of her up to this point... even the videos of her birth. What an amazing thing! Then we had ice cream on an icecream cone with a candle on top! I was holding Joslyn at the computer and Mackinac and Stephen came from the kitchen. It looked like Mac knew something special was coming to me! He ran out of the kitchen straight to me with the biggest grin on his furry face! It was so funny! They all sang the birthday song and I made my wish before I blew out the candle.
I have to say it was the best birthday ever! I was surrounded by my family, my perfect little family! I had both of my babies, furrless and furry, and my loving husband. I could not ask for anything else!
Joslyn goes back to her doctor this week for her second round of 2 month shots and another weigh in. I will keep you all posted then!!! (We are hoping for 11 lbs!!!)
Jacky
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Happy 3 month birthday!
Yes, it is true! Joslyn had her 3 month birthday yesterday! She has come so far in 3 months, and has done so much in her short time! We took a video last night and boy did she make it a great video! She saw her daddy sneeze and she was very confused by it! She is the one who sneezes.... so to see someone else do it really had her interested. It was funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KezTrH744f0
Daddy was sick today, we had to take him to the ER. But he is doing much better now since they gave him an IV with a "migraine cocktail" in it. It is sad to say, but both of us have a history of migraines...... so we are concerned for her later in life. We pray that she does not suffer with migraines. But if she does..... we both know how it feels and we think we can help her through them.
Jacky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KezTrH744f0
Daddy was sick today, we had to take him to the ER. But he is doing much better now since they gave him an IV with a "migraine cocktail" in it. It is sad to say, but both of us have a history of migraines...... so we are concerned for her later in life. We pray that she does not suffer with migraines. But if she does..... we both know how it feels and we think we can help her through them.
Jacky
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Rolling over at 12 weeks!!
MAJOR NEWS!!!! Friday (July 4th) Joslyn rolled from her tummy to her back!!! It was so amazing! She was showing her Aunt Nicole how well she does on her belly and how well she pushes up with her elbows. Then all of a sudden....... she rolled over! It looked like she had been doing it for ever! Such ease! All in all she did it 5 times that day! What a pro! Then the next day she rolled over more but this time she went in the other direction! How talented is she?! She can lift her head so high ans can sit up with us holding her like a tiny person!
We are using a toy that her cousins used to use. It is one that she can kick and music and lights turn on. She loves it! She is always moving her legs so it is perfect for her. Our little precious is growing up!!!!!!!!
Favorite thing to do:
Suck on her hands! Who needs a paci when you have tasty fingers and hands? hehe.
She still loves Mr. Fan, however Mr. Tree has lost his ranking! She seems less interested in him now. His stories must have gotten old! hehe.
She is still sleeping through the night..... 8.5 hours last night without waking up! (amazing to us still.)
Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July!!!
Jacky
We are using a toy that her cousins used to use. It is one that she can kick and music and lights turn on. She loves it! She is always moving her legs so it is perfect for her. Our little precious is growing up!!!!!!!!
Favorite thing to do:
Suck on her hands! Who needs a paci when you have tasty fingers and hands? hehe.
She still loves Mr. Fan, however Mr. Tree has lost his ranking! She seems less interested in him now. His stories must have gotten old! hehe.
She is still sleeping through the night..... 8.5 hours last night without waking up! (amazing to us still.)
Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July!!!
Jacky
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
11 weeks
Joslyn continues to do amazing at night! We have stuck to our feeding routine and she is doing great! I nurse her every 3 hours during the day... and half of the time she tells me it is time and I look at the clock and she is right! hehe.
At night she gets her last night feeding at 9:30 and is in bed by 10:30. She then will sleep all night long, beginning to stir around 5:30 am. I will then try to put her back asleep or I just put her on me with pillows surrounding me so she won't slip off. We stay that way until 6:30 or 7:00 am depending on the day of the week. She then will get her morning feeding. We are so blessed to have a baby who sleeps all night! I have to say making a regular schedule is a huge help! I will wake her during the day to feed, but not at night. I double checked with her pediatrician, and she said that is fine. Since she is continuing to put on weight, despite her Silent Reflux, then letting her sleep all night is perfectly fine.
I am still working on getting her Tucker Sling and wedge.
www.tuckersling.com
Our insurance company will pay 100% for it however I just have to find a Durable Medical Company that carries them! I am getting closer.... just alot of time on the phone. But it is for Joslyn and it will help her Silent Reflux.... so it is all worth it.
We are looking foward to her first 4th of July!!! She already has her outfit (2 of them to be honest!!!) Mackinac has his Pupperoo bandanna so we are all ready!!!!
www.pupperoo.com
Jacky
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