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
Saturday, July 12, 2008
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
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
10 week update...
Can you say 9 lbs 15 ounces..... 23 1/2 inches long?????? Yupp, that is what she measured on Monday at her 2 month check up! She is in the 25% for her weight and 75% (!!!!) for her height! She is one tall slender little precious!
She also got half of her 2 month immunizations. Stephen and I did not want her to get all her immunizations at once, so she got half on Monday and we go back next month to get the other half. The doctor said she is doing very good. It was funny, when the nurse began talking about giving Joslyn her shots, Joslyn went from a happy loving girl in her daddy's arms to a screaming scared baby as soon as the nurse said "shots". I told the nurse that Joslyn is very smart and the nurse said "Next time I will spell it out." It was very funny. Over all she did well getting her immunizations. She did scream right as the nurse put the needle in her leg but she recovered very quickly. Within minutes she feel back asleep. I cried (and I think I saw a tear in Stephen's eyes as well), but we made it through.
At her GI Specialist appointment the next day..... Dr. Lui took her off of Zantax and put her on Prevacid. He wrote a prescription for a Reflux Sleeping wedge... we just have to find one where our insurance company will pay for it.
He was happy we took her off of the Reglan, and seemed pleased with how we handle her episodes. He said to continue to handle them the way we are, keep her elevated 30 minutes after each feeding, and to give her Maalox when she has an episode during nursing.
All in all, it was a good visit. (They weighed her there as well and she was just over 10 lbs... but she had just nursed before we walked in! She is our sack of potatoes! hehe) We go back to Dr. Lui in 3 months.
We are hoping the Prevacid will work well for her... as we hear really good things about that medicine.... Grandpa is on it for his Reflux! Isn't that sweet?? They share the same medicine!!!
On another good note.... Today Joslyn finally fits in her outfit we bought her after her first good OBGYN Appt! (6 weeks pregnant) It was the first thing we bought her (before we knew she was a she.) I have been waiting to put it on her for soooo long! So now instead of being under my pillow while I sleep..... it is on her body!
It feels so amazing to see it on her little body. It is what got me through.... we even brought it with us when we went to the hospital to have her. I did not sleep without the little outfit under my pillow.
I still have the little white shoes hanging on my rear view mirror in my car.... maybe one day she will wear those too!!!!!
Jacky
She also got half of her 2 month immunizations. Stephen and I did not want her to get all her immunizations at once, so she got half on Monday and we go back next month to get the other half. The doctor said she is doing very good. It was funny, when the nurse began talking about giving Joslyn her shots, Joslyn went from a happy loving girl in her daddy's arms to a screaming scared baby as soon as the nurse said "shots". I told the nurse that Joslyn is very smart and the nurse said "Next time I will spell it out." It was very funny. Over all she did well getting her immunizations. She did scream right as the nurse put the needle in her leg but she recovered very quickly. Within minutes she feel back asleep. I cried (and I think I saw a tear in Stephen's eyes as well), but we made it through.
At her GI Specialist appointment the next day..... Dr. Lui took her off of Zantax and put her on Prevacid. He wrote a prescription for a Reflux Sleeping wedge... we just have to find one where our insurance company will pay for it.
He was happy we took her off of the Reglan, and seemed pleased with how we handle her episodes. He said to continue to handle them the way we are, keep her elevated 30 minutes after each feeding, and to give her Maalox when she has an episode during nursing.
All in all, it was a good visit. (They weighed her there as well and she was just over 10 lbs... but she had just nursed before we walked in! She is our sack of potatoes! hehe) We go back to Dr. Lui in 3 months.
We are hoping the Prevacid will work well for her... as we hear really good things about that medicine.... Grandpa is on it for his Reflux! Isn't that sweet?? They share the same medicine!!!
On another good note.... Today Joslyn finally fits in her outfit we bought her after her first good OBGYN Appt! (6 weeks pregnant) It was the first thing we bought her (before we knew she was a she.) I have been waiting to put it on her for soooo long! So now instead of being under my pillow while I sleep..... it is on her body!
It feels so amazing to see it on her little body. It is what got me through.... we even brought it with us when we went to the hospital to have her. I did not sleep without the little outfit under my pillow.
I still have the little white shoes hanging on my rear view mirror in my car.... maybe one day she will wear those too!!!!!
Jacky
Thursday, June 12, 2008
9 weeks old!
Joslyn will be 9 weeks tomorrow!!! (6-13-08)
She has been having more problems with her reflux. We think she has Silent Reflux, which means she is not spitting the acid up and it is going back down.... causing twice the harm. (what she has been doing since she was rushed to Scottish Rite) She has also been gasping for air when this happens. It is a horrible sound.. but luckily the Apnea monitor has not been going off, so she is not long between breaths. We made an appointment with a GI specialist for June 24. We are hoping to get a better idea on how to help her, and get a special sleep wedge that will keep her at a 30 degree angle when she sleeps. That is suppose to help her reflux.
We have taken her off of the Reglan medicine. It has way too many bad side effects which she has shown some of them. Luckily, she was only showing increased crying/screaming fits that we could not stop. That is one of the "best" reactions if you are going to have reactions from that medicine. We are just too scared of what that medicine can do to adults.... let alone a 2 month old miracle baby girl. However she is still on Zantac.
Since we have taken her off the Reglan, she has not had nearly the amount of uncontrollable screaming fits. For 2 weeks she would get so upset and there was nothing Stephen or I could do, which was heart breaking for us. We now know it was one of the side effects from the Reglan.
On a happy note.... she has found her fingers and hands! She has figured out that she can wave her hands in front of her face.... and she does it all the time!!!! It is so funny! It looks like she is trying to punch the air!
Jacky
She has been having more problems with her reflux. We think she has Silent Reflux, which means she is not spitting the acid up and it is going back down.... causing twice the harm. (what she has been doing since she was rushed to Scottish Rite) She has also been gasping for air when this happens. It is a horrible sound.. but luckily the Apnea monitor has not been going off, so she is not long between breaths. We made an appointment with a GI specialist for June 24. We are hoping to get a better idea on how to help her, and get a special sleep wedge that will keep her at a 30 degree angle when she sleeps. That is suppose to help her reflux.
We have taken her off of the Reglan medicine. It has way too many bad side effects which she has shown some of them. Luckily, she was only showing increased crying/screaming fits that we could not stop. That is one of the "best" reactions if you are going to have reactions from that medicine. We are just too scared of what that medicine can do to adults.... let alone a 2 month old miracle baby girl. However she is still on Zantac.
Since we have taken her off the Reglan, she has not had nearly the amount of uncontrollable screaming fits. For 2 weeks she would get so upset and there was nothing Stephen or I could do, which was heart breaking for us. We now know it was one of the side effects from the Reglan.
On a happy note.... she has found her fingers and hands! She has figured out that she can wave her hands in front of her face.... and she does it all the time!!!! It is so funny! It looks like she is trying to punch the air!
Jacky
Saturday, June 7, 2008
found this article
Stephen came across this article the other day. It does not mention miscarriages, but a hard decision and a miracle baby in the end.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,363434,00.html
Jacky
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,363434,00.html
Jacky
8 weeks old!
Joslyn is now 8 weeks old (and 1 day)!!!She is getting bigger and bigger everyday! Although she still is a tiny little thing! Socks are fitting her better now, some of them still fall off but for the most part they fit.
She is lifting her head soooo high while playing during tummy time. She stretches her neck so much that she looks like a turtle coming out of her shell! It is too cute.
We took a drive yesterday and she did so well! She seems to love the car and being outside. Although with the temp almost 100 degrees yesterday, it was soooooo hot!
She seems to have my skin, very sensitive. Her face breaks out while in the sun or heat. She gets little red bumps and her face looks all red. Poor darlin, it is so sad to see. We found that if we put a cold, wet cloth on her neck it seems to help.
She goes back to the doctor in 2 weeks..... we can't help but wonder how much she will weigh then! Anyone want to place some guesses????
Jacky
She is lifting her head soooo high while playing during tummy time. She stretches her neck so much that she looks like a turtle coming out of her shell! It is too cute.
We took a drive yesterday and she did so well! She seems to love the car and being outside. Although with the temp almost 100 degrees yesterday, it was soooooo hot!
She seems to have my skin, very sensitive. Her face breaks out while in the sun or heat. She gets little red bumps and her face looks all red. Poor darlin, it is so sad to see. We found that if we put a cold, wet cloth on her neck it seems to help.
She goes back to the doctor in 2 weeks..... we can't help but wonder how much she will weigh then! Anyone want to place some guesses????
Jacky
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