Wow, what a crazy week. Clint went out of town on Sunday and Abby came to stay. I wish I could clone her, she was a big help with the girls. The house is totally quiet right now with the girls in bed and the littlest asleep in my lap. I am currently debating on putting her in her bassinet instead of her swing and going to sleep in my actual bed. It has been at least a month since she has started the night in her bed. We started putting her down in the swing for the reflux and now that it has improved a bit, I still don't want to put her to bed because I like her near us. As soon as we get a crib wedge it will be time for her big girl crib in her own little room. *sniff* She is growing way too fast, I can't believe I will never have a little being snoring next to me again. The brightest part of my day is hearing her stir and sit up to look at her and when she opens her eyes she sees me and smiles the prettiest smile in the world. There is nothing better!
We went to see the GI specialist on Monday. We were the first and only patients, it was nice. After finding out she weighs 14 pounds 8 ounces, and was 24 inches long, we talked to the doctor. He gave my poor girl a thorough rectal exam and did a stool test. She was positive for blood in the stool and he says that usually indicates an allergy. Since she has improved since I cut dairy out we are going to continue with that and retest her in a month. He said it could take 6 weeks to get out of her system. If it is still there in a month I have to eliminate 6 other foods that are high allergy. I honestly don't know what I will have left to eat. It will be pretty much a raw diet for me. Soy, nuts, wheat and others I can't even remember on the list. So, no more peanut butter on my english muffin. And apparently there is dairy (whey) in EVERYTHING. It is so hard now to eat. Everyone is like, oh so good it's nothing serious, such a blessing you are breastfeeding, but it is hard. I am an emotional eater and food is a big deal to me. (obviously) I do truly hope it's a blessing and I can stick to this strict diet and it will improve BOTH our health. But I digress...
We were told to give her Maalox for the reflux pain and got a prescription for some drops that will help her intestines. The doctor said that colic is common in babies of moms with Irritable Bowel Syndrome. I was diagnosed with that in college, but it never seemed to affect my other girls. I have had a flare-up recently though with the stress of Quinn and worrying about my friend Karen. The last time it really bothered me was when we moved back to Georgia. (who would have thought having strangers go through and pack my stuff would bother me so much?!)
But he said she is growing and developing just fine so no need to do any intrusive testing. He was very impressed with her thigh rolls. :) It is a relief to have some tentative answers and a concrete plan in action.
