...WHAT THE HELL WAS I THINKING?!?!?
I think I forgot about the sleepless nights when I thought about adding to the family. I remembered all about the diapers, the shots, the stroller, the car seats, the diaper rashes, the formula...I just forgot about the sleepless nights.
Welcome to WEEK 2! K turned 2 weeks this past Monday. She had her 2 week check yesterday. She's now 7lbs 10oz, and is 20 1/2in long. She's gained almost an entire lb since the NICU!!!!! Unfortunately, the antibiotic she was on in the NICU messed with the bacteria in her stomach so now we're on a GREAT HUNT for a formula she can tolerate. In 2 weeks, my little Grumpy Bunny has been on 4 formulas so far. *sigh* The latest is Nutramigen. It seems to make her gas pains worse, and it smells like potatoes. Not a good thing when my favorite vegetable (aside from green beans & corn) is potato. I'm now turned off by the smell of potatoes. *blech*
Anyway...K's been having horrible and painful gas pains since a few days after coming home. Turned out it was the formula she was on. So she was switched for a 3rd time last week. She tolerated it better, but the gas was still there and still painful. So now we're on #4, and she's a bit worse.
(Several hours later...)
Ok, back...So K is on formula #4 (Nutramigen), and in my opinion is doing a bit worse than when she was on Gentlease (#3). I broke down and bought some gas drops. I added some to her last bottle, but I don't know if she drank any of it after I added the drops. I had to change her diaper, and she pretty much fell asleep when I put the bottle in her mouth. She hasn't really slept this afternoon. She's been really gassy and constipated. I hope the drops help with both. All I know is that I've been holding her off and on all afternoon (more on than off), and my arms are sore now. I can't wait till A gets home from work! Then he takes over, and I get a break till after midnight. Then it starts all over again.
You know what? I'm so tired, and my brain is so fried, that I just can't keep this up today. So I'm gonna end it now. I guess it wasn't even worth updating the blog, but I needed to keep myself awake at the time. *sigh*
-me
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