Jinx!

Shirley started off as such a sweet, content little angel. So different from Ansley! Ansley came home, had one great night to make us think that we were the luckiest parents in the world with such an easy baby, but night 2 told us differently... Shirley however went thru night 2, 3, 4... all the way to 2 weeks and we truly were thinking man are we lucky. But two weeks hit and Shirley started grunting and squirming and all the same things as Ansley. Of course we jinxed ourselves by saying constantly what a good baby Shirley was.

But wait! We had seen this before... the Hickups, the choking, coughing, gagging, squirming, and unhappy all day, of course she must have reflux like Ansley did. Off to the store so that we could do the simple Gavascon test again, sure enough, reflux was the problem, easy fix though, medicine... K Been there done that.

Hmmm still not totally happy... definitely a difference though. Then the start of the slimey stool followed by the tears from me. You know what this means don't you... That's right another huge Ice Cream Party 6 months from now!!! Ya, happy news for you, but for those of you not familiar with Ansley's first 6 months and the reason for our last ice cream party, I have to go off of dairy. The girls aren't allergic, or lactose intolerant, they just have a problem digesting it during their first 6 months. Some say why don't you just use formula then. Simple answer... I would have to use a special formula too ($$$) and I love breast feeding. I love my daughters more than anything in the world so it's totally worth it to simply go off of dairy for such a short time:)

A week later and now we are back to our happy content baby girl. She still has to deal with reflux, but it doesn't hurt anymore. So she's all smiles, and let me tell you she has the cutest, widest, grin any little baby could possibly have!

Where does the time go? I can't believe she's going to by 4 weeks old on Tuesday! Happy New Year!