Mother nature (or should I say Aunt Flo) has come back after a long absence to visit me for a few days. sigh... I didn't really miss her I must admit. But who ever does?
Today, Toni is 14 weeks... she's growing so fast! I swear she giggled today. Still not full on but a little more than her past giggles. Each time there's an extra giggle added in and I think she could have fully giggled if I hadn't gotten so excited and freaked out that she got shocked. haha! stupid mommy... ruined it. haha! Or maybe I just wasn't tickling her enough.
I never did mention that a couple weeks ago we took her to the doctor because she had some congestion going on. He diagnosed her with a sinus infection and she's been taking amoxcillin for it. And she's directed to take it until we finish the bottle out. sheesh! anyway, she's nearing the bottom of that bottle and her congestion seems to be almost all gone if not completely. But I hate the stuff because if she doesn't burp before taking it, she will spit it out along with her milk. I have been going through clothes and sheet changes like crazy lately. and her poop is slimy-er too. nasty. but the doc says it's normal. as long as she isn't always throwing up and her poop is pure diarrhea (like water he said). Still, I can't wait until she's done having to take the stuff.
Still struggling with getting her to take a bottle. So far I've tried different bottles. The bottles we have are the Avent ones and I still think that eventually she could use them since she use to drink out of them when we hadn't established breastfeeding yet. I tried the Playtex nurser (hoping it would just be a transition into the Avent ones) but the latex nipple although softer was way too soft and was just sliding and bending all around in her mouth. sigh... so now I'm trying this one by First years which was made to mimic breasfeeding (although they all say they do) and she isn't too cool with that. Although, i've talked to some veteran mommy's and they all suggest that I, personally, don't try to give her the bottle. I actually read that too. It has to do with the baby knowing that hello... mommy's got the boobs, don't give me no bottle. Plus they say that the mother's scent will also make them refuse a bottle. The veteran moms I've talked to have all told me to have someone else feed her and that I need to leave the room completey where I am no where in sight. Kathy even told me that she would sometimes shut the door or leave to run an errand. These kids! what we do for them. Although using that as an excuse to have an hour to myself isn't so bad. haha! I still have another bottle that I haven't tried yet, though. I was hoping she'd take the one by First Years so that I can return the Nuk ones I bought. But it's looking like I might have to try them out. It's tough when Junior's at work because he works 12 hour shifts 3 times a week and when he leaves, she's sleeping. When he gets home, she's sleeping. So I try to bottle feed her anyway, but no luck.
We found a daycare for her too. Did I blog about this already? I don't know. Wow.... my memory really has gone down the drain. Anyway,
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