Baby Blog

Today's blog will cover all things baby... Some of it good news... Some of it not-so-good news. We'll start with the not-so-good news...

(1) You may recall a recent blog of mine talking about Kayleigh... The one pound preemie whose blog I was following. Unfortunately, Kayleigh has passed away since that blog. One of her last procedures actually wound up causing some brain damage, and she just, plain did not recover from it. Her family seems to be doing relatively well... all things considered. Please keep them in your prayers.

(2) Other scary baby news... Bryan has a friend who is another navigator in his squadron who is pregnant. Heather is due to have her baby girl Isabella on July 9, but was admitted to the hospital earlier this week. Bryan, Maddy and I went to visit her at the hospital yesterday. She seems to be in good spirits, but I asked her what was going on. She told me that she was having some contractions, so she went in to have it checked out. Once she got there, they realized that with every contraction, Isabella's heartrate was dropping. They put her on an IV to stop the contractions, but the medicine gives Heather some pretty bad headaches. Heather also has to stay hooked up to a monitor and watch Isabella's heartrate. If it begins to drop, she has to change positions to try to get it to go back up. The doctor (who is the same doctor that I had) believes that the cord could be wrapped around her neck. They are hoping that she will hold out for another 2 weeks, but have told Heather that she may have a baby this weekend. They believe that Isabella is somewhere in the neighborhood of 4 pounds currently, and feel that she'll be past the 5 pound mark in 2 weeks. Either way, they are prepared to deliver at a moment's notice. Please keep Heather and her little family in your prayers, too.

(3) On to Miss Maddy... Maddy has been all but inconsolible for a little over a week now, so on Thursday I took her to the doctor. The doctor gave us some baby Allegra for allergies and Elidel cream for yet another rash. The doctor said that the pecan trees are in bloom right now, and he thinks that could be what her allergy is. April, you're not alone with the pecan allergy apparently. Also, he thinks that she just has extremely sensitive skin and that's why she keeps getting the rashes. The Elidel seems to be working a little bit better than the previous cream we have used, but she's still not 100%. Maddy was in a little better spirits this morning, but I can tell that she still isn't feeling completely up to par. I'm hoping that our beach vacation (and a change of environment) will help Maddy to clear up the allergies... at least for a couple of days!

(4) I have learned what it truly means to be a mom... Here's a run-down of this week's "gems"...
(a) Wednesday morning Maddy got sick while sitting on my lap... I had to walk to the sink, and let's just say that the "sick" didn't stay put while I walked across the room... :(
(b) After getting sick on me, I thought I should take her temperature. Let's review how you take a baby's temperature... Yep, in the bum... So, I go to take her temp, and yep, you guessed it, I got pooed on... :(
(c) Maddy is getting too big for her little tub in the sink, so it's time to move her to the big tub. Night #1 she cried the entire time. Night #2 we tried putting her baby tub in the big tub... she still cried. Night #3 I got in with her and held her (out of the water) for her entire bath... Night #4, by the end of the bath, she was able to sit in the water, however, I put too much water in the tub, and she kept floating to the top. LoL. I had to drain some water before it was low enough that she could actually sit without floating to the top. HaHaHa.
(d) I was at Target the other day and need to use the restroom. The handicap stall was FILTHY, and Maddy was in her stroller. So, what did I do?!?! I used the next stall down, pulled Maddy in the doorway and used the restroom with the door open... Fun times!!

Needless to say, we've had a couple of long days here in Texas, but in the grand scheme of things, our life isn't too bad. Maddy's napping at the moment... I'm relaxing and Bryan has gone to run an errand. I have hope that things will start looking up soon. Bryan has taken vacation next week (Monday - Thursday), then he has Friday and the following Monday off for Memorial day, so he took 4 days of vacation and got 10 days off!! Talk about a good deal!! :)

Well, I should go hop in the shower since Maddy's sleeping. Please keep those families in your prayers, and I'll do my best to update you on Heather when I hear something more!

Love you guys!! :)

Have a GREAT weekend!! :)

P.S. I'll try to post some pictures on the next blog... :)