So Many Health Problems....So Little Time

We have noticed that Isabella has been spitting up an awful lot lately and we were getting concerned. We know that with her acid reflux she would be spitting up more, but not like this. I thought maybe it was because she was "growing out of her medication" meaning she was gaining more weight and needed a dose boost. My sister had given us her old baby scale and we weighed Isabella. She had gained almost 2 pounds since her last weight check at the doctor's office. So I called the office to see if she did need a boost. They wanted us to bring her in to get checked out. We brought her in and they weighed her and she had actually gained 2 pounds 5 ounces. She is now 12 pounds 12 ounces. So they upped her Zantac dose to 2.3 ml. Not very much but it's something to a baby. They also put her on a special formula (Alimentum) because with her spitting up issues paired with her eczema, she might have a milk allergy. Hopefully she will grow out of that by the time she is one year old. It's very likely, apparently it's very common for babies to have milk allergies early in life while their digestive system is developing. This formula is for babies that have a milk protein allergy. Gosh I hope this passes. I feel so bad for her and all her little problems here and there. We are paying special attention to her eczema because a milk allergy can aggravate eczema. If it gets better on this formula, it's even more likely she has the milk allergy. 

She had been sleeping through the night for weeks now. Then, in the past week, all of a sudden she started waking up around 4:00am to be changed and fed again. We had no idea why this happened, but as of last night, she is sleeping through again. Whew, I hope that ship has sailed. I don't think we can go back to the middle of the night feedings again. That was just torture for two people who love sleeping. She is still working on lifting her head for longer periods of time, and sitting up a bit more (with help of course). She isn't exactly holding her bottle herself yet, but with propping she is trying to. It's still too heavy for her to hold on her own with no help. Matt and I will sometimes use something to prop up her arms to hold the bottle and watch her carefully so she doesn't start sucking air. We also have to turn the bottle upside down so the food flows for her. 

The point is that she is trying to help :D

I snapped a picture of her the other day while we were taking a walk. She always has this confused look on her face when we are walking...almost as if she isn't sure what she should be doing. I call it her "Walk Shock Face"

Walk Shock

Isabella and daddy have been playing a lot lately. Here are a few pictures:

Well that's about it for now. We wish everyone a very happy Easter weekend!

3rd Month Adventures

Isabella is having more and more adventures as the weeks pass. She is showing more interest in her toys and people than she did before. It's been pretty exciting to see her grow this way!!

On Sunday we did a whirlwind trip to Eagle River to visit people. On the way we went to her great grandparents' house  who live in Birchwood to visit them. They had not seen her in a few weeks and she has changed so much! She wanted to look pretty for everyone so she decided to wear this:

After that stop, we went to my parents' house to visit them for awhile. This picture was taken at that stop. The next stop was at some friends' house for a late lunch, Tom and Valerie with Doug and Jennifer. They had not met Isabella yet, and she did so well! That was the longest time Isabella had been out of the house and she had a lot of fun. She was held most of the time at every house, and she was just eating it up :)

We took her for her first walk this past Wednesday. She had never been outside before, unless you count going to and from the car. She had a blast! We got her dressed and put her in her car seat and attached it to her stroller (it's a travel system) and we went for a mile walk. She just stared up at the sky and trees, and whoever was pushing her at the time like "What is this place?? Why have we come here??? TALK TO ME!!" Here is her "outside outfit" that her Grandma Forbes bought her:

Isabella wanted to take a picture for all her aunties yesterday and of course I said it was ok :) Here are a few pictures of that "photo shoot":

We have been Skyping with Isabella's Grandmama (Matt's mother) occasionally so they can interact since she lives in Oregon. We will be Skyping in a little bit with her so Grandmama can read her a story. After that we are taking Isabella to the Home Show here in Wasilla. We have just started using the stroller this week and so far she is doing well with it in her car seat, I hope she does well at the Home Show! I still have yet to change her diaper in a public bathroom. I did have to feed her in the Fred Meyer parking lot one day before we went in, we lost track of time and apparently it was feeding time. Taking her out isn't a big deal for us, it never really was since she was leaving the house to go to the doctor's office almost every day the week after she was born. We never really had that "waiting period" that most parents go through. 

Overall Isabella is doing great, nothing major to report...unless people want to hear about our spitting up adventures. I'm thinking no? :D Until next time....