CC Update

Well, tonight we ordered an AR Pillow for Courtney. It’s a large foam wedge with a ‘seatbelt’ type thing on it. It will hold Courtney at a 30 degree angle so she can sleep. And the bands hold her on it so she doesn’t just roll to the bottom of the pillow. We are really hoping this works for her so that we can get her out of her car seat all the time. Our friends who are on their second reflux baby, got one for the baby and she sleeps 10 straight hours sometimes on it! I have a feeling we won’t have that great of success, but getting her out of her car seat all the time is a start!

I finally spoke with her pediatrician today who told me to bring her in for a weight check tomorrow and then again in another week. If the pediatrician is comfortable with her weight gain in that week, then we really have no need to worry about all the stuff we are worrying about! I have a feeling it will go okay. She told me it’s okay that I held off on all of the changes that the specialist wanted me to make. The biggest concern is making sure that she is gaining weight okay. I will be anxious to see where her weight puts her on the percentile chart tomorrow. I am anxious to see if she is still following the same line she was on a month ago.

For some odd reason a few weeks ago, I started journaling her food intake. I shouldn’t have done that. Now I constantly keep track and watch how much she eats. And I worry when it’s anything less than 17 oz. In fact today she is only at 15 oz for the day right now. So, we will wake her up soon and give her hopefully another 3 oz, bringing her to 18 oz for the day. All though the specialist says that is not enough calories for her. I have a feeling she may end up on ‘solids’ soon. We may end up needing to try the rice cereal in the bottle again. It’s been at least a month; maybe she would like it better now. Who knows?

Anyway, Hubby made it home safe and sound on Friday night. I worked at WnW both Saturday and Sunday. It was busy both days, which is great. It makes the time fly by. By the end of the day I am so ready to come home and see my baby! I will work every weekend from now though the end of the year.

Well, it’s time to go wake her up and see if we can’t get her to eat a little bit more!