Ah-Ha

Ah-HA, I finally did listen to one thing that the specialist told me! He said to try getting the baby’s formula on Ebay. To get it from a regular pharmacy is $33-$36/can. My mom is able to get it at cost through her work pharmacy for $30/can. I can get it for about $20/can on Ebay! I all ready bought one case. There is another case only for $85 right now, which would make it $14/can, but I am floating in Elecare now, so I unfortunately am going to hold off. It’s always for sale on there. People stock up on it, and then their child stops using it, so they sell it! I sure wouldn’t want to waste formula that expensive. Heck, I hate it when I make a 5 oz bottle and she only drinks 2oz! I have to throw 3 oz away!

We did go see the specialist this week. That was quite the trip. If you recall, last time we went, he was very upset, saying that she was only in the 5^th % for her weight. He diagnosed her as Failure to Thrive. He asked us to up her calories, and wanted us to put her on a monitor to monitor her heartbeat and breathing (in case she stopped, an alarm would sound). I was very upset after the last visit. I was in tears and on the phone with my pediatrician as soon as possible. We started going for weekly weight checks with my pediatrician, and she was very happy with the baby’s weight. She said the baby was consistently in the 25^th %. On the baby’s 4 month visit, she told me to tell the specialist that if he had a problem with her weight, call her. Well, we got to the specialists office, and the same medical assistant as always took us back, weighed her and then went to the chart. At this point she said, ‘the baby’s not a boy! This is a boy’s chart!’ AH-HA! Guess what? Once they got her charted on the girls chart, she was in the 25^th % and they removed the failure to thrive diagnosis! The specialist was kind enough to say ‘sorry ‘bout that’.

Anyway, we also discussed that she isn’t going to be moving off the elecare until she is 7 months-8 months old. She is also banned from having any wheat products until then as well. So, we will have to be careful what we give her as time goes on.

She still HATES (HATES!) the rice cereal. We shove a spoonful in and then shove the bottle in her mouth to rinse it down. I am assuming it’s the texture she is having a hard time with. She wouldn’t drink it in her bottle a few months ago, and now… well, we will be lucky if she ever eats rice cereal. I am sure she will just be a ball to start with baby food. Due to her allergy, we also have to be very careful about starting new foods with her. We have to give her a full 7 days between each new item we start. How fun for us.

Hubby just got back LATE last night (actually early this morning) from an unexpected business trip to New York City. This job came up last minute, and he flew out last Sunday. My mom came up and spent a few nights with us, which is always SO NICE! I love it when she does that. And the baby does too, ‘cause she gets spoiled!

The office Hubby was doing work in was on Broadway! But down near Wall Street. And he was staying in a hotel on 5^th Ave! Must be rough! He was able to meet up with his Uncle Paul one night for dinner. Paul works near Wall Street as well. Other than that, Hubby put in some LONG days while he was there. I think the company had unrealistic expectations of what they wanted done and in the time frame they wanted it done as well. Bu they were also on a deadline because they wanted to fire a guy on Friday, so part of the job for Hubby was to secure everything so this disgruntled employee would not be able to log in and sabotage the company on his way out the door.

His plane was delayed leaving NY, and thankfully his plane leaving O’Hare for Denver was also delayed. He literally made it by the skin of his teeth! His bags, however, showed up today.

Speaking of by the skin of his teeth, he was driving home from the airport in Denver, and suddenly on I-225 (interstate in Denver) there was a car coming at him in his lane! He was barley able to swerve and miss the car. He dialed 911, but unfortunately, this guy collided with someone else not long after the near miss and killed himself and the driver of the other car (ironically another Jeep Cherokee). A detective called Hubby today asking questions, but since everything happened so fast, Hubby wasn’t much help. They don’t know yet if the guy was drunk or not, but how could any sober person do that!? Phew, thank goodness, we get to enjoy Hubby still!

Well, I worked today, so I am exhausted! I think I hear Hubby doing the last feeding of the night, so I will end here!