April was a
ROUGH month. Amanda, Emy and her dogs
came into town for Easter. Hailey got to
meet Emy for the first time and we spent some quality time with the
family. It was really fun having all
those littles around and I can’t wait for the beach this summer!
Easter Sunday
was when things started to get interesting.
Hailey woke up at about 5 am throwing up a little. It wasn’t like normal spit up, but I thought
nothing of it at the time. She went back
to bed and Addison woke up ready to find her Easter basket. Justin & I helped Addy while Hailey slept
some more. Once she woke up, Hailey proceeded
to throw up 4 more times before noon. I
called the nurses hotline at our pediatrician’s and got a call back quick. The nurse was super nice and pleasant but
said if a baby under 12 weeks old throws up 3 times in 12 hours, they need to
be seen ASAP. Since Hailey exceeded that
plus some, we knew we were headed out.
Since it was Easter Sunday the only option available to us was the Wake
Med Children’s hospital. My parents came
to pick Addison up and Justin & I headed out. Once at the hospital, we were seen relatively
quickly. There were other people/kids there but because Hailey was under 12
weeks old, they moved us to a room away from everyone. Hailey was examined and she seemed to be
good, but they said to make sure everything was really ok, she needed an
ultrasound on her stomach. They wheeled
both Haily & I on the gurney to the radiologist room. They had Hailey drink a bottle of pedialite
and she fell asleep in my arms while the woman did the ultrasound. We went back to our room and waited for the
results. It seemed like a long time, but
finally the results came back and our baby was all good. It was such a relief to know she just had a
stomach bug. We headed home and my mom
said she’d drop Addison off shortly. I
was feeding Hailey on the couch, Justin was at the store grabbing us dinner
when my mom walked in saying its ok, its ok to Addison. Poor Addison got sick all over my dad’s
car. It seemed like whatever bug Hailey
had had now moved on to Addison. Addy
was up most of the night but by morning she seemed much better. Thankfully it was a quick moving bug! We needed to rid our house of germs because
Nonna was heading into town to watch Hailey for a few weeks. Unfortunately, a few days after Nonna
arrived, she got what the girls had. It
really was a looong few weeks. We
started to get back into the groove when yet again Addy started looking
bad. She went to bed with not much in
her stomach and feeling feverish. I
checked her throat and I thought I saw some white spots. I felt like she had strep throat and knew
we’d be making a trip to the doctor’s office in the morning. Addy had a very restless night and was up for
about 4 hours trying to throw up. She
never actually did but she had the shakes and felt awful all night. The next day we headed to the doctor’s where
they confirmed strep. More medicine and she was looking like new in no time.
Sleeping – Hailey is doing better &
better. Lately she’s only been waking up
once per night. She takes her bottle and
goes back to bed pretty quickly.
Eating – she has been bumped up to 4 oz. bottles every 2
hours. She is really starting to fill
out! I love her little leg rolls!
Clothing – She is completely in 3 month clothing
and I have brought out some 6 month outfits too.
Stats – at her 04/18/17 appointment she weighed
in at 11 lbs 15oz. She hadn’t lost any
weight after her throw up bug and was right on track still.
Loves – she loves having her hands in her mouth. She tries to get them up there all the
time. I unfortunately think the poor
thing is teething. I don’t feel anything
in her mouth, but she is a drooly mess.
She is starting to enjoy her toys more & more. She is intrigued by them and will watch them
for short time periods. She also seems
to like watching the TV.
Hates – nothing really to
report!
