I posted last week that we took Marleigh off her Prevacid. She was still on her Zantac. Well, it seemed to be upsetting her tummy, too. Her last dose was on Sunday morning. She has basically been spit up free ever since! Who would have thought the stuff that was supposed to help her tummy was actually hurting it. For the first time in her life, she is completely medicine free! :)
She has been such a good girl the last few days. All smiles & giggles. Crazy how much you can love such a little person!
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
First Trip to Mound City
Marleigh had her first long road trip this past weekend. We headed back to Mound City for Matt's Memorial softball tournament. It was so good to see all of our family & friends. Marleigh finally got to meet her two younger cousins! They are adorable! We have some great pictures. We had such a great time playing ball. Just wish we were getting together for a different reason. Matt is greatly missed.
Since the Johnson clan is expanding quickly, we were able to stay at Jerry & Mary Ann Roy's lake house. Marc is good friends with their son. They have a beautiful house! Thank you so much!!!
Marc's sisters organized a little shower for Marleigh at the tournament. It was very sweet of them. Once again, everyone was too generous! We are so appreciative!
Marleigh road really well for the five and a half hour drive back to Mound City. She didn't fuss at all! She was so good Saturday at the tournament. Saturday night Marleigh was very constipated. We're still battling that. Poor little thing cries & screams when she tries to have a bowel movement. The doctor said to try some pear juice, so we'll give that a whirl. Sunday morning we had our big family pictures taken. Marleigh did really well. All the little ones were good! Can't wait to see how they turned out! She road pretty well the first couple of hours on Sunday, but then was just so tired she fussed a bit. Overall, couldn't have asked for her to be any better!
Grandma & Grandpa Cline met us in Wichita Sunday with Marc's pickup. He has meetings all week in Texas. It saved him like 4-5 hours of driving by them meeting us. It was so incredibly nice of them! Marc will get home late Thursday night & leave again on Friday for Kansas City. Bayer CropScience is a big sponsor of the KSU game at Arrowhead this weekend. He is taking a bunch of customers. He'll finally be home on Sunday after basically 10 days on the road! He's going to be exhausted.
Since the Johnson clan is expanding quickly, we were able to stay at Jerry & Mary Ann Roy's lake house. Marc is good friends with their son. They have a beautiful house! Thank you so much!!!
Marc's sisters organized a little shower for Marleigh at the tournament. It was very sweet of them. Once again, everyone was too generous! We are so appreciative!
Marleigh road really well for the five and a half hour drive back to Mound City. She didn't fuss at all! She was so good Saturday at the tournament. Saturday night Marleigh was very constipated. We're still battling that. Poor little thing cries & screams when she tries to have a bowel movement. The doctor said to try some pear juice, so we'll give that a whirl. Sunday morning we had our big family pictures taken. Marleigh did really well. All the little ones were good! Can't wait to see how they turned out! She road pretty well the first couple of hours on Sunday, but then was just so tired she fussed a bit. Overall, couldn't have asked for her to be any better!
Grandma & Grandpa Cline met us in Wichita Sunday with Marc's pickup. He has meetings all week in Texas. It saved him like 4-5 hours of driving by them meeting us. It was so incredibly nice of them! Marc will get home late Thursday night & leave again on Friday for Kansas City. Bayer CropScience is a big sponsor of the KSU game at Arrowhead this weekend. He is taking a bunch of customers. He'll finally be home on Sunday after basically 10 days on the road! He's going to be exhausted.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
No more Prevacid!
Marleigh has been on Zantac & Prevacid for her reflux. We have noticed that her cheeks turn really red & her tummy seemed to hurt her after her Prevacid. Two days ago we quit giving it to her. She has had two really good days! Her cheeks haven't turned bright red, & her tummy seems to be somewhat better. Plus, she didn't spit up hardly at all today!
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Grandma, Marleigh, & I took a road trip to Hutch today. Marleigh finally got to meet the doctor that was supposed to deliver her! It was so good to see Dr. Cullan as well as Sharis & Jan. They were happy to meet Marleigh, too. If they wouldn't have insisted that I come in that day & took such good care of us, Marleigh might not be here. We are so thankful for Dr. Cullan, as well as his nurses.
We also met Aunt Shannon for lunch. Marleigh was so good all day. She fell asleep in her carseat while we were at Chili's. I was shocked that she fell asleep on her own. Today was also her first time to go into a store. She loved Target about as much as her Mom! She just looked at everything & smiled. She is growing so fast, we had to get her some new clothes!
Marleigh road both to & from Hutch without crying at all. She is such a happy little thing. :)
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Aunt Myra starts her new job at Great Bend Regional Hospital tomorrow. Good luck! We know you'll do great!
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Grandma, Marleigh, & I took a road trip to Hutch today. Marleigh finally got to meet the doctor that was supposed to deliver her! It was so good to see Dr. Cullan as well as Sharis & Jan. They were happy to meet Marleigh, too. If they wouldn't have insisted that I come in that day & took such good care of us, Marleigh might not be here. We are so thankful for Dr. Cullan, as well as his nurses.
We also met Aunt Shannon for lunch. Marleigh was so good all day. She fell asleep in her carseat while we were at Chili's. I was shocked that she fell asleep on her own. Today was also her first time to go into a store. She loved Target about as much as her Mom! She just looked at everything & smiled. She is growing so fast, we had to get her some new clothes!
Marleigh road both to & from Hutch without crying at all. She is such a happy little thing. :)
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Aunt Myra starts her new job at Great Bend Regional Hospital tomorrow. Good luck! We know you'll do great!
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Our daughter is no dummy...
lazy, maybe... but no dummy! I put down blankets on the floor for Marleigh to play on. The past few days, I put her on her tummy. Then I place her toys just out of reach, to encourage her to crawl to get them. She still hasn't crawled, but she'll kind of try to scoot. Except she's now figured out to just grab the blanket & pull her toys to her. It's the best of both worlds! She gets her toys, but doesn't have to do any work! I just laughed at her. She must have found it funny, too. She let out a shriek & huge smile.
Today she was playing on the floor & was getting hungry. I went into the kitchen to mix her bottle. When I came back into the living room, she had rolled onto her side, pulling her blanket with her. Marleigh had a fist full of blanket in her mouth like she was trying to eat it! She was smacking loudly. She must have been hungrier than I thought!
Once again, our family is requesting prayers. My back isn't healing from when I fell down the stairs. Dr. Randy took more X-rays because I'm still having pain. It hasn't even started healing. What's worse is that he said there is some calcium loss in 4-5 other vertebrae that concerns him. He put me on a high dose of calcium. Hopefully, that will do the trick. If it doesn't heal, I'll have to have a MRI. Not sure what the next step would be. I'm just believing that the calcium will work!
Today she was playing on the floor & was getting hungry. I went into the kitchen to mix her bottle. When I came back into the living room, she had rolled onto her side, pulling her blanket with her. Marleigh had a fist full of blanket in her mouth like she was trying to eat it! She was smacking loudly. She must have been hungrier than I thought!
Once again, our family is requesting prayers. My back isn't healing from when I fell down the stairs. Dr. Randy took more X-rays because I'm still having pain. It hasn't even started healing. What's worse is that he said there is some calcium loss in 4-5 other vertebrae that concerns him. He put me on a high dose of calcium. Hopefully, that will do the trick. If it doesn't heal, I'll have to have a MRI. Not sure what the next step would be. I'm just believing that the calcium will work!
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Oct. 7th
Well, our appointment with the specialist isn't until October 7th. Let's hope I'm still sane by then! I did get her on the cancellation list. The receptionist said just today there were two people that just didn't show up. Nice, huh?!?
Last night we were up from 7:30 til 11:30. At least she is relatively happy when her tummy doesn't hurt. I just hate that she is uncomfortable some of the time & worry about her esophagus. Hopefully the next three weeks will fly by.
Last night we were up from 7:30 til 11:30. At least she is relatively happy when her tummy doesn't hurt. I just hate that she is uncomfortable some of the time & worry about her esophagus. Hopefully the next three weeks will fly by.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
More tummy woes...
Yesterday was a horrible day for Marleigh's tummy. I bet she spit up at least 30 times. I HATE reflux & I HATE feeling so helpless when my baby is uncomfortable. I put her to bed at 8:15 last night. She was up by 8:45 because her stomach hurt. We were up until 11:45. We'd burp her & try to put her to sleep only to have to burp her again 10 minutes later. Many of the burps were accompanied by spit up. She would curl up in pain and was so tired. Tonight was a repeat except we only fought it for about 2 and half hours.
We are so lucky for how well Marleigh is doing in every other aspect, but her sensitive stomach is starting to wear on us. We can't let her lay down for over an hour after eating. She spits up all the time. She's uncomfortable. She doesn't nap more than 30-45 minutes at a time, because her tummy hurts. Now we're spending 2-3 hours at night fighting it, too. When she's not hurting, she is full of smiles. She is so happy. I'm seriously tempted to call the pedi tomorrow & ask for a referral to a specialist.
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On a lighter note... I have heard many stories about babies that go #2 in their bath. Let's just say that we now have a story, too. I think we'll leave it at that!
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Marleigh & I attended Randi Turner's baby shower today. Randi is having a little boy & we are so excited for her & Cory. I'm sure Marleigh & Hayden (that is going to be his name) will have lots of fun together as they grow up! I know that Randi, Kiley, Shannon & I sure did!
We are so lucky for how well Marleigh is doing in every other aspect, but her sensitive stomach is starting to wear on us. We can't let her lay down for over an hour after eating. She spits up all the time. She's uncomfortable. She doesn't nap more than 30-45 minutes at a time, because her tummy hurts. Now we're spending 2-3 hours at night fighting it, too. When she's not hurting, she is full of smiles. She is so happy. I'm seriously tempted to call the pedi tomorrow & ask for a referral to a specialist.
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On a lighter note... I have heard many stories about babies that go #2 in their bath. Let's just say that we now have a story, too. I think we'll leave it at that!
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Marleigh & I attended Randi Turner's baby shower today. Randi is having a little boy & we are so excited for her & Cory. I'm sure Marleigh & Hayden (that is going to be his name) will have lots of fun together as they grow up! I know that Randi, Kiley, Shannon & I sure did!
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Rice? No dice!
Okay... I'm laughing at myself right now at the title of this entry... I'm such a dork!
The rest of Monday night was NOT good. Marleigh was moaning in her sleep, would wake up crying, & was curling up like her tummy hurt. Then she was refusing her bottle. I feel so sorry for her. She was also fussy yesterday. We skipped the rice all together last night. Marleigh slept for 7 hours without a peep, then ate, went right back to sleep. She slept another 5 hours without so much as a moan.
I called the pediatrician (again). I'm sure they're sick of me by now. They said her sensitive little tummy probably can't handle it. They told us to wait a month & try again. By then she will be 8 1/2 months, or 5 1/2 adjusted. Not sure what we'll do if she still can't handle it. The bad thing is, we're back to feeding her formula every 3 1/2 hours or so. At one point, she was going 4 1/2 hours or so in between feedings. Like I've said before, we'll do whatever is best for her!
I just hope she can eat solid food by the time she goes to college!
The rest of Monday night was NOT good. Marleigh was moaning in her sleep, would wake up crying, & was curling up like her tummy hurt. Then she was refusing her bottle. I feel so sorry for her. She was also fussy yesterday. We skipped the rice all together last night. Marleigh slept for 7 hours without a peep, then ate, went right back to sleep. She slept another 5 hours without so much as a moan.
I called the pediatrician (again). I'm sure they're sick of me by now. They said her sensitive little tummy probably can't handle it. They told us to wait a month & try again. By then she will be 8 1/2 months, or 5 1/2 adjusted. Not sure what we'll do if she still can't handle it. The bad thing is, we're back to feeding her formula every 3 1/2 hours or so. At one point, she was going 4 1/2 hours or so in between feedings. Like I've said before, we'll do whatever is best for her!
I just hope she can eat solid food by the time she goes to college!
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
First successful rice feeding!
I hope everyone had a safe & fun long holiday weekend!
Tonight was what I would call our first successful feeding of rice. We finally figured out a system that seems to work. I hold Marleigh & Marc feeds her. He says I was being too timid with her. She ate all the rice that I made for her. Her little tummy seemed upset tonight, so let's hope it was just a fluke thing & not the rice doing it. That's all we need... her to not be able to tolerate rice!
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Marc headed to the KSU game on Saturday. Marleigh & I cheered from home. Here is a like to a few pictures!
http://s460.photobucket.com/albums/qq325/sarbearjo/Game%20Day/?albumview=slideshow
Tonight was what I would call our first successful feeding of rice. We finally figured out a system that seems to work. I hold Marleigh & Marc feeds her. He says I was being too timid with her. She ate all the rice that I made for her. Her little tummy seemed upset tonight, so let's hope it was just a fluke thing & not the rice doing it. That's all we need... her to not be able to tolerate rice!
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Marc headed to the KSU game on Saturday. Marleigh & I cheered from home. Here is a like to a few pictures!
http://s460.photobucket.com/albums/qq325/sarbearjo/Game%20Day/?albumview=slideshow
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Finally some new pics!
Marleigh has been sitting up on her own for a few seconds at a time. Yesterday, Marc had her sitting on the ottoman. She would fall over & just laugh & smile at herself. She must have done it at least 10 times. It was hilarious!
I finally got my camera software on my computer, so here as some pictures!
Love this one of Aunt Moni & Marleigh!
She's so sweet!
Happy 4th of July!
In the middle of "talking"
Relaxing with Daddy, eating some lunch, and watching TV
Happy girl!
Hostesses of Marleigh's shower: Steph, Jenni, Shannon, Mommy & Marleigh, Kayla, & Jami
There are a few more if you go to photobucket! :)
I finally got my camera software on my computer, so here as some pictures!
Love this one of Aunt Moni & Marleigh!
She's so sweet!
Happy 4th of July!
In the middle of "talking"
Relaxing with Daddy, eating some lunch, and watching TV
Happy girl!
Hostesses of Marleigh's shower: Steph, Jenni, Shannon, Mommy & Marleigh, Kayla, & Jami
There are a few more if you go to photobucket! :)
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