Dear Eli,
Yesterday you were seven weeks old! I can hardly believe it. I am sitting here in the brief moment of quiet I have while you and your daddy take a nap! I am celebrating you being around for seven weeks, but I wish it was a little happier around here. Unfortunately I don't think your first seven weeks were as idyllic as we thought they would be. Although I must say you're quite the happy baby regardless.
You and I have made fast friends with your pediatrician, Dr. Zmiejko. Which would be expected since we've seen him all but one week of your short life...and the week we didn't see him, he and I had a nice phone conversation about you! After two routine visits for weight check and healthy baby checks, we spent three weeks trying to figure out your reflux! Which thankfully to your worrisome mommy is a fairly common baby ailment since sometimes the "flap" between your esophagus and tummy isn't fully developed and gets better as you get older and start standing and gravity can help. Either way we tried three different things and the third thing seemed to be a charm....for a while. Remember that phone conversation...we'll the medication and a formula switch did wonders for you and let me tell you my sweet baby that was such a good sleeper is back!
So now that daddy and I figured out your reflux and were excited about finally having a baby that was feeling better you came down with the sniffles!!!! Boy do I wish I could teach you how to blow! It seemed like just at the time the sniffles arrived you discovered what your hands can do and that they open and it's not necessary to keep them clenched in fists all the time. And I'm not sure if you really can but you definitely know what the saline nose spray bottle and the nasal aspirator look like! You've swatted those away plenty of times. Much to our relief when we took you to the doctor we were reassured it was just a little cold and that we were doing everything right...plenty of feedings, humidifier, saline drops, sometimes sitting in the steamy bathroom. And you'd be on your way to feeling better in no time!
Not so fast...today we found out you have a double ear infection! As daddy reminded me I can not keep feeling guilty for all the little things so I'll spare you the guilty mommy blog post, but we feel TERRIBLE for you. I'm happy to report that we seem to have caught the ear infection early and we now are watching out for a bronchial infection which Dr. Zmiejko told us what to listen for. We've got an antibiotic and hopefully you'll be feeling better in no time! I'm also happy to report you're still a very happy and smiley baby!!!!
So for now we're banishing ALL visitors and keeping you home and away from germs! In the mean time here's a picture from bathtime yesterday for your fans!
