12 hours of crying

Well, we surived (barely) an entire day of crying. Yesterday, Addison decided that she would scream all day long, only taking short breaks to fill her britches with runny poop and refuse to eat. For a new mom, this was a totally stressful day and I was a bit of a wreck when Deb got home. It started at 6am continuing to 6pm and she ate 2 ounces of formula, nursed twice for 5 minutes each time, screaming all along. She's got it in her to be a bit of a colicy baby but this seemed a bit extreme as the hours passed by. I finally called the Dr's office realizing it really wasn't going to stop and they told us to give her pedialyte throughout the evening and made an appointment for right away the next morning. Deb convinced her to take 3 syrings of pedialyte and she took a small cat nap for about 20 minutes and then fussed again. About 2 hours later she truly seemed hungry with her little hands balling into fists and gravitating towards her mouth. She kept spitting her pacifier out and so we made an executive decision to try and nurse her instead of pedialyte. Miraculously, she nursed. She then slept from 9pm-1:30 am, nursed again, slept from 2am-5:30am, nursed again and woke up at 8am to go to the Dr. Did I mention before that she only slept 2 hours during the course of the 12 hour scream off?

So, we went to the Dr. and he came to the conclusion that she just has a bum tummy. He gave us a sample of Nutramigen which is a pricey formula that is supposed to do the trick. Apparently it tastes terrible, we'll take his word on that one, but is easily digestible and helps with the colic. She also will be taking Zantac twice a day to help with what he thinks is a bit of reflux. The positive part of our Dr's appt is that she weighs 10 pounds!!!! He was very pleased with her weight gain and it made us feel so much better that despite the terrible fussiness and refusal to eat (only 1 day), she's still gaining weight (aka we're doing something right!). We got home from the Dr. and Deb gave her a 4 ounce bottle of Nutramigen which she fussed a bit at first and made funny faces but ended up drinking 3 1/2 ounces of it. YAY!!! We were so proud! I can't give her bottles because she refuses to take them from me. Who would have thought a 6 week and 5 day old baby could make a decision not to take a bottle from her mom who usually nurses her because she's mad that I'm offering her the fake stuff?!!! Is this a sign of stubborness already??

As I type this,the little peanut is sleeping on the bed next to me after 6 attempts to put her in her bassinette. She's now been sleeping for and hour and a half so I guess she won this time!! We are looking forward to the days when her tummy is better and she learns that sleeping during the day is a good thing too. We can't complain too much because she does sleep for hour spances at night! :-)

Cheers,
Mic, Deb and Addison