Lyla had her four month check up with Dr. Griner last week. She is 9lbs 12oz and 22 inches long! After going through such a struggle for the past several weeks, our little girl is finally doing so much better. The combination of Prevacid and Reglan has helped to get her acid reflux under control and Dr. Griner has taken her off of the Caffeine he had prescribed for the apnea episodes. If things continue to go well, he plans on taking her off the apnea/heart monitor at her 6 month check up. She hasn't had an apnea episode in several weeks so we've been keeping the monitor off except for when she goes to bed at night. It has been such a blessing not to have to carry that machine around every where we go but I'm also extremely nervous to not have it anymore because at least now we can rest easy at night knowing she's breathing and she's okay. The good news is that I found this wonderful little invention called the Snuza Halo Monitor. It's small and attaches to your baby's diaper for when he/she is sleeping. It vibrates to stimulate your baby if it doesn't sense any movement for 15 seconds. If your baby still isn't breathing after another five seconds, it will sound an alarm. Lyla is still sleeping in a bassinet in our room so I will definitely be purchasing one of these when we make the transition into her own room.
Lyla was in in Macon when she had her first round of shots so this visit was difficult because I had to see them give her three different shots. It broke my heart. She started crying, so obviously I started crying too. The bright side was that we got to show off her Tweety Bird band aids to her daddy when he got home from work :)
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| This beautiful smile is what I get to look at every day |
Although she is almost 10lbs, she is very long and lean so she is in between clothing sizes right now. Her newborn clothes are getting a little snug but some of her 3 month clothes are a little bit too big. She's in size 1 diapers and still eating 2-3 ounces every three hours. I was a little worried that she wasn't eating enough at one time but the doctor said not to worry because even though she's technically four months old, developmentally she's only 6 weeks old.
I've been trying to get her on somewhat of a schedule but it has been difficult because she was so sick. Since she's gotten better over the past couple of weeks, I'll usually try to give her a bath around 8pm, then feed her shortly after and try to put her to bed between 9pm-10pm. Sometimes that works out pretty good and sometimes it doesn't. One thing is for sure, she will wake up between 6:30-7:00 every single morning. At first this took some getting used to because I would desperately want to go back to sleep but now I use it in positive way to get myself up and going for the day. I usually feed her as soon as she wakes up, get us both dressed, and then we go on our morning walks around the neighborhood around 8am. She's become way more alert and notices more things going on around her. She smiles a lot more but we've noticed that she usually only laughs when she's asleep. It's so precious. We'll be holding her while she's completely asleep and she starts giggling. I always wonder what she's dreaming about.
One of my favorite times is when I give her a bath every night. Her eyes always get really big when she hears the water turn on and she immediately clinches her little fists. She hasn't quite figured out what's going on but I love seeing her little facial expressions when I pour a cup of water over her tummy. Thankfully, she seems to enjoy bath time and only cries when I take her out and wrap her in a towel.
These past four months have been absolutely wonderful and as time goes by, she keeps getting healthier and everything keeps getting better. It has been such a blessing that Josh works so hard to provide for us so that I only have to work part time. It has also been such a blessing that I have a job that allows me to bring her with me while I work. I love spending all day with her and I can't imagine ever having to leave her. I can't wait to see how much she's changed in the next two months!
