Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Cooper Update
We're still giving Zantac twice daily, still projectile vomiting at least once daily and most days (with the glorious exception of this past weekend) are pretty rough. We had another appointment with the doctor today (side note: she weighs 11 pounds 5 ounces) and he tried to refer us to the Pediatric Gastroenterologist but they gave us an appointment for October 7th..hmmm..he says, "don't worry, I'll have her well by then". :) We started Donnatol every four hours for "colic". If she's not better in two weeks he will send us to Cincinnati Children's (I definitely didn't get the impression this was because it was extremely serious--just that they could see us sooner than UK). Keep her in your prayers as I don't feel 100% great about giving her so much medicine all the time...I just hope we get this figured out soon.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Baby Jennifer
Cooper met another one of her many peers :)
Jennifer IdaMay was born June 4th, at 8:22 am.
She was 7 pounds 9 ounces and 19.5 inches long. Jennifer is the daughter of Luke and Kate, a couple of our best friends! I'm sure these girls will be spending a lot of time together in the future. :)
Jennifer IdaMay was born June 4th, at 8:22 am.
She was 7 pounds 9 ounces and 19.5 inches long. Jennifer is the daughter of Luke and Kate, a couple of our best friends! I'm sure these girls will be spending a lot of time together in the future. :)
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Father's Day and Coop's First Sunday at Church
Life has proven to be entirely too stressful for me with two kids and I have to admit that I came extremely close to completely forgetting Father's Day this year. I distinctly remember having several conversations with people about Father's Day...I just didn't make the connection in my brain that I do, in fact, have dependents who are unable to put a gift together themselves, who have a father, my husband...Someone very deserving of a holiday held in his honor!
Axl and I did remember, though, just in time and picked up a fun activity for Axl and Daddy to do together. Cooper can watch. ;)
Axl, having a little fun during wardrobe change...
That evening we headed to Paris to meet up with my family. We had a great dinner and the kids had a great time (between fighting over toys) playing together :)
And...I got to wish MY DAD a HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!
It was a great day...one of those days that is pretty stressful dragging around kids everywhere, but totally worth it to spend time with those you love!
Axl and I did remember, though, just in time and picked up a fun activity for Axl and Daddy to do together. Cooper can watch. ;)
Two water guns!
After church we went to Tyler's parents' house to have lunch. We tried to take a picture of the family to document Cooper's first Sunday at church, but by the time we got everyone together, both kids had pooped all over their special outfits and Tyler had given up and changed...ha. So this is what we got. Maybe I'll recreate it another time. :)
After church we went to Tyler's parents' house to have lunch. We tried to take a picture of the family to document Cooper's first Sunday at church, but by the time we got everyone together, both kids had pooped all over their special outfits and Tyler had given up and changed...ha. So this is what we got. Maybe I'll recreate it another time. :)
Axl, having a little fun during wardrobe change...
That evening we headed to Paris to meet up with my family. We had a great dinner and the kids had a great time (between fighting over toys) playing together :)And...I got to wish MY DAD a HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!
It was a great day...one of those days that is pretty stressful dragging around kids everywhere, but totally worth it to spend time with those you love!Tuesday, June 22, 2010
For the Record
It was brought to my attention this past Sunday that a lot of people are seeing this mohawk and think that we are styling it this way. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE all this hair. But, probably like her in the future, I don't particularly "like" the part and cowlick that form this phenomenon. :)
Monday, June 21, 2010
Cooper is one month old!
Wow. Time flies.
A month has passed and it feels just like yesterday that I was hating pregnant life. I'm most definitely glad that I'm not pregnant anymore, but a newborn has its own set of stresses.
We love little Cooper to death, but she sure is a handful. As a newborn, Axl didn't cry real tears. I remember asking people, "When do babies start crying real tears??". I don't think I actually wrote down when he started but it was well into his first year. I knew I was in trouble when I saw those first tears roll from this little drama queen's eyes IN THE HOSPITAL.
Don't get me wrong, she really does have a lot to cry about. She has been diagnosed with reflux and put on Zantac (1.5 mL twice daily) due to projectile vomiting and pretty constant discomfort. All the crying leads to gas and more gas so she gets several doses of Mylicon a day which doesn't seem to make a lick of difference. She has a definite "fussy" period each night, usually lasting about 2 hours starting at 7 or 8. This consists of inconsolable crying which breaks my heart/drives me entirely insane. :(
In the past couple of days though, we have seen our first smiles. The Zantac has brought us atleast a little bit of pleasant waketime throughout the day. She nurses about every 3 hours. A couple of nights during this first month she tricked us into thinking she would sleep five hour stretches...but it was just a tease. :) Dad will often bring her downstairs after a middle of the night feeding when she is confused and wants some waketime/screamtime. (btw Tyler is being very helpful! Much more helpful than with Axl, which is saving my sanity.) We're pressing on with Babywise (a different experience for me since I didn't start it with Axl until he was like 2 or 3 months old). She hasn't gotten the hang of it yet, but I'm hoping things will work themselves out in the next couple of weeks.
Axl and Cooper have a love/hate relationship. One second he wants to kiss her, and the next he is in attack mode; charging across the room, hand raised, ready to smack her. I'll take an opportunity here to check in with our little man. Boy, did he have a rough first week. The first two days he was totally enamored...crouching down beside wherever the baby was and talking in a high pitched little squeal. Then it was a like switch was flipped. He started acting out, trying to hit her at times, and just generally sour. Tantrums galore and really worrying us. The weeks since though he has made leaps and bounds of improvements. I don't feel as guilty as I did at first; I spent many nights crying. Feeling as if I'd taken his "babyhood" away before we could really sit down and reason with him what was going on. All he knew was that every time he looked over I was holding this new thing and unable to hold his hand and let him take me somewhere (his favorite thing to do). Each day seems to go a little smoother and I'm extremely grateful for that. I know in years to follow, they will both be happy they have a sibling so close in age.
A month has passed and it feels just like yesterday that I was hating pregnant life. I'm most definitely glad that I'm not pregnant anymore, but a newborn has its own set of stresses.
We love little Cooper to death, but she sure is a handful. As a newborn, Axl didn't cry real tears. I remember asking people, "When do babies start crying real tears??". I don't think I actually wrote down when he started but it was well into his first year. I knew I was in trouble when I saw those first tears roll from this little drama queen's eyes IN THE HOSPITAL.
Don't get me wrong, she really does have a lot to cry about. She has been diagnosed with reflux and put on Zantac (1.5 mL twice daily) due to projectile vomiting and pretty constant discomfort. All the crying leads to gas and more gas so she gets several doses of Mylicon a day which doesn't seem to make a lick of difference. She has a definite "fussy" period each night, usually lasting about 2 hours starting at 7 or 8. This consists of inconsolable crying which breaks my heart/drives me entirely insane. :(
In the past couple of days though, we have seen our first smiles. The Zantac has brought us atleast a little bit of pleasant waketime throughout the day. She nurses about every 3 hours. A couple of nights during this first month she tricked us into thinking she would sleep five hour stretches...but it was just a tease. :) Dad will often bring her downstairs after a middle of the night feeding when she is confused and wants some waketime/screamtime. (btw Tyler is being very helpful! Much more helpful than with Axl, which is saving my sanity.) We're pressing on with Babywise (a different experience for me since I didn't start it with Axl until he was like 2 or 3 months old). She hasn't gotten the hang of it yet, but I'm hoping things will work themselves out in the next couple of weeks.
Axl and Cooper have a love/hate relationship. One second he wants to kiss her, and the next he is in attack mode; charging across the room, hand raised, ready to smack her. I'll take an opportunity here to check in with our little man. Boy, did he have a rough first week. The first two days he was totally enamored...crouching down beside wherever the baby was and talking in a high pitched little squeal. Then it was a like switch was flipped. He started acting out, trying to hit her at times, and just generally sour. Tantrums galore and really worrying us. The weeks since though he has made leaps and bounds of improvements. I don't feel as guilty as I did at first; I spent many nights crying. Feeling as if I'd taken his "babyhood" away before we could really sit down and reason with him what was going on. All he knew was that every time he looked over I was holding this new thing and unable to hold his hand and let him take me somewhere (his favorite thing to do). Each day seems to go a little smoother and I'm extremely grateful for that. I know in years to follow, they will both be happy they have a sibling so close in age.
Of course, before Cooper was born, Daddy and I went and made a "Cooper Bear" in order to continue with the same monthly pictures. :) And Axl's gift to Cooper in the hospital was her own pink "bunny bear".
One Month Old 6/21/2010
We love you, little girl, and hope we can help you to feel better soon! :)
One Month Old 6/21/2010
We love you, little girl, and hope we can help you to feel better soon! :)
Triplets
...the set of Hamilton triplets is complete! ...though one of their last names is Diaz :)
Cooper, Lola, Maya
Maya Naomi Diaz arrived on June 13th, 2010 weighing in at 6 pounds 8 ounces and 19 inches.
Here is the first (of many, I'm sure) picture of the three of them.
Here is the first (of many, I'm sure) picture of the three of them.
Cooper, Lola, Maya
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