Rattles

I've been playing with Avery with her rattles for some time now but she's never shown a lot of interest in them. Before when we would play with it she would look at it and smile or giggle but never grab at it. This week however has been a different story. She loves to play with it herself. She just grabbed it one day and that was all it took, now she's hooked. She goes crazy with it. She shakes it so hard I'm afraid she's going to give herself a black eye! lol She flings it across the room, but her favorite thing to do with it is to try and eat it! The one in the pics is her favorite. I think because the handle is thin and and she can hold on to it easily.

Meditation

oohhmmmm...

Cutie Patootie

The cutest baby in the whole wide world!!!



She loves her play mat...



Praising Jesus while she sleeps :)

Reflux Sux

Avery has recently been having reflux issues. Last weekend she started projectile vomiting and spitting up all the time. I was so worried she was going to dehydrate because I felt like she wasn't keeping anything down. When she was eating she wasn't taking very much so that concerned me even more. While eating she seemed miserable and I had to force feed her. She would grunt, cry and arch her back. I did my research and she is a classic reflux case.
Everything I read said to let them sleep elevated. I started letting her sleep in her boppy which is a big no no. The tag says not to let a baby sleep in it but you gotta do what you gotta do. I do put a blanket over it very tightly so she won't sink through the middle, and wrap her up with another blanket so she won't slip out through the bottom like she did in this pic...

Elevating her helped but she was still projectile vomiting and spitting up. I called her Dr. and told her what all she was doing and she agreed she has reflux. She's now on Zantac and so far it seems to be working. She's not vomiting as much, she hasn't at all today so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. It takes up to 2 weeks for it to work completely so hopefully that's all she'll need.
Also she no longer sleeps in her bassinet because she likes to smoosh her nose against the sides. That freaks her Momma out so no more bassinet for this girl. She has a crib in her room but she's not about to sleep away from me yet. We bought her a mini crib that we are going to put in our room starting tonight. The crib has been in the living room unused.
She's been sleeping in her boppy on the couch and I've been sleeping underneath her (if that makes sense?). Tonight for the first time we'll all three sleep in our bedroom, and I can't wait. I miss my bed. I hope she does well in her new bed. We shall see...