Sunday, August 31, 2008

We are back, sorry!

Ok so I realize I have not blogged in almost a month! A lot has happened in that time, as I'm sure you can imagine! Christian no longer was the quiet baby, he started to become extremely fussy to the point where he was screaming bloody murder!! We finally decided it was time to get him checked out because it was not normal behavior for him. We learned that Christian has acid reflux pretty bad and he is now currently on 3 different medications which have helped tremendously. It seemed to get a lot better, not near as fussy and uncomfortable. However, we still noticed about the same time everyday he was fussy. So I talked to his pediatrician thinking it was the medicine that was not working. She said that it sounded like colic since it was the same time everyday. So now we have started a new formula, which of course is SUPER expensive! He is now on Nutramagine. A lot of our friends told us about how it helped their children with colic, almost overnight. It seems to be doing the trick...The only stomach problem left to fix was his constipation. But 1 tablespoon of dark Karo syrup and he is all better now!

But of course in the meantime, we started noticing that his face became really red and rough feeling on his cheeks. At first I didn't think anything of it, thought maybe it was another skin acne thing that came along with being a baby. Of course not, thanks to the help of Carla and Candace we discovered it was eczema. But, Aveeno cleared that right up. Now the newest thing we have noticed on our little guy is that both of his big toes are really red on the inside. So, once we figure that one out we'll get back to ya!! I'm hoping it's not some kind of ingrown toe nail which Jason and I both had and have. We'll see. Jason seems to think it might be, who knew infants could have this problem????

I will take Christian to his 2-month check up this Thursday. I'm quite nervous because he will be getting shots.....I'm sure he will be just fine though!!

Oh and he is finally starting to sleep through the night!! It's great!

To give you an update on his size, Jason measured him the other night and he is 24 inches long and weighs about 10-12 pounds. He is growing and looking more adorable with each day... He looks like ALL BOY and still has his big ole blue eyes like his daddy, so cute!!

Chloe is doing great. She started Pre-K this past week. She is attending at Good Shepard Church in Friendswood everyday for 3 hours and the rest of the day stays with Carla. It was funny, I asked her after her first day at school what they did. She said "We mixed chemicals and they exploded!" Not typically the response you get, or at least, not what I expected. But she seems to be really liking it. She is very tall too and is wearing a size 12-13 shoe. She is tan and lean. You can definitely tell she is going to be a little athlete. She is a fiesty little thing with a lot of energy. She still just adores Christian and helps out in any way she can. She likes to tell you exactly what he needs, she seems to think she is "2nd mom" to him. We could not be more pleased with their little relationship.

Well, I must go, and I'm sorry it took so long to post. That's pretty much everything with the kids in a nutshell. Jason and I are doing fine. Just trying to keep up with them!!

I have posted a few pictures below. Not too many, I will work on getting some more.

Love you all, see you soon!


Sorry, didn't know how to rotate. Chloe and her little brother whom she adores!
Who's # 1...ME ME!!!
Christian & Miles (future hoopers!!)

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