Yesterday I took Monkey to the pediatrician because I was convinced that there was something else going on with him. The past two weeks have just been a little too out of ordinary for him. I have never brought the stroller into the office, but something inside me told me to bring it.
Boy am I glad I did!
I’ve never seen the waiting room as crowded as it was. The “sick” side of the room was completely packed, while there were a few seats left on the “well” side. We took [click to continue…]
Oh my gosh. Teething sucks. For babies & their parents.
We are going on about 15 days now & I don’t know what to do anymore. I’m losing it. In fact, I just started crying today. My kid is in pain. He won’t nap anymore, but he’s so extremely tired. So much so that his eyes are all red around them. He goes to sleep at his normal bedtime, but wakes up at least once during the night for at least an hour. Oh & he is screaming during the time he is awake.
Teething seems so unfair. Like babies should just [click to continue…]
At Monkey’s four month old appointment our pediatrician told us that we should start rice cereal because Monkey was eating between 43-48.5 oz of formula in a 24 hour period. The pediatrician handed me some handouts, answered any questions I had then, & we went on our way.
We tried rice cereal that day & Monkey didn’t like it. At all. I kept it up for a few days & he hated it equally each day. In the handouts from the pediatrician I read something about oatmeal, so I decided we would try oatmeal to see if Monkey had a better response. And he did. He loves his baby oatmeal.
He’s been getting [click to continue…]
Yesterday was Monkey’s 4 month doctor appointment. For some reason I was really nervous about the shots. So nervous that I asked my husband to accompany us to the doctor’s office (he didn’t go to the 2 month appointment).
Monkey’s first set of shots at his 2 month appointment were awful. His face turned bright red & he cried (or rather screamed) for some time. It broke my heart. I wasn’t sure what to think about this next round [click to continue…]
Now that I’m a mom I find myself thinking (& perhaps) wondering about baby milestones. Yesterday I needed a break & I popped in the movie The Proposal, sat Monkey down on the floor with tons of toys, & we played together while I caught glimpses of the movie.
I had him on his back & it’s nothing new that he loves to be on his side, either one. But what was new was that he [click to continue…]
Remember that episode of Friends where Rachel’s pediatrician drops her as a client for constantly calling him about concerns with Emma?
Well that’s me. Not exactly in the fact that Monkey’s pediatrician has dropped me though. More in like that I scheduled an appointment for Monkey today because [click to continue…]
Well it’s about damn time.
I finally found a pediatrician that I like & that did not supply me with the words “please google” at Monkey’s two month old appointment!
This is good news, people!
I’ll admit it, I was worried about [click to continue…]
As I sit here blogging this morning, I can tell that there is a little difference in me. I feel just a tad different today. Maybe lighter, like I feel confident about getting through the day. This lightness is definitely a new feeling, but one that I welcome with open arms.
Yesterday was a good day. I cancelled Monkey’s two month appointment with his original pediatrician (you know, the one that told me to google torticollis for information and neck exercises) and scheduled him another appointment with a different pediatrician [click to continue…]
It’s been a pretty crazy past few days. I can say that while I’m still feeling down in the dumps with postpartum depression, it does seem to be getting better than it was a week ago. I haven’t blogged in a week because things have been so out of whack and I didn’t want to sound like such a Debbie-Downer in any posts. I’ve noticed that when I’m feeling the worst, I retreat from blogging, answering my phone, and doing anything that I used to enjoy doing.
It’s like a force that is stronger than me comes over me and I just sulk in the house. I know that answering my phone, tweeting on twitter, blogging, and getting out of the house actually makes me feel better, but some days I just [click to continue…]
Yesterday marked two weeks since Monkey was born and it was also the first pediatrician appointment. Yesterday was also the 2nd time I had left the house in a two-week period. It is no fun to be cooped up in a house for two weeks straight. I’m so glad that that period is behind me now!
We didn’t interview pediatricians while I was pregnant. Mostly because any pediatrician that we might have picked near our house wouldn’t be able to check Monkey out at the hospital I was delivering at. My OB recommended a pediatrician in her building so she is the person that saw Monkey on his 2nd day of life. After meeting her at the hospital we liked her and decided to stick with her for the first pediatrician appointment at least.
You see, our plan is to move closer to [click to continue…]
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