Today Caroline is two weeks old! We’ve already had such exciting times with her.
On Sunday I had to call David at church on the cell phone during the sermon to have him come home so we could take Peanut to the emergency room. She had green spit up and when I called the doctor about it he wanted her checked out. Apparently the green means there is bile in it and it’s not supposed to be that way. The main concern in a situation like that is a twisted intestine.
So she had an x-ray of her tummy and then an Upper GI with barium. She was incredibly good during the Upper GI. It was about time for her to eat and she drank the barium bottle I had to give her. She never even flinched at the taste or consistency. She was also well strapped to a board so they could rotate her to the left and right during the exam. She was so good!!! I just kept stroking her hair and talking to her. At one point, she actually fell asleep during the exam! Praise God! If she had’t taken the barium bottle they would have had to use a tube and I’m so thankful she didn’t have to endure that. In the end, everything checked out fine and we are thankful to know that all her little digestive parts are doing what they are supposed to be doing.
Today was her first trip to the pediatrician. We took the family two week picture (above) just before we left for the doctor. She checked out very well and the pediatrician had no concerns about her or what we are doing. So we were thankful for that!
Caroline is still a really good baby overall. However, she has developed a new habit of screaming every night for about an hour around the time we want to go to bed. (Fortunately, at least for now, we are up late every night anyway since we are following Detroit Tigers in the playoffs!) As the doctor said, it’s harder on mama and daddy than it is on her. But other than this development, she continues to be a good eater and sleeper. I have to admit that I’m anxious for her to get a little more interactive (read: fun), but I’m also keeping myself in check and not wishing these days and weeks away. They only happen once!
Today we had our first snowfall of the season. This is pretty early, even for Michigan. It won’t last, but David took the opportunity to capture me and Caroline enjoying the snowy view from the office. Weather like this makes me want to make a big pot of potato soup and put on Christmas music! Well, the Christmas music is playing while I type this and I’m contemplating making the soup this evening for supper. Is there anything more cozy and comforting than a bowl of hot, homemade soup on a blustery day? Maybe only if you are eating it in front of a roaring fire.
Wow. Scary happenings. I’m so thankful to hear things are well with Caroline now.
She is gorgeous, and YOU! WOW! My youngest is 22 YEARS old, and I still haven’t lost my baby weight. Consider yourself blessed in that, too.
What a beautiful family. You all look so happy!
That’s frightening to hear she had to get checked out at the ER, but it sounds like things are just fine! Little people are so much more resilient than us big folks!
Both my babies so far have also done the before-bedtime squealing (one worse than the other). One liked to simply get right next to Daddy in bed, skin to skin, and go to sleep. The other one seemed to be crying to be left alone, so I’d put him in his bedside sleeper and give him 15 minutes to go out like a light. And he always did! (To this day, he’s a much better sleeper!)
Your family is beautiful! Keep on enjoying. . .
Emily
Praise God things went so smoothly and everything turned out wonderful. I know when my second one got a fever before 2 months they had to run all these tests. Everything turned out fine but it was still scary.
Many Blessings.
Wonderful pictures. I especially enjoyed seeing Sallie at her desk looking out the window with Caroline. What a beautiful picture!
Judy – Thank you for your kind words. In the interest of full disclosure, while I have lost a lot of weight (41 pounds in two weeks), I can’t get back into my regular clothes. Since I’ve never been through this before I’m not sure how long it will take me to get back into them. And I can’t follow the advice of wearing my maternity clothes until I get back into my regular clothes since almost all of my maternity clothes are summer things. I guess it just gives me some extra motivation to get back into my regular stuff! 🙂
Word cannot express how happy I am for your family. We are very excited, Joy is the word, pure Joy.
I also enjoy babies more when they’re more interactive.
However, it is nice when they’re small enough to curl up on your belly. With our daughter, that stage lasted quite a while. Our son started out bigger, and grew fast. He grew out of a nice curling up size too quick.
Caroline still looks a nice curling up size, snuggle her while you can.
It is sad and scarry when they’re sick and that little. I’m glad she’s OK now.
I like the picture too, Sallie
I’m so glad your little one was okay. It is scary when stuff like that happens
Glad Caroline was okay. I know that was scarey.
Snow, so early! A friend from PA said they were to get snow other day, too. Don’t know if they did or not. But, it looks nice out your window. Here in AL, it is cold this morning. It’s going to be cold at the HS football games tonight -down in the early 40’s!
Sallie, Sallie, Sallie!
My heart just overflows with happiness for you and your sweet, precious family. You look so incredibly content. Caroline is a beautiful baby (and I don’t say that unless I mean it…I’ve seen some homely newborns in my day, you know, the kind that look like wizened old men???). 🙂 Anyway, you have my ongoing best wishes for Peanut’s healthy development and I’m sure she will get more interesting every day…probably to the point where you will wish again for these quieter days!
Becky
Mmmmm … that soup sounds delicious! I am so glad that things turned out ok with your precious little peanut. I’m so glad she took the barium bottle! Enjoy this time. I agree with you about looking forward to the interactive times with baby. Ours is starting to smile at us and coo when she is looking at us. Its so exciting. The time flies by so cherish every moment.
This post made me happy. I know how much you love the snow (at least, if I recall correctly, you do), and seeing you watching it with your daughter in your arms – what a wonderful thing! So did you end up making that homemade soup? 🙂
I just wanted to pop in to say congratulations – Caroline is a beautiful baby (as if you didn’t know)!! She is so sweet and tiny!! May God bless you and your family abundantly!
Hi, Sallie! I kept thinking about you during those snowy days knowing you would just be eating it all up. We were blessed enough to find coats for all of us (I had to get a maternity sized coat this time- my raincoat won’t cut it in Jan!) the day before the snow came and although we didn’t stay out long it was really lovely to watch. Actually I felt like we were in one of those blow up snowglobes because the snow was like styrofoam pellets not normal snow.
I’m so glad you and Caroline are doing well. I’m looking forward to your birth story (can’t hear enough of them- there’s always a baby at the end!), but you take your time now and enjoy your tiny bundle. I had a lot of trouble being patient for my son to start interacting, but I’m just going to enjoy the first stage with this one, it truly is sooo short.
Oh, yeah, go Tigers! 🙂
That image of nursing in front of the computer is awfully familiar – doing it now.