waiting, waiting, more waiting

Yesterdays doctor appointment was enough to drive anyone crazy, especially if you have a 10 month old that is more interested in investigating her surroundings and enjoys the high range of her newly found vocal screams. My appointment was for 12:30 and I got to see the doctor at 1:45, the irritating part is this visit and the last I was put with a new doctor. The secretary doesn't know why this is but I have had it corrected for the next visit and I guess I'll just have to make double sure I'm with the correct one from here on out.

Anyways... the ultrasound she ordered that I had the day before was guaranteed to me to be at the doctors office by noon and now it's nearly 2 pm and no films. I'm asked if I mind waiting longer in the waiting room for them to come, "their being sent over now", and then we'll finish our visit. Of course I can wait I said with a smile on my face.... at 2:20 we're done looking at the results and everything seems good and we'll repeat the scan in 2 weeks. They have been watching the fluid around Lilah since it's on the low end of normal, but from last week the fluid has increased so all is looking great. I had to wait an additional 10 mins for the secretary to return to book my next appointment and then I was able to take the elevator downstairs and book my next scan and then we got the heck out of there.

While all of this waiting was going on Emmy didn't really want to wait. She wanted down so bad to crawl around and do what she wanted to do. After about 40 mins I was forced to go outside of the waiting room to the carpeted hallway where there's a couch and let her try and walk off some steam but after one lap of me helping her walk she decided NO WALKING by screaming until I let her crawl it off. Cruel thing is.... she never seemed to run out of energy. She wouldn't take her bottle and wouldn't take the nap she was over due fore. Nightmare. I look forward to my next appointment with my correct doctor and I know my waiting time is never more than 15 mins and he knows what's going on with me and my history.



Here are two pictures from the scan 2 days ago. They are kinda of crappy, but once the babies get so big it's hard for them to get a good picture because it's basically like someone sticking a camera right in your face and trying to have it focused and it just doesn't work. The first picture is the scary full on front shot and the second is a profile. She's right on for her weight and length for her gestational age and is very active. She has been kicking me in my ribs for several weeks now and if you are listening to me miss... you can stop doing that at any point and I'd be very grateful!!

Doctor Disappointment

Today was Emmy's first pediatrician visit and it didn't go as I had hoped. I had detailed notes of her symptoms and reactions to my breast milk and the different formulas we have tried. First he didn't even look at my notes, next he told me all the reasons she probably was not lactose intolerant before talking to me and then started picking off my symptoms one by one. Red rash on her face where the milk would come in to contact with her skin wasn't an intolerance response just good luck that it went a way when we put her on lactose free formula. The neon green watery poos with chunks of white speckles through out was also "normal" according to him. Also did you know ladies that when babies draw up there legs and there faces are red and they are wiggling in pain that it's not really uncomfortable for them and all babies go through it. Projectile vomiting is also normal and isn't anything to worry about despite the fact it completely stops and goes away once we made a formula change.

My heart is just so sad and heavy now. I knew my chances of getting a doctor that would help the first time around would be slim to none but I was hopeful. I requested that we try NEOCATE and he said "Well that's a very expensive formula that is also pretty extreme. I think you should continue with the lactose free for a bit longer. Babies don't really like the taste of neocate and I'd hate to cause more problems for her." Now fair enough if it's not the right solution but I don't think that the cost of it should be a factor in that decision. Now don't get me wrong, she doesn't have these symptoms anymore because we've figured out what to feed her, just the constipation from the soy or vomit from the lactose free so now she's on a combination of LF and soy and she seems to be doing fabulous on that, but if there's anything I can do to make her more comfortable then that's what my job is now. Also... if the Dr thinks I'm an idiot and there's not really an intolerance going on then why did I leave with a prescription for 25 cans of Lactose Free formula and ask to see me in 2 weeks to see if we need to change to a different more hypoallergenic formula?

After leaving his office I felt completely drained of energy and was so tired. He completely sucked it out of me. Totally an energy sucking greedy jerk! I will not be back to see him.

ENOUGH VENTING AND ON TO THE FUN STUFF

(Emmy in her outfit from Grandma that's labeled 6 months and she's 9 weeks old!! Looks like I got my budda baby anyways haha!)

Emerson is most definitely thriving and is in the 97 percentile for her weight and 85 percentile for her height. That doesn't sound like much but out of a 100 babies she'd be in the top 3 for being the heaviest haha!! No wonder she has been growing out of her clothes and diaper sizes at an amazing rate. She's alot to lug around. We've been practicing different wrap/sling positions and the most fun one is the back wrap position. It's hilarious trying to get her all wrapped up in it by myself but I have managed to do it and with a bit more practice I'll be able to do it pretty quick. VIDEO HERE