Saturday, January 24, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Sunday Boredom = Playing w/the D40
And this last one is not a great pic but if you look hard enough you will notice 2 extremely jealous dogs who are desperate for attention. Haha!
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Oh how your life can flip upside down in a matter of seconds...
Last Tuesday when I was headed home from my sister's house I got a call that sent my world spinning. It was Avery's pediatrician. He asked where I was and I told him I was driving home. He then told me to pull over so that we could talk about some things. I pulled over and started shaking like crazy, I just knew it had to be bad. Dr. Karam said that Avery's 2nd (the one they do at 2 weeks old) Newborn Screening had come back abnormal. He said that they would do further testing to confirm but that he could possibly have Galactosemia. He said that I needed to immediately stop breastfeeding and put him on soy formula. After he went into detail about how "things could turn into a life-threatening situation very quickly" with Galactosemia I started bawling. At that moment I completely understood the intensity of love that a parent feels for their child. Its a different kind of love that you only have for your children. Its the most amount of love that you have ever loved anyone...but times a million.
So on the way home I was praying and trying to make deals with God. Thanks to all of the prayers from family and friends I believe they have been answered. Today the geneticist called and confirmed that he has Duarte (DG Galactosemia). This is good news because it is very different from Classic Galactosemia. With Duarte, it only has to be treated for the 1st year of life. And some people choose not to. There are no signs or symptoms with DG so Avery will continue to be his happy, healthy self. We however, are going to stay on the soy formula for the 1st year just to be safe. Poor baby really wants to breastfeed and so do I. I plan on speaking to the specialist about continuing to breastfeed some along with the soy formula. The dr would have to assure me that there is absolutely no way that the galactose in my milk could cause him harm in order for us to start breastfeeding back up though.
After such a scare I have realized just how extremely lucky we really are. Avery has changed my life in a way that is better than I couldve ever imagined and I thank God everyday for him. =)
I will keep yall posted on this...
So on the way home I was praying and trying to make deals with God. Thanks to all of the prayers from family and friends I believe they have been answered. Today the geneticist called and confirmed that he has Duarte (DG Galactosemia). This is good news because it is very different from Classic Galactosemia. With Duarte, it only has to be treated for the 1st year of life. And some people choose not to. There are no signs or symptoms with DG so Avery will continue to be his happy, healthy self. We however, are going to stay on the soy formula for the 1st year just to be safe. Poor baby really wants to breastfeed and so do I. I plan on speaking to the specialist about continuing to breastfeed some along with the soy formula. The dr would have to assure me that there is absolutely no way that the galactose in my milk could cause him harm in order for us to start breastfeeding back up though.
After such a scare I have realized just how extremely lucky we really are. Avery has changed my life in a way that is better than I couldve ever imagined and I thank God everyday for him. =)
I will keep yall posted on this...
Saturday, January 3, 2009
I think I gave birth to a 3 mos old...
I say this because Avery doesn't really like alot of things that infants should.
-He HATES being swaddled and has since we were in the hospital.
-I had to force him to take a paci. At first he would act so dramatic and gag when I gave it to him.
-He fights sleep. He never had a "sleepy baby" phase. Here it is almost 1:30pm and he has been awake since a little before 9:00am.
-He is WAY too alert. He will look you dead in the eyes and he never had that "crazy baby eyes" thing.
-He can hold his head up and look around for almost 10 secs.
Maybe he spent his infant stage in my belly and thats why he came out so big. He never wore newborn sized diapers and some of his 0-3 mos clothes are a little too snig for him. Haha! Even though he is quite different than most 4 week olds I know one thing...I LOVE this boy more than I ever imagined I could ever love anyone. (Even at 4am when he wants to just hang out with Mommy instead of sleep.)
-He HATES being swaddled and has since we were in the hospital.
-I had to force him to take a paci. At first he would act so dramatic and gag when I gave it to him.
-He fights sleep. He never had a "sleepy baby" phase. Here it is almost 1:30pm and he has been awake since a little before 9:00am.
-He is WAY too alert. He will look you dead in the eyes and he never had that "crazy baby eyes" thing.
-He can hold his head up and look around for almost 10 secs.
Maybe he spent his infant stage in my belly and thats why he came out so big. He never wore newborn sized diapers and some of his 0-3 mos clothes are a little too snig for him. Haha! Even though he is quite different than most 4 week olds I know one thing...I LOVE this boy more than I ever imagined I could ever love anyone. (Even at 4am when he wants to just hang out with Mommy instead of sleep.)
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