We went in for Georgia's four month apt. So hard to believe she's been with us that long! He's a funny guy, her ped, everything that I tell him that's bad he says, "We'll, that's dumb". Every time. And I love it because that's the perfect word, I find myself saying it when crAppy things happen, ugh, DUMB! He was very impressed with her neck control and everything else she was doing physically. The problem he pointed out was vocally she isn't doing all the things she should be. She doesn't laugh and she's mostly quiet. She does coo, I think. I also think she has different intonations for when shes happy or sad/mad. I need to be around another kid her age because I can't remember what my kids were doing at this age. I do remember Chloe didn't laugh until five months. We had a friend with a baby who was the same age who had been busting up laughing since she was three months and we were constantly trying to get Chloe to do it. One day, we're outside washing Blake's car and he fans her with the foot mat from his car and when the air hit her face she laughed so hard. Blake kept doing it until she was busting up. Chloe literally has the best laugh now. These last couple days as I've been agonizing at what her ped said, I've smiled and appreciated Chloe's laugh every time I hear it.
Anyway, he wants the ENT to do another scope. He's already done two and he specifically looked at the vocal cords because there was a fear with her underlying scary diagnosis that she will never develop speech. At the time he said everything looked great. Her ped said he could see more now that she was older. Who knows, for some reason, I'm not buying it because that ENT spent a half hour on the phone with me discussing her second scope and one of the things he said was fine were her vocal cords. I go see him again next week.
Her ped also talked about her failure to thrive status. He wants me to fortify my breastmilk. I called the GI and they told me, she's had a lot of setbacks, lets give her the time we said we would and see what she'll do. Her ped called me and gave me the formula recipe and pushed me to start. Now I'm here at 4 am having been up for two hours with poor Georgia refluxing like crazy. It makes me wonder if a big part of why her nissen slipped is because I was fortifying her milk at the time, because its been almost constant reflux since her feed. This is why the GI was telling me to be cautious. I really love that doctor. I had already resolved myself to listen to them over any other doctor, now I know I need to.
Speaking of breastmilk, I am now a full 2 1/2 months ahead of her. We have two fridge freezers and a big sub zero freezer and I am completely out of space. I have some at my moms house now. Hilarious! It's gotten a ton easier, I only pump about 4-5 times during the day and once at night if she wakes me up, if not I just wait until morning. It's totally doable, especially since it only takes me five minutes to get about 8-10 oz out. Pumping is totally different than breastfeeding. Although I mourn that bonding time, it is nice that I can hook her up and walk away. She naps so well because she doesn't have to wake up to eat.
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