Still having issues...

A quick update...

The glycerin supposotories help, and she was SO relieved when we did that the other day. It was amazing. She actually sighed some relief. I had a happy baby for a day. Now she's still straining to go and I just changed her to ProSobee so we'll see if that helps. HOWEVER, today she was screaming in agony because she was trying to poop. I had had it. I called the pediatrician's office and made an appt for Wednesday morning. This is just ridiculous to make her "rough it" until she's a few months past her due date. I'm going to ask for a stool softener or something. She shouldn't have to suffer like this. It hurt me to sit there helplessly while she screamed. I just held her and had to wait it out.

Thank you for all the supportive comments. And all the insight -- I totally appreciate it and can use all the advice I can get!

No pics to post today. Didn't bring my camera with me to upload anything. Sorry. :(

Constipation Frustration

Waiting to hear back from pediatrician's office. Yesterday was ROUGH. She hadn't slept the night before and therefore I didn't either. I was a walking zombie. I cried to my husband and he took her for a bit then called my neighbor and she took Bayley to her house for an hour and I passed out. I got up and went to get Bayley and she said that Bay was definitely fussy, it wasn't just me.

WOO HOO. Ped's office just called. Glycerin suppositories. Is that how you spell it? Anyway... babies can go up to 3 days without pooping, then you need to intervene. Just FYI, if you need to know. So after I finish my lunch I'm headed to Target to get her some poop stimulator.

I have a new respect for moms. Seriously. The newborn phase is rough. I mean, Bay is 8 weeks old but she's considered a week old because she was so early. Last night we slet for 8 hours (not without waking up because her tummy hurt her and I'd have to move her) and then got up and she took a bottle, changed her diaper, and then went back to bed... and slept another 2.5 hours. When I was talking to the phone nurse, she said missing a feeding during the night is okay every once in a while if you need the sleep... but I wonder why missing ONE feeding a day is so bad. I mean, Bay didn't act starving when I fed her this morning. She took it calmly and then was ready to go back to sleep. Should I still be waking her up and having her eat after 4 hours? To be honest, I really dont' want to. I mean, I'm GRATEFUL for the sleep. And after 8 weeks of being up all the time, I'm thankful she sleeps longer. So does this mean I should go 8 weeks after her due date to let her sleep through the night?

Why don't hospitals send a manual home with new parents?!

Oh... I gave up on breastfeeding when my milk just wasn't coming in enough and I was exhausted. I tried for 6 weeks. So I gave it an honest effort.

Anyway, I'm headed over to get my behbeh some poop med.

Tummy Troubles

Well, last night I spent holding Bay against my chest on her tummy so she could sleep. Sorta. Her tummy is really bothering her. The drops the pediatrician's office gave me make her sleepy and relaxes her tummy from the muscle spasms that they think she's having. That's great, but a side effect is constipation. So she grunts and balls up from that. She has had ONE BM in 5 days and it was small and really firm. This is day 2 since that BM so I'm hoping she has another one this weekend. If not, I'll be calling the doctor first thing Monday morning.

My question is: how the ^&%# am I supposed to figure out which is the lesser evil? I finally was able to put her down around 5am and was up with her til almost 7am. I slept from 7am to 1:45pm today. Joe came home from working all day (to get comp time) and I handed her to him. He took her and layed her on his chest and they fell asleep on the couch together. Z is watching cartoons and so I made a break for the door! This is the first time in ages I've been out by myself. I went to a wireless restaurant and got a very late lunch and am checking email, updating my blog, etc. It feels great. I miss Bay, but it feels nice to have some "me" time.

I can't wait to catch up on what's going on in the outside world and in everyone else's blogs. I seriously need internet access at home.

Anyway, here are some more pics...

I call this "Thoughtful Bay"My neighbor took these pics of her when she "borrowed" Bayley to take her to my neighbor's niece's birthday party.

And this is a typical picture of Bay in her carseat. I tell everyone that she has a pink halo. heh.

Sleep? What is that??

Well, two days ago was Bayley's official due date. So she's 7 weeks and one day old and cute as can be. She's amazing and beautiful and so precious! I'm learning a lot as I make mistakes and she seems pretty patient with me.
I am SO behind on reading everyone's blogs and I really miss them. And I will be asking lots of questions. I recently found out I was overfeeding Bayley and that was causing her much GI distress. Had someone TOLD me how much to let her eat (not to feed her everytime she acts like she's hungry) then we may have avoided many sleepless nights. Babies don't come with instruction manuals. And yes, I'm a stepmom of a 5 year old, but I came along when he was 6 months old and already past all this. And he wasn't a preemie.

Anyway... here are some pics...



Bayley taking a nap on the couch. I couldn't get over how tiny she was on the couch.Bayley and Daddy snoozing on the couch. And Daddy STILL has his hand on the remote while asleep. haha!!Bayley and her first official tub bath after her cord came off. She wasn't happy about it at first, but eventually came to enjoy the warm water. Daddy was helping wash her hair. Bayley post-bath. She looks a little happier. Definitely smells better -- not like formula!!

Baby Shower!

I threw a baby shower for the Tarvers yesterday. It was a low key party. No silly games...just lots of talking, eating and prezzies! All of Jiff's favorite things! =) Here are some pics:

I bought this for Jiff a LONG time ago...thinking she'd still be prego during the shower. Doh! I made her pose with it on. She threw in the royal wave.

The Dad. He was the only guy there...and it didn't phase him at all. =)

The guest of honor: Bayley Elizabeth. Love those socks! That baby was held the entire shower. Jiff said Bay was in heaven.



I can't get over how pretty she is!


Big yawn.



Prezzies! Jiff was super excited about this one.



Bayley with her Granny.

Feeding time!

I love this baby!

Bayley with her Daddy.

A great pic of Bayley and her Mommy!

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~Court

New Bayley Pics!

Jiff and fam are doing great! Bay pretty much just sleeps all the time right now. Jiff says she wakes up about every three hours during the night. Jiff just catches sleep when she can. She actually took a nap while I took care of Bay last night. Awwwww! I hugged Bay and loved on her. Told her how gorgeous she is (HELLO! She's so pretty!). I got to feed her and tried to burp her. Tried is the key word here. It didn't work out for me. She just squeeked a lot. Oh! And she got the hiccups. Sooo freaking cute! Later, I rocked her and then layed her down in the crib. I'm so in love!

Look how tiny she is! She doesn't take up any room in her crib!

Sorry...

Sorry I've been slacking on the updates. A good friend of mine from college died and then my grandmother died...in the same week! Needless to say, I've been preoccupied.

Very, very tiny update:
Jenn was able to bring Bayley home yesterday. Yay! I've only talked to her once...just a few mins ago. Tornados are tearing thru our town as I type this!...and she said that last night was fine. Then we hung up real fast and took cover! =)

I plan to go to Jenn's house this weekend to just chill. I'd like to spend time with a NEW LIFE and forget about this week and lives lost for a little while. I will definitely take my camera and take lots of pics of mommy and baby.

~Court