Day 34 12 Feb 2009

Wow!!! What a day we had today... It was Gavins 4 month check up. He is currently 17 pounds even, 25 inches long, and his head is 45cm around (LOL!!! Mommys sorry bubba). He is doing amazing, and had all of his shots. There was a little bit of concern though. As I had posted earlier, the doctor at the urgent care facility had told me that he had RSV... Well Cpt Fowler listened to Gavins lungs, and he was CLEAR! She asked a few probing questions in regards to his eating ex. Has he been arching his back while eating, Has he been constipated, Has been crying more often while eating... ALL which I answered yes to. And, not to mention he had a terrible rash. She told me that he was allergic to soy. So I switched his formula over to the Similac Sensitive, which is a milk based lactose free formula. What a night and day difference it has been in just 17 short ounces. He didn't spit up at all, the rash went away, his three week long fever finally broke (even after the shots), he smiled today like he hasn't smiled since Daddy was home. And as I had wrote earlier, I normally have to rock him to sleep, since all of this has been going on (since Daddy left or shortly there after). Well I went to rock him to sleep after his bottle, and he looked over his shoulder and smiled at me, I smiled back. He played shy and then did it again, we went at it for like 5 minutes, so I thought to myself, thats what he used to do when daddy would try to rock him to sleep. I turned on the mobile, walked outside smoked a cigarette, came back in and he was making a little noise, so I went back outside and talked to Laura. I came back in and checked on him, and he was passed out!!!! He is back to my happy, sweet little boy and I am so excited for that!!!

Goodnight

Rae