2/6/09

I took Parker to the dr yesterday. He has some nasal congestion. The dr was not able to give me anything for it, but told me to continue his breathing treatments once or twice a day. He said I could also continue to put the saline drops in his nose. Parker only gained 6 ozs since last time we went to the dr on 1/16/09. I started feeding him 5 ozs of formula last night. He has been on 4 for a while. Since he started daycare he is skipping a feeding in the middle of the night, so I am guessing that is why he isn't gaining as fast. He doesn't wake up to eat at 3 AM anymore, so I sure am not going to wake him to feed him. Its probably time for him to go up an oz anyway.
He is smiling all the time now. He is so precious!!!
He did very good with his shots. I think I cried more than he did!
I am so ready for it to turn a little warmer so we can take him outside more and stroll him in his stroller.
I bought him some books for Valentine's Day. I went ahead and read him one the other night. He seemed to enjoy it pretty good.

Update

Wow, so I haven't posted since my 37 week checkup. Sorry, been a little busy. Now that Parker is 8 weeks old and I am back at work, I will try to find time to blog a little more.
So I went into the hospital on 11/25 for a c section. The surgery went good and I felt great that day and the next. I guess the pain killers wore off because by Thursday I felt like death! I was so sick, I couldn't hold anything down. Well Parker had a heart murmur so they decided to keep him an extra night. I was so upset, but it turned out to be fine the next day. They came in and said they were releasing him so Danny and I got packed up. Well Dr. Shepherd came in (who is not my dr, she was just on call) and said they were keeping me because my blood pressure was so high. I was soooo disappointed. All of my family from Missouri was in town and I wanted to be able to spend time with them. I ended up being in the hospital from Tuesday to Sunday. By Sunday, I thought I was going to kill someone if I didn't get out that day!! So finally Dr Wilson came in and let me go home Sunday. My BP is back to normal now without meds.
Parker has been so good. He is so pleasant and cuddly. He has been such a good baby! He hardly ever cries (so far). He has rolled over a few time. He is an early achiever...lol He has been cooing and smiling up a storm. He has just started squealing a little when he is cooing. It is so cute.
He recently had RSV and we had to do breathing treatments for a little over a week. We were very fortunate to catch it early and get it taken care of before it got too serious.
He started daycare yesterday. He seemed to have liked it. I only tuned up for a few minutes when I dropped him off. Once I was on my way to work and got there I was fine. Mom and I went to see him at lunch and he was sleeping. I was so glad I didn't walk in and him be screaming! When I picked him up yesterday afternoon he was sitting in a swing just looking around. I am very grateful that he seemed to be content both times I walked in. He slept so good last night. They give me a list of times he ate, slept and how many diaper changes he had. Well he had not napped since around 1:15, so by the time I picked him up, got him home and fed him, he was worn out. We have been feeding him around 7 or 8 and he will sleep until 2 or 3 AM. Last night I woke him up and fed him around 10 to see if he would by-pass that early morning feeding and he did!!! He went back to sleep around 10:30 after feeding last night and slept until 5 AM. It was so nice to sleep consistent last night!!! I will continue to keep trying that!
You can go to www.dropshots.com/ecsims & www.dropshots.com/ecrachal to view pics of him.
I will try really hard to keep up on this blog business!

37 Week Check-up

I had my final check-up yesterday before Parker is here. It went well. I still have not dilated or anything. They moved my C-Section from 7:30 AM to 7:00 AM. Danny and I have to be at Glenwood at 5:00 AM on Tuesday. We are so excited and can not wait! The Dr says that I will be getting out of the hospital on Thanksgiving day if everything is going well. She said she will not rush me out, but if everything is fine, I will be discharged that day.
Danny, Parker and I are going to be staying at my Mom's house for about a week. She has been very busy getting everything ready for our arrival. Big thanks to her!
I can't wait to see everyone and hope everyone has safe travels. See ya'll soon!

36 Week checkup

I went to the Dr yesterday. Everything is still set for Nov 25th. The section is scheduled for 7:30 AM. Danny and I have to be there at 5:30. Who will be able to sleep that night anyway, right! We will be too excited and anxious! I can not believe that Parker will be here at this time, two weeks from now. WOW!!! Anyway, the Dr said that my cervix were still closed, so if I thought I had any contractions, they weren't. Which to be honest, I really don't know what I am looking for...

35 Week checkup

We went to the Dr yesterday and had an ultrasound. Parker was sleeping of course, so we didn't get many good pics. He did not want to bring his hand from his face. He weighs 6 lbs 2 ozs right now. His head is measuring at the 90th percentile. We discussed how big I was, Danny was, my nephews, whether my sister had a C Section, how big Danny's brothers were, etc. She decided to schedule a C Section for my on November 25th. Anything could happened between now and then, but it is on the books for the 25th. I will be 38 weeks on that day. We are very excited and can not wait to see him!!!

My Shower

What a weekend! Friday night I went to bed and couldn't wait to get to the shower and see everyone. I woke up around 1:45 AM itching on my hands, legs and belly. I had weps on my belly. I woke Danny up and started googling pregnancy itching. It stated some pretty scary stuff so I called the Dr. office. I got the on call nurse and she told me to take some Benedryl. So, I took that and went back to bed. I got up and got ready for the shower and felt fine the whole time. Once I got to the church I started itching again under my arms and around my breast. The longer I sat there the more I broke out and itched. I managed to get all of my wonderful gifts opened. I got some great stuff!!! I finally called the Dr again and got the same on call nurse. She told me to go to Labor and Delivery at Glenwood. So my Mom drove me and Danny met us there (he had been at work). When I walked in and told them what was going on, they acted like I was retarded for coming to labor and delivery. One lady said, "We don't treat rashes." I was so upset! Finally they saw how bad my "rash" was and called the on call Dr. which was Dr. Wilson. He told them to send me to the ER. I sat in the ER room and talked to a couple of nurses and a PA. They all asked me the same stuff, have I changed soap or detergent, etc. Nothing! Finally they ordered me an IV of Benedryl, a steroid and some pepcid. After poking me in three different veins and blowing one of them up, they finally got the IV started. When the IV was going I asked if there was any way I could hear Parker's heart beat. I had not felt him move a whole lot and I just wanted to be sure, ya know. They said sure, they have a doppler. So this man comes in and pokes and prods at my belly for a good 10 minutes and found nothing. He sent in another nurse who was much more gentle, but she didn't find anything either. By this time I was starting to get worried. The nurse who did my IV came back in and started trying to find it. It probably took about 15 minutes (which seemed like a lifetime) before she finally found it, but it was there. She thinks that his back was to my belly and so it made it harder to find. The machine they were using wasn't made to find a baby's heart beat, so it was harder than usual. Finally, I was on my way home. They gave me a prescription of Visteril, but I assumed that I wouldn't need it since I just had an IV of meds.
I went to bed around 9:15 and around 1:00 AM I woke up itching again. My hands and feet. I went and took a bath in Aveeno. By the time I got out of the tub, I had started wepping up again. Bonnie heard me and got up to make sure I was ok. I told her what was going on and she told me to call the Dr back. Same nurse told me that I needed to go get my prescription filled. So Bonnie and I head to Monroe Walgreen's at 2:00 AM. I got my script filled, took one on my way home and went to bed about 4:00 AM. It knocked me out! I didn't wake up until around 2:30 Sunday afternoon. I probably wouldn't have gotten up then, but Danny called to check on me. So far, I haven't had any more itching, thank God!! It was a scary ordeal and I really hope I never have to go through it again.
Thanks to everyone for the wonderful gifts and for coming to the shower. It was great to see you all!

31 Week Check up

I went to the Dr on Tuesday and everything looked fine. She said that at about 35 or 36 weeks we would do another ultrasound to see if I can deliver him vaginally. I can't wait to see him again.
I can not believe that my shower is next weekend!! It snuck up on me! I am very excited about it and very excited about seeing everyone! I hope everyone can make it, but will understand if you can't.
Parker is moving around so much now. It's not just like a little thud now, it's more of a roll. This morning, I was at my desk and I could see my stomach moving. It was so neat!
Danny and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary on Monday. Well, we actually celebrated on Tuesday, but the day was Monday. We did have some of our wedding cake on Monday night. It wasn't too bad, but we didnt eat much of it. Just enough to say we ate it. It's so hard to believe that the wedding and honeymoon were one year ago!! I wish I was still on that cruise!!!