10/4/06

I’ll have about 15-20 minutes here before the girls get home from school and I’m inundated.  Sammi was awake from 5-11 last night, crying pretty much the entire time.  Jerry and the girls took her at times, so I wasn’t completely overwhelmed.  She’s sleeping now, but with the girls coming home, it’s not like I have time to take a nap myself.  We had our dr’s appt today… she lost a BUNCH of weight since just Saturday, falling from 7 pounds 12 ounces to 7 pounds 3 ounces.  That’s a BIG weight loss in a baby over a period of what, 4 days?  I have to take her in on Friday to weigh her again, and in the meantime, have to supplement her with formula, through a feeding tube, so she hopefully won’t lose her nursing reflexes.  Poor kid.  It’s going to be a lot of work though, I have to nurse her first, then do the feeding tube, and I’m also supposed to go rent a breast pump from the hospital and try to "up" my milk supply for her, which I think is an excellent idea, and then I can supplement her with that as well.  If that works, I will probably buy a better pump than the one we have, which didn’t work for me with Shabree, and so far, hasn’t worked for me with Sammi, either.  I will have to wake her up soon, so she can eat.  I SO hate to do that, often times she just can’t go back to sleep.  Since it’s Wednesday, the girls will be home early, so if I’m lucky, I can get them through their homework quickly and we can go get the breast pump, and Sammi can get some sleep in the car.  It’s pretty soothing to her.  I’m really thirsty, wondering if I am getting enough to drink… I don’t FEEL dehydrated, but as thirsty as I am, I probably AM dehydrated. 
I ordered the colic calm… the dr didn’t seem like she had a problem with the ingredients either, told me to let her know if it works (LOL), because she has other patients looking for homeopathic remedies.  She said the activated charcoal has been used in children in the hospital, so that won’t be a problem, and agreed with me that the other ingredients sound safe enough for her consumption, so I am hopeful this will work.  It can’t HURT, and if it doesn’t help…well, I’ve wasted my money on worse things, that’s for sure.  I have a pretty good feeling it will help her.  I just want her to feel better.  My poor baby, I hate to see her so miserable!  I just want her to be happy. 

Well, I think I’ll go get the camera, and take this opportunity to download my pictures so far… hopefully I can take some more today, so I’ll have some different pictures for her second week layout.  It’s almost over… the time is going so QUICK!!!!!  Sigh….

I’ll do what I can to upload some pics so some people can get thier fix, lol!!!!!

Oh, the girls just got home… I thought they were early, but it looks like they’re pretty much right on time.