8/28/2007 - Still having diaper issues

Well we had a problem with Logan's diaper again last Tuesday night so we had to take him to the Pediatrician again. AGAIN they changed his formula, this time to Elecare. It is an Amino Acid based elemental formula that is broken down to it's simplest form. THe Nutramigen, although it has no milk or soy protein, it does have bits of broken down milk protein. He obviously is very allergic to it. He is doing pretty good on it so far. It's pretty spendy, but worth it if he doesn't have any more bad diapers. We went to the GI doctor yesterday to have everything checked out since we have had so many problems already. The doctor said that the Elecare "should" take care of the poop problems. He went ahead and gave us a few things to look further into: 1) He is doing a stool culture to see if there is any bacteria. If there is, then they will give him some antibiotics. He said it should take 2-3 days to see the results; 2) He had us do some blood work to see if there was anything to see there and to make sure that he wasn't anemic; 3) He changed us off the AXID acid reflux medicine (finally - I really don't think it was doing anything for him). He changed it to infant Prevacid which has to be mixed by a medicine doctor! (You got it - Spendy!); 4) He told us to add cereal to his bottle. he said it will hopefully help with the acid reflux by making it thicker and it will help to make his stool a little more consistent; 5) He is having us have an Upper GI next week(he will have to drink something and they watch it go through his insides to make sure everything is working properly and is where it is supposed to be).

All in all I felt good that we are at least doing something to check everything out. I will update after we have the Upper GI done next week. Good news - we have had 2 "pretty good" days so far so we will see..........

8/17/2007

Logan is one month old today!!!! WOW! He is doing pretty good. He is still being really fussy, but seems to be sleeping a little bit better. He stays awake during the day a lot (becuase he is fussing) so it helps him sleep at night. We went to the pediatrician yesterday and he is getting to be a big boy! He is 9lb 5.2 oz and has already grown 1.5". He is now 21.5" long. In honor of his one month birthday I have added some pictures from Grammy's camera. They are going to be out of order, but I figure it's ok!

8/13/2007

Logan is 4 weeks old today. It's amazing that it has already been a month. We have had some trying times the last few weeks. He has a very sensitive stomach like his mommy and I hate it. We have changed his formula 4 times already. We now have him on a hypoallergenic formula called Nutramagen and he is doing ok on it. We had him on Soy and he was doing pretty good until last Thursday when I found some blood in his poopy diaper. The pediatrician said that he is allergic to soy protein and we had to take him off of it. Sunday we ended up taking him to the immediate med because he was uncontrollably crying and we were afraid something was wrong. The doctor checked him out and said that everything was fine and that we need to keep him on the Nutramagen formula. They told us to feed him every 4 hours instead of every 2.5-3. His tummy is sensitive and the time between feedings has to be increased so it has enough time to digest. The doctor told us that we should start seeing a difference in about a week or two. He has done pretty good since then. Feeding every 4 hours is actually easier than we thought it would be. He gets a little fussy before the 4th hour, but a little cuddling, pacifier and Mylicon seem to be keeping it under control.

Also, we tried to take him to get some pictures done last week and he was not very happy. We had to cut it short. We will try again sometime soon and I will post pics as soon as I can.

Until then, enjoy the updated pictures!

8/4/2007

Logan is doing great! We had another pediatrician appt yesterday and he weighs 8 lb 6 oz. The doctor said he looks great and is growing wonderfully. He is doing pretty good on the soy formula with the Axid medicine now. He has cranky periods (during the day luckily), but sleeps like a champ at night. Thank goodness for mommy. He is such a good baby! I am blessed! He is finally pooping a little more which I think makes him feel better. Daddy had a war zone around here yesterday while I ran to Walmart. Let's just say he used TWO changing table areas bc the first one was a mess. HA HA He likes pooping for his daddy that is for sure! Mommy put his swing together today. I was going to wait until we moved, but I think he needs some swing time. PLUS the book "The Happiest Baby on the Block" recommends the 5 S's and it includes swinging, shhhing, swaddling, side/stomach laying, and I forget the other one. My doctor recommended the book and said it is wonderful. We will see!!! Next doctor's appt is in about 6 weeks when he is 2 months old. Thanks for all of the well wishes!!!!