Wednesday, March 6, 2013

11a.m.

Our little feisty pants likes to stay up late.  Like, til 1 or 2a.m. late.  Oh, she naps during the day, but she will stay awake, WIDE awake with no naps, from around 7p.m. until early morning.  Her slow, sleep deprived parents might have finally figured out why: she gets caffeine.  We've always joked and called it her "Starbucks fix," but she got it from birth in the hospital to help with her lungs and breathing.  She is still on caffeine, and we give it to her with her prevacid and vitamins at the 6p.m. feeding.  Could that be why she's buzzing until the wee hours?  We think so.  So, yesterday I gave it to her at 3p.m.  She was wide awake (not a nap in sight) from then until 11:30p.m.  Hmm.  I don't think it's normal for a 4 week old (that's basically what she is) to go without at least a short nap for 8 hours. So, today I might give it at the noon feeding and see what happens.  Maybe she'll actually stay awake for her physical therapy appointment today.  The pediatrician is going to just let her outgrow the dose we're giving her to wean her off of it, but we still have about 20 doses to go.  We asked the nurses when she was in the NICU if it would keep her awake and they said probably not...however, our little experiment seems to be proving otherwise.  We'll see!

-Keli

sweet face

what a bad bout of gas does to that sweet face. :(

9p.m.

The physical therapist did an assessment of Aubrey this afternoon and said her muscles were tight all over her body.  She gave us some range of motion exercises to do with her arms and legs; she also gave us some stretches for her neck because her muscles are so tight on that right side since she always turns her head that way.  She has a toaster head--that's what we call it because it's flattened on that side.  The physical therapist got a chuckle out of that. Apparently that's not what they call a "medical term."  Who knew.  Anyway, we have to try to keep her turned on the side that she doesn't like as much as possible to help even things out.  That should be fun.

-Keli