Happy One Month Baby Davey!
Oh sweet one. You are one month old! What a crazy ride we have been on with you!
FIRST of all, little bit, you have had QUITE an eventful month. You have had some legit tummy issues. What a blessing it was to have SC recommend the book Colic Solved. I'm not sure what we would have done without it! With every page turned, every symptom noted in gastroesophageal reflux, Ryan and I looked at each other and yelled, "That's our Child!" What a relief to find that there WAS a reason that a 2 1/2 week old could scream for literally 6 straight hours (other than to test mommy's faith and the working power of tylenol for headaches). All we kept hearing from the peanut gallery was, "Welcome to parenthood!" or "Must be colicky!"
Don't get me wrong, they are all well-meaning friends, but YAR. So hard when your baby finishes eating and SCREAMS bloody murder to not think you are a wretched mother with wretched milk and wretched nutrients for your newborn child. :) Here's a quick exerpt from an email I sent to family and close friends...
"I just wanted to send you all an update on our little Davey Cate. The last few weeks have been amazing, wonderful, and super tough all at the same time. We have found (we think) that Davey’s constant fussyness comes from Acid Reflux in which her tummy acids come back up after a feeding either in burps or spit ups and make her VERY unhappy. She is right now on a combination of baby Zantac and Prevacid. We have seen some real sweet moments of improvement in the last few days, but I just wanted to email you all to let you know where we are, and to continue to ask for your prayers.
Not since Ryan’s kidney surgery have I literally felt SO lifted up by the strong prayers of others. And in the face of that grace, I think about the Psalmist’s response to the grace poured out on Him from the Lord:
“How can I repay the Lord
for all his goodness to me?
I will lift up the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the Lord. “ (psalm 116:12-13)
My grateful response to your sweet prayers is continue in humility to lift up my cup and ask for more! We KNOW Davey is ok – she is healthy, beautiful and growing like a weed! (90th percentile for weight, head size and length) :) We just hate seeing her hurt."
Not since Ryan’s kidney surgery have I literally felt SO lifted up by the strong prayers of others. And in the face of that grace, I think about the Psalmist’s response to the grace poured out on Him from the Lord:
“How can I repay the Lord
for all his goodness to me?
I will lift up the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the Lord. “ (psalm 116:12-13)
My grateful response to your sweet prayers is continue in humility to lift up my cup and ask for more! We KNOW Davey is ok – she is healthy, beautiful and growing like a weed! (90th percentile for weight, head size and length) :) We just hate seeing her hurt."
So thankful for prayers, and we are daily seeing sweet moments of improvement, but we continue to covet them!
In the mean time, let's celebrate the things the Lord has done and the funfun things discovered in the first month of Davey's Life:
Davey Nicknames:
Cal - Little bit, sweet one, baby girl, angel kisses
Ry - Precious Princess Peanut Pumpkin Pants (And any mixture of the previous 5 words -Really?), and Davey Pants
Davey Obsession (aka Saving Grace): the Baby Swing (Thanks Pardues!)
First Cooed: Sept 25, one month and one day old. Picture caught below. A. Ma. Zing.
You smiled and followed Momma with your eyes all the way across the room while you were in Daddy's lap. Boo yah!
Things you Love: Milky Snacks, Walks in the B.O.B., the Baby Bjorn, CONSTANTLY MOVING, your passey (as long as someone else holds it in), baths, showers with mommy when you have trapped gas.
Things you hate: trapped gas :), the car. bleh. Taking your prevacid in a teaser 1 oz bottle of milk, then trying to 'wait' to eat so you won't spit up your medicine.
Things that make mommy cry: When you cry reeeeaaalllll hard. When the nurse at the doctor stretches you WAAAY out to measure you and it makes you scream, then when your daddy comforts you with so much love and tenderness it makes me hurt, when you poop on me (which you have done twice), AND when you first cooed at me (WAHOO! A sound OTHER than screaming!)
Daddy loving on you at the doctor.
Oh yes, through TWO layers of outfits.
Little bit, we just love you so much. Thank you Lord for a month with this amazing child, and we pray many more months to watch her fall passionately in love with you, live a life that glorifies your holiness, find a Godly sexy man to marry, and be best friends with your momma like she is with your T-Party. :)Amen.
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