3 month pictures!!!

Madie is 3 months old...wow time is FLYING!!! We have started Gymboree classes and we LOVE it! She looks at all the other babies and mommies and never me...I guess she gets to see me all day! She loves sitting up and looking around. She is reaching out and grabbing everything...especially my hair...OUCH! She is hilarious in the bath, kicking and splashing the water everywhere, making a huge mess. She is now talking up a storm! Sometimes it's soft and cute and sometimes it seems like she is yelling for attention. Her smile will melt your heart...she loves to smile! We are in a pretty good routine with her now!!! She sleeps about 10 hours at night and takes about 4 one-hour naps during the day. She loves her stroller and enjoys our morning walks. She is such a cutie pie...we just adore her!!!

Check out her 3 month pictures we had taken at Sears in the Cerritos Mall!!!

Acid Reflux Stinks!

Poor Madison has been having some trouble for quite some time now and we have finally figured it out! For the past 2 months she has been very fussy after she eats, screaming and crying. Sometimes she cries so hard that there are tears and farts!!! She was also throwing up a TON! sometimes she would cough or choke after she ate and she was throwing up in her sleep! We changed her formula and feeding schedule with no change so we finally took her to the doctor. They started her on Previcid for acid reflux, (to help ease the burning in her throat). After a week with no improvement the doctor suggested some tests. We had to take her in for an ultrasound on her stomach. They wanted to make sure her insides looked good and were working correctly...they were. So the doctor sent us to get an Upper GI test. It was awful! First they had her in this cold room with nothing on but a diaper. Then they strapped her tiny body to a piece of plexiglass, hands straight above her head! Since they were taking x-rays I couldn't stand by her, I had to go to the other side of the room and could only see her through a tiny window! They fed her some barium and moved her around and took pictures while she digested it. She was SCREAMING!!! We just cried together through the whole test! Come to find out it was a good thing we got the test done. Her food was staying up in her throat and chest, and having a hard time making it to her stomach (which is why she was barfing all day). They also discovered that she was aspirating her food...it was going from her throat into her airway (which is why she was coughing and choking all the time). They have now put her on a second med that she takes 3 times a day to help her get the food to her stomach and stay there. We have now been on both meds for about 2 weeks and we have seen a pretty good improvement! She barfs way less although she still screams after a bottle (still tears and farts too)! Doctor is having us stay on this for 3 more weeks before we try anything else...hopefully it will just keep getting better! It's so nice to only use 2 burp cloths a day instead of 10!!!

Ear piercing!!!

I debated and debated and finally decided to get Madison's ears pierced! She did great...only cried for about 2 minutes. My mom, Lyndsie, Cameron, Kerrington and my friend Maria were all there to help out! She looks so adorable with her bling! I think she looks so much older now.