Claire is five months old today! And it was a rough day, especially for the Gatewood kids. Prepare yourself for stories about vomit and baby poop...this is a blog about kids afterall.
Alex woke up at 6 AM asking for water. I gave him a sippy cup and went back to bed. At 7 AM he was awake again and Dave went in to get him up. Alex starts coughing and vomits three times. (And, yeah, I immediately checked to make sure his breathing wasn't labored since the last time he coughed-vomited he was in an ambulance a few hours later and was admitted to the PICU with pneumonia. We think he drank too much water too fast since he was mainly OK the rest of the day, common cold symptoms aside.)
Then there's poor Claire. We suspected she was constipated even though she had normal soft poops the last couple of days. (She had also been straining and turning red without producing anything, which is why we suspected there was a sinister piece of poop in there.) I confirmed [visually, if you know what I mean] her severe constipation after she struggled and struggled and couldn't go. After much blood and screaming, we called the doctor. (Why do these things always happen on a Sunday?) Luckily the on-call nurse was very quick to call back and, after finally convincing her that, yes, even though Claire did poop normally the last two days, she was in fact severly constipated today, she basically just confirmed that we were doing all we could and to keep trying. Oh, and just ignore the blood. Um, OK. Finally, after nearly two hours, (and me screaming at Dave from upstairs to him downstairs, "I don't know what to do! It's stuck! It's stuck! What do I do?!" over and over and then finally, "WHERE ARE YOU?" as he appears in the doorway with Alex) most of the poop was out. I knew she'd dislodged the remaining piece when she awoke mid-nap screaming.
After a bit of internet research, I found that an allergic reaction to the formula could cause her constipation and the best thing to do is to switch formulas since each manufacturer has a slightly different concoction. I guess we'll know in a couple of days whether it worked.
By the end of the day both Alex and Claire were feeling much better (proof of Claire's disposition below, and Alex is playing happily behind us in the tub).
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