Abby as the big sister

Before we get to Abby, let me give a quick update on Eddie. He is AWESOME! He sleeps, eats and poops like a normal baby! It’s great. We have no g tubes, no heart monitors, no shunts or anything to worry about. He is quite the grunter too. All day long he’s either grunting, sleeping, eating or pooping. He is an absolute joy to have around.

As far as Abby is concerned, she isn't very happy about having to share all the attention she was used to getting. She has definitely gotten better with the whole thing these past two weeks but it is going to take a while.

Like I said in my previous post, Abby is still having trouble eating these days. In fact, the past two nights she threw up. Abby has a very sensitive gag reflex. She can throw up if she cry's too hard or if she just chokes on a little saliva. So, unlike putting any baby down in her crib and letting her cry herself to sleep, Abby will throw up if she does this. The catch 22 is that she doesn't just lie herself down and go to sleep at night. The only way we can get her to fall asleep at night is to put in her swing. For whatever reason, she likes the swing and can fall asleep in the swing no problem. And that as we all know is a terrible habit that will be hard to break. But what do we do? We can't let her cry herself to sleep because she may throw up and if we stay with her and try to calm her down by patting her bum or something, most of the time she won't go to sleep. This works only some of the time. It takes about a half an hour to an hour, but I do my best to win her over. Some nights though she just isn't having it.
Anyway... we'll find a way around this I'm sure. We're also watching what we feed her and we're changing a few things here and there to see if that helps with her ability to tolerate her food. As far as her physical therapy goes, she is actually doing pretty well. She is learning how to crawl and can get on her hands and knees. It's been a lot of fun to watch because she looks and smiles at you when she is in crawling position, as if to say, "look at me!" It's so cute I can't stand it.

Enjoy the latest pics my friends. Have a great week!