3 Months old

I can't believe Brynn turned three months old this past weekend! She has come so far from those first few days. I am so thankful that God has allowed us to call such an amazing little being our very own daughter. Often Brynn with just smile and coo at me and makes all of these little noises as if she's trying to have a conversation with me. Best news of all is that she's continuing to thrive and grow despite her early slow weight gain. Brynn is growing like a weed and is continuing on a steady growth path. Taking Zantac for her reflux seems to do the trick and she doesn't seem to have as much of a malabsorption problem anymore - it's still there, but so much better. As of today she's over 9 pounds and that is such good news for us to hear. I have no doubt that that number will continue to skyrocket as we're getting past several of her earlier issues. Happy endings do exist! Now if only her mom could get off of her lazy butt to write her birth story...maybe by next weekend?

These days Brynn continues to dislike her swing and bouncer - she sounds like she's being assaulted when you place her in them, but that's fine with me. I love to hold her anyhow! Her good friends are still her boppy and her tummy time mat. That gives me a few places to place the little one when I need a break. Night time sleeping is going better as well. Although she still gets up several times a night to feed, she quickly falls back asleep. Often she's asleep as I'm holding her up for the 45 minutes after her bottle. When I place her back in her bassinett she might fuss for a few minutes but will calm herself down now. That is a huge improvement from earlier weeks. I know as her weight gain continues and she continues to take more at each feeding, she'll eventually hopefully be able to drop one of those night time feedings and we'll all get more sleep. But hey, whatever it takes, right?

On the feeding front - thanks again for all of your imput with the BF and formula issue. I tried the milk based Similac formula for one of her bottles over the last few days and continued to pump and do the rest breastmilk. The first day or so went okay until Brynn broke out with a major yeast infection rash "down below." I did the exact same thing as a child my mom said and I was fine on a soy based formula. So, that's what we're going to try next. For a few days I think I'll just use all breastmilk as best I can, and then we'll try one bottle a day of Similac Soy. My supply has been a bit better the last few days for whatever reason so that shouldn't be a problem. Brynn didn't seem to mind the taste of formula at least, so I'm glad we don't have that issue. We'll find something that works - just a trial and error thing.

Yesterday was also Brynn's baptism and it was a really nice day that we got to spend with some family and friends. I'll post tomorrow about that because I think the bambino needs her next feeding. How time flies these days! Hope everyone had a great weekend!