two months and battle wounds to show!

Colton and Sulley had their two month check up on friday and all was well.  They were supposed to start getting some of their immunizations but because they still had a runny nose, we decided to wait until July.  They did get one shot - a second Hep B.  The pic above is a shot of Colton's battle wounds -- the hep b shot site and the other is where the nurse drew some blood. ( i have to admit that the nurse initially put a band aid on him that had daisy's and tweety bird! I was not going to allow my son to wear such a girly band aid, so i switched it out with TAZ!)

Weights are up - Sulley now weighs 7lbs, 10 oz and Colton is lagging behind at 6lbs 9 oz.  The good news is that they're almost caught up with full term babies... so much that Dr. Myers is using the full term baby chart vs the preemie charts! yay!!

Not so much...

Like brother, like sister

Salamander Sulley

One of Sulley's favorite things to do is to stick out her tongue; therefore, we sometimes refer to her as Salamander Sulley.  

Boogie Woogie

Both Colton and Sulley have gotten my head cold and seem to have boogers constantly dripping from their noses. I think i finally feel like a mom now that I can honestly say that i love using the aspirator. As much as they hate the freakin thing, i love it. It's actually kinda fun sucking their boogers out with this tool, it's almost like a treasure hunt. I know, i sound gross saying that but just wait until you try it. Not only are the kids happy that you've cleared their nasal passages, but you're happy because you struck gold!! Just be careful, overuse of the aspirator can cause the inside of their nose to swell and make things worse. ( PS steal the one from the hospital, they're supposedly the best)

another new love

I dont know what has taken me so long to purchase this over priced chocolate milk from Starbucks but now i know what i've been missing. I'm probably one of the last people to actually try this, but now i know why so many young kids go ga ga over this stuff. Yes, Horizon Organic Chocolate milk is my new love. Not only is it creamy and sweet but it tastes NORMAL and not too artifically icky sweet; more importantly, it comes packaged in the perfect little juice box size, complete with a cute cow on the box. It's the best pre-made chocolate milk i've had i last had the real deal from the Homestead Creamery from Southwest VA which comes in the good ole glass milk jug. I can't wait for Colton and Sulley to start drinking this stuff, just so I can have a good excuse to finish their leftovers. They already love it, I just know it!

The "other" Dr. Allen

Greg and I have taken it upon ourselves to change things up a bit with the kiddos regarding their medications and their own cocktail mixture that makes up their bottles. As a result, I've started to refer to greg as the "other" dr. allen! Not only did we decide to increase their Reglan dosage on or own, but we also took it upon ourselves to take them off the awful Pregestimil formula and put them on good ole Enfamil - a MILK based formula. We've decided that the whole milk protein intolerance issue is and that there is no need for me to be on a dairy free diet. (not that i really have, i've been eating all kinds of creamy foods, cheese, lasagnas, smoothies, and ice cream among others.) So far, the Enfamil seems to be well liked by the DP's. Besides, we couldn't help but to try a different formula since the DP's have decided to refuse any bottles that are partially mixed with Pregestimil.



Before switching reflux meds ourselves, we did finally pay a visit to the GI doc. It was a successful visit, we left with yet another increased dosage of Reglan and the DP's have been switched from Zantac to Prevacid!! YAY!!! We also found out that basically Mylacon isn't helpful, so save your money. REPEAT, SAVE YOUR MONEY on the useless drops. Don't ask me to explain this, but honestly I wasn't surprised to hear her tell us this as we've discovered the past few days that nothing helps Miss Sulley's daintly toots (hardly dainty!) ;)

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