Catching Up

There are a ton of adorable pictures we have that I haven't had a chance to post yet. So today while the babies take a much needed nap, I'm playing catch up. There is no theme here, besides the most adorable Kennedy and Graham :)

enjoying some time in the Bumpo chairs!

"What did you say, Dad?"

Manicure time

Tummy time- Graham isn't too happy about it.

Just so stinkin' cute!

Big smiles for Daddy!

I'm in LOVE with our Pediatric GI!

Okay, keep your fingers crossed. Since Friday Graham has seemed to be better during bottle time...

Our visit to the Ped GI was fantastic. When he walked in the office, he told me to take it from the beginning. He asked me questions, and let me ask him questions, too. I was honest with him and said he was our second opinion because I wasn't satisfied with the first. I love that he talked to me like an intelligent human and talked about medical studies in regard to reflux and babies. He told me it sounded like we were waging a full out war on Graham's reflux- of course we are! My baby is hurting and we need to fix it. So after explaining our full barrage, he made a few changes. Instead of giving him his medicine right before his bottle, which is what we had been doing per the first dr's instructions, we are giving them an hour or so before his bottle. The GI said the meds need time to work and shut down the pumps that produce the acid (okay, the science geek in me totally loves this explanation!). Another reason I love him is that he wants to wait to make sure this isn't the problem before he does a ton of tests on G AND he wants to do a follow up visit. The other GI didn't bother with a follow up...

So with bated breath, we have been making the changes and praying they work. I have about everything crossed that you can think of. He still gets fussy, but after all he is a baby!

And Kennedy continues to be my patient, sweet baby girl. She waits while I feed Graham and just looks at me with her beautiful brown eyes and adorable little smile, chubby cheeks you could kiss on all day. Sometimes she sticks her tongue out like she's teasing me, until it's her turn to eat. :)

Reflux Frustrations

Poor baby Graham! He just keeps battling with his Gastric Reflux. Almost three weeks ago he went to see a pediatric Gastrointerologist (we actually saw the Nurse Practitioner) and they increased his dosage of Prilosec. About a week later, Tim and I agreed it wasn't helping so we called back and they put us on a new formula- this is his fourth formula after we nixed the breast milk... Alimentum by Similac- the premixed kind. $9 a bottle and he would go through a bottle a day. Totally worth it if it helped him eat and grow strong and be happy BUT- after trying it for a few days he got worse!! My poor baby started screaming after less than half an ounce and sometimes we couldn't even get him to drink any more than that. So, Tim and I made an executive decision and took him off the newest formula (which the nurse practitioner said all GER babies did really well on- really?) So Tim called the office on Tuesday and requested an appointment with the actual doctor this time. He described Graham's feedings and how he literally screams through them, and their response was "it's his reflux acting up." REALLY?!?! I pay you lots of money for you to tell me that?!? I didn't go to med school, and even I knew that!!!!

The last straw was Tuesday evening while Tim fed him his 5:00 bottle- he screamed and cried and got sweaty and screamed and cried... you get the idea. His eyes were full of such pain and he looked so sad and scared, it broke my heart. This has been such a long, sad experience with his reflux, but that moment was by far the most painful for me. It is such torture watching your baby suffer so much, and there is nothing you can do about it!!! We have heard from so many people "it gets better around 4 months" and while we appreciate such supportive advice... it's hard to think that far ahead when I'm not sure how much he'll eat at his next bottle.

We have an appointment with another pediatric GI on Friday, here's to hoping he'll have a better answer than what we've gotten so far. And even though Kennedy was diagnosed with GER, hers doesn't seem to be nearly as bad (knock on wood!!)

Bumpo Chairs!

So, we tried to put the babies in a bumpo chair about a week ago, and they loved it! Check out the video below.

Playing on the excercise mat

The babies love their Baby Einstein excersise mat. It can keep them entertained for up to a half hour! Here is a little video of them in action.

2 Months!

We can't believe that the twins are two months old today! They have grown so much and are starting to interact with us more everyday. They are starting to smile - with a lot of coaxing of course, and they are even cooing when they are just chillin or playing on the play mat.

Compare these pics to their 1 month pics.

Kennedy is pretty in pink.

Graham is chillin

See how big we are?