Zoey's Doctor Appointments

This has been a busy month for doctor's appointments. Last week Zoey went to her heart doctor to check the hole in her heart that she was born with. We were hoping it would have closed up, but it has not so we have another Dr. Appointment in December. The doctor says it still has a really good chance of closing on its own and that I shouldn't worry. Apparently it's quite common for this to happen. I have to keep reminding myself she was 2 weeks early... I just wish there was something I could do to help it along, but there isn't. We just have to wait it out. If the hole does not close on its own, then they will have to do surgery when she's around 3 years old to close it up. Right now it's not enough of a strain that she will notice. At that appointment Zoey weighed 9 pounds 9 ounces and was 21 inches long. That was last thursday the 17th of September.

Zoey had her 2 month appointment today. Well almost 2 month appointment, she'll be 2 months in a week. Since her doctors visit was already scheduled for today they went ahead and gave her 2 month shots! Poor baby!! I felt so bad for her. They gave her one in her right leg and 2 in her left leg. She cried so hard, I could hardly comfort her she was in so much pain. And the way she cries... it sounds more like she's saying whywhywhywhywhy.... which is really adorable on its own but not right after she's been given shots and doesn't understand the pain she is going through...

On the other hand I am proud to report that my baby is 10.5 pounds, 21 1/2 inches long putting her 50th percentile for height and 25 percentile for weight. As you can see that's almost a whole pound in a week! She eats so often I feel like she's never getting enough but as you can see from the numbers here, she is doing more than fine :)
She's growing soo fast! The doctor was also impressed about her strength. She's able to keep her head up longer now and put more
weight on her arms! Before we know it she'll be rolling over!

On another note, because of the shots Zoey was given today one of them did give her a slight fever. She is doing ok, we gave her some baby Tylenol drops and they seemed to have helped reduce the fever and also help with the pain in her legs from the shots. The doctor warned me this could happen so we were looking out for it. We Even bought one of those fancy head thermometers that you just slide across the forehead to read the temperature. Very easy, if you have not bought one I recommend that you do. They have them at Costco for a great price! LOVE Costco!

So All in all it has been a very busy day for us, no more doctors appointments for Zoey til December when she'll be about 6 months old! Crazy!

One step for man.. One Tiny Victory for Chel

I haven't been feeling the greatest lately. I struggle to get out of bed everyday to do something other than take care of Zoey. I love Zoey and I try my best to take care of her, but I've had trouble adapting to doing just that. Part of it I know is I needed time to recover. I needed time to readjust to this new role that has been brought into my life. So as I'm feeling sluggish and moping around the apartment, slowly getting things done, I try to motivate myself to get things done in small steps. Small steps as in OK today I am going to do laundry, get dishes done for the day, and whatever small things I see that might not seem too overwhelming.

Tonight... after I had got out of bed at 8AM and STAYED out of BED all day, GOT out of the apartment AND stayed out of the apartment til 5PM! I'm trying to remember the last time I was out of the apartment for that long. Anyway I walk into the kitchen for the first time today and look around to find my kitchen is not a mess :) It's not perfect, but it is no where near the disaster that it was..

I begin to find hope that I am headed in a better direction, that I can control and take charge of my life. To find peace in knowing things will get done over time. That I might find joy in these small things (other than Zoey, as she is so small still :) )

And that my friends is my tiny victory for the week... and it's only Wednesday :) Maybe there is hope after all!