Moving right along

It's been a while since my last post, so I apologize to all of you that are waiting patiently for the latest and greatest. Over the past week and a half we have revised our thinking on the acid reflux vs. colic debate. Although the acid reflux medicine seemed to help a little bit early on, it never really got rid of the problem, and nothing really changed either way when we stopped giving it to Mia. Combined with the lack of any other reflux symptoms, I doubt she ever had reflux, so we are now just going with colic. Based on the various colic anecdotes I've heard from friends that went through that with their kids, I would classify Mia's as mild... so we are thankful for that (and sorry for those that had to endure severe cases).

Ashlei did some reading on colic and found some things that seem to be working well, although none work every time. For a few days, wrapping her up tight in a swaddle, leaning her all of the way back in her swing and turning it on full speed calmed her right down and put her to sleep for a while. For the past two days keeping her in a sling seems to be doing the trick for Ashlei, and when I have her she just wants to me to be walking around. It's pretty comical actually, I can walk in circles for 20 minutes and have her completely asleep in my arms, but the second I sit down, she wakes up and starts chirping... if only we could harness that power for good.

I've heard two good baby crying quotes (paraphrased due to my lack of any decent memory for quotes)...

From Lisa, "colic is just the doctors way of telling you they have no idea why your baby is crying".

And from Erin, "Baby's cry for 4 reasons, they're either wet, hungry, tired, or there is no reason".

The oddest part of it all is that Mia is really good at night now. She goes to sleep almost every night around 9 or 9:30 and sleeps for 5 hours, wakes up to eat and sleeps a few more hours... all without much fuss. Ahslei and I will credit that to our Ninja like parenting skills... ninja because they apparently only work at night.

There are 3 new pictures up on flickr too, so check them out... she's already growing fast.