Plugged Up

This has been a rough week for our sweet little girl. First, I had take her out a lot during the day because I was getting paperwork done and turned in for the finalization of the adoption (hopefully in July). This caused her to have terrible morning naps and through off her schedule...Ava likes her schedule.

If this wasn't bad enough Ava has been constipated and gassy most of the week. She started eating rice cereal a couple weeks ago and the extra iron has plugged her up. When Ava was a couple months old she had a similar problem with the iron enriched formula and we had to give her water to help regulate her. We have been trying to do the same thing but until today it wasn't helping much.

The poor girl has been unhappy and uncomfortable on and off this week. The worst was last night. She was really tired so she went to bed easily, but she woke up at 12:20am crying. Rich got up and comforter her for a while. She then woke up again a hour later. I then got up with her and we spent the rest of the night in the rocking chair. Ava would sleep for a little bit and then wake up crying. It was so sad because I could tell she was not feeling well.

Since Ava and I had a rough night we did not make it to church. I was finally able to get her to sleep around 8am and she slept for almost four hours. She then woke up and decided it was time to eat. I fed her, her normal amount of formula followed by some water and just hoped she would be able to pooh. When Rich came home from church he came with a bottle of prune juice for Ava. I gave her about an ounce to start. A few minutes later she started making her pushing sounds (which sound like an elephant) and then I smelled it...Eureka!!! Her diaper was full and we all did a happy dance.

Ava: "Feel my pain daddy!"

Prune juice not Pepsi...sorry Papa Bruce.

Rich calls this Ava's vampire picture. No this is not blood...it's just prune juice.