On Thursday we went back to the Pedi for our 2 month check up. The babies are growing and putting on weight! They all grew over an inch and Matt is weighing 9lbs, 7 oz, Drew is 9 lbs, 5 oz and Claire is 7 lbs, 5 oz. They are putting on that baby fat and are looking so cute and chubby! The Dr. was real happy with their progress and our next appt. isn't for another 2 months. Drew and Claire are doing great, Matt is our little hurting boy...
Matt's tummy continues to give him issues. Do to the reflux you can tell in his cries and him grunts that he is a bit hoarse. That is some of that acid going down the wrong pipe into his air way and getting on his vocal chords, etc. Not good, that can lead to asthma, etc. when he is older. So Matt gets to use an nebulizer and have steroid treatments twice a day for two months, hopefully this will clear up his throat a bit. Friday morning Matt vomited so hard and violently that when he was sitting in his bouncy seat the vomit hit his feet and the floor. It freaked me out since it happened when I was feeding Claire. We got a hold of the Dr. and to make a long story short, he had an Upper GI done yesterday afternoon to check out his stomach and intestines. Good news is that everything looked fine and normal, no surgery, bad news is that passing 5oz of barrium is just very painful for him and he is miserable at times.
We were referred to a very good infant GI doctor at Children's Plano and we have an appt. with him on Sept. 17th. Chances are that he will get Matt on Reglan to help control the spasms that he is having with his stomach. The 17th seems far away but we were told that sometimes the wait to see this guy can be 6 months! In the meantime we just try to make him as comfortable as possible and try to keep the formula down.
Dr. Naylor also told us we could take off his heart monitor during the day and only have it on him at night! Whoo Hoo! That thing is needed I know, but really a major pain in the rump to lug around with him. Hopefully he'll be off it soon completely! Little dude has enough going on with him.
On the homefront, we found a part time nanny to help Katie during the day, her name is Channel Wilson, she is a junior business major at the University of North Texas, about 20 minutes from our house. She is going to be here from about 2pm-6pm everyday to help Katie with the babies and to help with the chores around the house. 4 hours of help doing things is going to be a HUGE help for us. She starts on Sept. 14th, we are excited!
Here are a few pictures of the babies from today in their Texas Tech gear all ready for Red Raider football! Our great friends from Lubbock the Massengales sent us these awesome outfits!
Here is Claire resting up for the big game!
Drew is getting ready for the game too! Nothing like a good paci after some chips and salsa! (J/K!)
Matt is a big boy too and he loves when the Red Raiders score touchdowns!!
But on the other hand, Matt does NOT like when the other team scores touchdowns! Would you look at that face! He gets that forehead so scrunched up and tight it is hysterical!
We are looking forward to having my dad in town this week, he is huge help when he is here and we enjoy his company. He is really able to help us with the feedings and having another set of arms and eyes on these babies. So far the diaper supply is holding up pretty well, I would guess that we go through 25 diapers a day on average. When you can get them for about $.20 a piece $5.00 a day isn't too bad. What amazes me is how much the stinking formula is! Holy cow. The babies are still on this preemie formula from Similac and it has to be the most expensive thing out there. We go through 18 bottles a day now which eats up about a can of formula a day and the cans are $15.50 a piece at Wal-Mart. I seriously can't believe how much that powder formula is! What a rip...
Besides the lack of any sort of consistent rest, we are doing pretty well. Katie and I have a routine down and it seems like we pick up where the other one left off pretty well. Its been nice having a 4 day weekend, it seems like I have bonded with the babies a little bit more. Little Clarita (What they call her down in S. Tejas!) sure loves to take naps on her daddy's chest! Good stuff!
Please pray for little Matt and hope that his tummy starts feeling better soon. He needs all the prayers he can get. We appreciate everyone thinking and praying for us, as I have said before we feel them everyday. The Messerle family hopes that everyone had a WONDERFUL Labor Day weekend with friends and family! Till next time!
Love,
Todd, Katie, Matt, Drew and Claire
Dear Todd, I'm a friend of Caroline and through her have always been fond of Katie, and she sends me these wonderful, wonderful posts from your blog. The babies are so beautiful, you are so very dear (I can't tell you how much I admire you, Todd--and love you for your love of the family and your good humor, etc. etc. I could go on and on...). My love to Katie. And a huge dose of it to you. My prayers for Matt, little fella, and hope this can be resolved soon. Barbara Dix
ReplyDeleteThank you Barbara, you are much too kind. We appreciate your thoughts and prayers for Matt, he is such a good little boy. I will continue to update the blog with the progress of the babies as well as another set of posts that I have been giving a lot of thought to recently. I hope that the folks that read and keep up the blog will enjoy my thoughts, I just hope that I can do justice to how I feel. Stay tuned! Thanks again. Todd
ReplyDeleteWe will continue to pray for Matt's tummy and reflux and for his appointment coming up (answers and a treatable plan) So glad you have some help (as a mom 2pm-6pm are the hardest hours around our house, glad Channel (cool name!) will be there to help. Will pray she works "as unto the Lord". Adorable pictures, praising God for their progress! Would send them some OSU orange, but Daddy wouldn't let them wear it, I am sure! lol
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