Happy Pretend Birthday for Caitlin!!
Caitlin's actual due date was April 3 so she would have turned 1 years old!!!!
Can't believe we are in April already!!!We went for our Nephrology appointment on tuesday
and everything went well. We will do another U/S and blood work just to make sure everything is where it is suppose to be at. We had a different Dr and I just loved her. She gave me so much information and even said that normally when preemies get kidney stones and pass them that should be it. She said what normally causes them is when she was on her lasiks while she was in the NICU that adds calcium to the urine whihc can cause the kidney stones so while she was on her 2 medicines it was taking out the calcium to reduce build up and to disolve them. So I am pretty relieved to know that this could be it for the yuckky stones.!! Ok so we did get her weight though and she lost a couple ounces. She is 16 lbs 4 oz which is so little. I have been trying to add so much calories to everything she eats but I think this is just what it is. I totally forgot to post about her hospital evaluation!!!!!
Ok so for her hospital evaluation she was 16lbs 7 oz and 27 1/2 inches long. She was measuring really well.
I don't have the list in front of me but some of the things she was measuring at 15 mos and for her gross motor she was measuring at about 9 mos. But over all she is measuring way close and a bit over to her corrected age.(did you get that lol) Also they did say with her whole eating thing was probably just an amount issue. She can only handle so much food because her tummy is so small and really the only thing I can do is just increase her calorie intake but then again I have to be carefull because if i fatten it up with all these calories her tummy might not be able to handle it either because it would be so heavy. So it kind of is a no win situation and we just have to ride it out. An example of how many calories I am trying to give her is her bottle
For morning bottle and bedtime bottle she gets 2 1/2 scoops of formula for 4ounces of water then she gets 2 tablespoons of carnatation instant breakfast with 2 tablespoons of oatmeal. To top it off with a little more calories I also add about a tablespoon or just a bit over of whipping cream(in the carton)we whip it all together and walllaaa there is her bottle. Just alone in the tablespoon of whipping cream she gets about 50 calories but then she doesn't always finish her bottle. We add butter to alot of things and every now and then we try to add the duo cal (not her favorite thing)
Ok so I think that is it. she is starting to learn some of her signs(sign language) she is learning please and also she offcially knows how to say all done with signs. Her new favorite thing to do is nod her head no and she goes blugb blugb blugb with her tongue. I will have to record that soon so you can see her in action.
Our Walk is coming up in just a few more weeks. We just need a little bit more to reach our Goal. anything would help so much!!! Please help support us!!!!!

Walk America link!!!!

http://www.walkamerica.org/melissa319