5 weeks

Maeve is now 5 weeks old. At her one month appointment she was 8 lbs 3 oz! She gained about a pound and a half in a week!

The not so good news is that at her appointment she was diagnosed with reflux (insert dramatic dark music here). I never wanted to hear that word again, but alas, here we are. She is in a lot of pain after feedings and you can hear her choke up fluid and sometimes she spits, though not very much. The doctor prescribed zantac to help. I am trying to eliminate dairy from my diet as well to see if it helps her. I'm not convinced it's reflux as she is super gassy and fussy. She is not fussy at night or after the first feeding in the morning which makes me think it is something I'm eating. We are looking into infant probiotics, anyone ever had any experience with them?

In other news, she is changing every day. She very much enjoys looking into the mirror for long periods of time and she really, really likes tummy time which also surprises me. We also started the cloth diapering again this week because we were able to borrow newborn cloth from a friend (the one size fall off of her in the smallest setting) and we started the cloth wipes that we just bought as well (we scented them with jasmine and chamomile oils!). She still isn't awake for more than 10-20 minutes after she eats and then drifts back off to sleep for the next hour and a half.

Here she is, with her uber loving big brother!

(Noah just got out of the shower...)