Craziness...

This last weekend we went and saw Dan & Meg and their 3 boys. Their youngest (Luke) is only 2 days older than Aspen but almost 4 pounds heavier. It's nuts. But we had a great time and all three of the boys are just so darn cute. Seeing those boys makes me less scared about having a boy someday. Then while we were at Dan & Meg's I had been worrying about sleeping arrangements since Aspen has been refusing to ever sleep on her own (she always insists on sleeping on me) since she was born. Well they had the pack and play for us there and lo and behold she slept in it and not for just a few hours, she slept through the night in it. I thought it was some sort of fluke that would end once we got home, but nope, she loves sleeping in her pack and play here to. It's crazy! She still insists on sleeping on her stomach and I honestly don't mind that at all. Babies have slept on their stomachs for years and there are no studies that can actually link stomach sleeping to SIDS since no one knows the real cause for SIDS. But I still try and encourage her to sleep on her back...but she doesn't want to, she has great head control though and I know she moves her head when she can't breath.

On the other hand we had some not so good news this week. Aspen has had some slight congestion so I took her into the pediatrician on Wednesday to make sure that it wasn't developing into anything more like a cold. Good news is the congestion is nothing but slight congestion and has gotten better. More good news is that the thrush she has had is almost all gone just a little bit left so we are some new medicine to make sure the rest of it goes away. The not so good news is that they weighed her and she is only 9lbs 2oz. So in the last 2 weeks since her 2 month appointment she has only gained 1oz. Pediatrician thinks its probably from the thrush and congestion messing with her appetite because she wasn't wanting to eat more than 4oz. So we were told to up her amount of food and we have to go in for a weight check next Wednesday. If she hasn't gained what Dr. V thinks is "enough" then they are going to wan to test her thyroid and make sure it is working right. Her thyroid test at birth came back normal and they said that there is a very very small chance for it to come back abnormal after coming back normal at birth. so that's good to know but still worrisome. So we have been trying to pump her with mroe food. Every bottle since that appointment she has had at least 5 1/2 ounces if not more. So grow Aspen grow! Makes me wonder why kids can eat and eat and never put on much weight, but adults can simply look at food and gain a pound...hmmm! I wish I had the metabolism of a kid. Anyways that's really it for current news. We have a fun weekend coming up and I will definitely post about it. So if I don't get another post in before the weekend! Have a great weekend!