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| May 1, 2013 |
4-26-2013 - For the first time since before Jase was born, I watched Amy's kids. I'm still learning how to be fun Aunt Cole while juggling a baby...I think I did pretty good :) I had to bribe Aden with a twizzler to get this pic lol
One of these things is not like the other....
Kiel's Grandma Lois passed away very late Friday night. I did a separate post to honor her memory here.
4-27-2013 - Happy Batman 4-28-2013 - Thumbs Up!
4-29-2013 - FAIL!
4-30-2013 - We had Grandma Lois's funeral Tuesday morning. Other then the wind, it was a beautiful day...Thanks for that Lois :)
Someone has officially found his hands...mesmerizing
Jase's 1st round of golf. Gotta teach him early!
Exhausted!
5-1-2013 - Milestone: Jase is 3 months old!!! Is this the same baby we brought home??!?!??!
He's still a rockstar baby!! I honestly don't remember the last time he got up in the middle of the night to eat and he's even getting better about needing help with the paci...go Jase!! We've got a pretty good bed time routine going. Every other night is bath night so he'll get a bath before eating between 8 & 8:30, we read a book, and then it's into the swaddle blanket he goes and we don't hear much more then a couple peeps out of him until between 5:30 and 6:30 am. Most of the time I have to wake him up at 6:30 on days we go to daycare, but on days we could sleep in, he's usually up earlier :-/ I'm pretty engorged by the time I get up, but as long as I pump right before I go to bed I can make it through the night - WOOT WOOT!!!
As far as daycare goes, he really seems to be enjoying all the kids and the attention from the sitters. Kyra's husband is usually around in the morning when I drop Jase off and today I got to see them interacting. I handed Jase off to Denny this morning and Jase let out a big "gooo" and gave him a huge smile! During a full day at Kyra's, he's taking four 3-4 oz bottles every 2-2.5 hours. I think he goes longer between feedings for me because he naps longer at home. Too much activity going on at daycare for him to waste time with a nap. Hopefully he'll settle into a better routine eventually so he isn't so exhausted when I get him home. Poor thing is pretty pathetic after a fun day playing with all his new friends!
Unfortunately, we didn't make the first day of Jase's 3rd month a very pleasant one for him. After a quick nap, the 3 of us headed to Peoria for his VCUG around noon.
As soon as the nurses came in, Jase turned on his charm and started smiling and cooing at them and one by one different nurses came in to check out "the super cute, happy baby." Already a ladies man.
They started off the procedure by injecting some numbing cream into his penis (no needle) and then inserting the catheter. Boys have a dip in their "tubing" and when they tense up, the "tubing" gets pinched closed and it makes it hard to get the catheter through. After about 5 minutes of the nurse trying to get through as Jase wailed, he finally called in a different nurse and she got it after about .01 seconds of trying. Frustrating to watch to say the least. After the catheter was inserted, dye was injected into his penis so when he peed, the dr could see the direction urine was flowing. The whole procedure took about 20 minutes and all in all, Jase did really well considering. He was definitely happy to be off that table and cuddled...pretty sure I needed it more then he did.
They started off the procedure by injecting some numbing cream into his penis (no needle) and then inserting the catheter. Boys have a dip in their "tubing" and when they tense up, the "tubing" gets pinched closed and it makes it hard to get the catheter through. After about 5 minutes of the nurse trying to get through as Jase wailed, he finally called in a different nurse and she got it after about .01 seconds of trying. Frustrating to watch to say the least. After the catheter was inserted, dye was injected into his penis so when he peed, the dr could see the direction urine was flowing. The whole procedure took about 20 minutes and all in all, Jase did really well considering. He was definitely happy to be off that table and cuddled...pretty sure I needed it more then he did.
We had an appointment to meet with the urologist to go over the results of the VCUG at 3:30 so I wasn't really expecting to hear anything out of the dr at the hospital. But after he was done, he informed us Jase does indeed have reflux in both kidneys. My heart sank a little because I was 100% sure in my mind that everything was going to come out normal. The dr explained to us that when you're born, the ureters that connect the kidneys to the bladder are horizontal and as you grow, they start to angle down. Jase's ureters were still horizontal allowing urine to back up into his kidneys when he urinated. While I couldn't see what was happening during the procedure, Kiel said he could see the dye flow back into the kidney on the screen the dr was watching. This is concerning because if he were to get an infection in his bladder the infection could travel into his kidneys and cause some major problems. We didn't ask this dr a lot of questions because as I said, we had an appt with the urologist to discuss the results.
Dr Rhea, the urologist, was very nice and informative when answering our questions. We went over what the dr at the children's hospital had told us and learned on a scale of 1-5, Jase's reflux is categorized at a 3 or 4. Boys usually correct this issue on their own, but watching the kidneys to ensure this happens is important just in case it gets worse. He put Jase on a low grade anti-biotic for a year to try and prevent any urinary tract infections and advised we come back in 3 months (every 3 months for a year) to have an ultra sound to watch the size of his kidneys. Because the ultra sound can only tell us the size of his kidneys, we will have to do another VCUG (grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr) in a year to see if he is still refluxing. If Jase gets to his 3rd birthday and is still refluxing, he will need surgery to correct the issue with his ureters. Thankfully, while we're obviously hoping not to have to go that route, it is a simple surgery. Dr. Rhea also informed us that any other children we have, have a 1 in 3 chance of having reflux as well. Great! We will have to have any future children checked immediately after birth for reflux whether dilated kidneys are visible during the pregnancy or not because people can reflux without the kidneys being dilated/large. Double Great! I keep trying to remember what Dr Gross told us when we first discovered this issue, "If something is going to be wrong with your baby, this is what you want it to be." So now we wait again. We will watch for high fevers and see what the ultra sounds and next VCUG reveal and go from there. And constantly apologize to Jase for doing this to him :-/
On a positive note, we got baby boys 3 month measurements! We're up 1.5 lbs to 16 lbs .05 oz (86%) and .5 inches taller at 25 inches (84%)! Dr Rhea said Jase looks like he's 6 months old not 3...love this kid!
5-2-2013 - Stinky baby lol
-Nicole
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