After our wonderful visit seeing family and friends over Memorial Day weekend, Gabriel had some aweful days. Much crying, wanting us, and then pushing us away. Eating horribly. Very stressful. When we met with our Social Worker, she advised us to hold him more, even when he is screaming and crying. So now at least 4 times a day we are cradling him while he sometimes screams bloody murder in our face. In the past when we would cradle him and he would scream, we would just set him up or let him play, but I guess that was the wrong thing. It's hard to look at our beautiful baby boy as he screams with his eyes closed, calms and peeks open his eyes to see me, and starts to scream more.
Along with that, we were advised to seek help on things we noticed that were odd. Gabriel will crawl with his hands in fists, and still is unable to eat any solids. If there is the slightest chunk to his food, he will gag and at times spit up or throw up. This got worse after the weekend away. Of course our doc was out for vacation, so I had him seen by another doctor in the office, who basicly referred us to First Steps. I pretty much knew that, but thought we might need to check out some medical issues first. Oh well, we found out his ears were perfectly clear and he is a whopping 18 pounds 10 ounces. Yeah, we have another lightweight. Heavier than Addison at this age though!
Last week Lauren went to the ENT as a follow up on having fluid in her ears that was causing hearing loss. Yup, tubes again. Argh. So last Monday we took her in to get tubes put in both ears. Third time in her life that she has been under. She was an absolute champ. She did so good, I am so proud of her. She even went with the nurse back to surgery without any problems, and came out smiling.
Today Lauren got to see her first movie in the theater--Up. She really enjoyed her date with Daddy. I think Daddy enjoyed it too.
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