Sound the alarms, or three

Two nights down with our screeching sleep machine and we are doing better. First night was r.o.u.g.h. It went off three times throughout the night. twice because the connectors came unattached from her sides. The other time said she wasn't breathing, but I grabbed her out of panic from the alarm before I looked at it and she seemed to be breathing fine so I think it was a false alarm. But, you want to talk about a beyond scary adrenaline pumping feeling?! Sheesh! Took me half the night just to calm down. She has always slept right at my side in her sleeper on the floor so I get to her really quickly when it alarms, which also lays right next to my head on the floor. But last night, we had a great night. No alarms!! She slept wonderfully. Woke up twice to nurse and went right back to sleep each time. That helped us all sleep a little easier.

The doctor has her on a prescription of zantac twice a day, first in the morning 15 minutes before her first nursing and last at night 15 minutes before her night feeding. Silly doctor, though, as if their is a first and last nursing for this hungry girl. We're back to every 2 hours now. She had a few days of needing to nurse every hour and a half...wore me out! But, she seems back to every 2-3 hours which is much easier on me. But oh my have you ever tried to give medicine (which tastes like peppermint and she HATES it) to a hungry baby and then have to WAIT 15 minutes to feed her?? Yeah, that does not go well. Not so patient this one... I don't have a clue where she gets that from. Hmm, so anyways... back to the medicine. It seems to maybe be helping her reflux. There has not been much of that choking happening the last day since she has been on it, thank goodness. Lets never go back to that place Peapod. We are a stricter plan with her now to help alleviate the reflux as much as possible. After every feeding, she has to be completely upright for at least 20 minutes. She is no longer in her bassinet with the wedge at night either. She is sleeping in her carrier for now on to keep her at a 45 degree angle. She doesn't seem to mind the change at all. I hope that doesn't change because we will have run out of options if it does, except for her to start sleeping on her momma nightly which doesn't give either of us the best sleep. We've tried... although we both sure do love to snuggle at night.

Here she is today. My silly little monkey girl. The theme was unplanned. She was being too cute so you know I took about 100 pictures of just her and her silly faces. Up next for us today, our daily dance party. Have a great weekend everyone!