Six Months

I can't believe it...she is six months already! Boy does time fly. It seems like yesterday that I was pregnant and decorating her room. Now, I am so busy with work, her and the rest of the family that I couldn't imagine doing it all over again.

She has developed quite a personality too, I might add. She is starting to do all the cute things...rolling over, blabbing on and on, attempting to crawl...and my favorite - reaching out to me when she wants me. You have no idea how happy that makes me. Just the fact that she recognizes who I am and wants ME...no one else...is great. I love being a mom. It is the best job I have ever had.

It's Never Just a Little Spit Up...

In our house, we have an issue...and it's called spit up. Since Addison was two weeks old, she would spit up...actually it should be called throw up because it just wasn't a little bit. We notified the doctor of the situation once it started coming out of the nose. To make things worse, she would momentairly stop breathing. She made this gasping noise that I could hear a mile away in a deep sleep. For the first month of her life, I barely slept, afraid that I would wake up and she wouldn't be alive. Some nights, I even slept with my hand on her chest. A couple of nights, I woke up to the gasping noise and literally jerked her out of bed grabbing anything I could get my hands on...whether that was her clothes, arm or hand. You would immediately grab her up and begin patting her on the back to get her to start breathing again. Just think of how scary that feeling can be...it was and I probably will never forget it.

Finally at a month old with nothing working (they had us put cereal in her bottle), we were referred to a Ped Gastro doctor. The next five months have been spent going to doctor appointments, hospital for a couple of tests (picture on left is one such test), and pharmacy as well as attending to the mountains of laundry because of our little "issue." Some days are good...only one clothing change. While others bring on more challenges....like 4-5 clothing changes and about 9 bibs. They do tell me that it should be getting better...by four months it is supposed to be the worse. From there, we should see an improvement. At six months, I would say it is still the same. We see better days and then others I wonder how she ever gains any weight. It feels like more comes up then actually goes down. I thought it would be better too because she is eating baby food. Nope...the spit up just has color now!

All in all, I know our problems could be ALOT worse and I am grateful they are not. I just wonder how she feels about it. I know she takes medicine for the acid reflux which helps, but geez...I think I would hate throwing up 10 times a day! The med does help with the acid content. Before, she would cry when she spit up because it was burning. Now, that isn't the case but I still feel bad...more like helpless that I can't do anything to help. I'm optimistic though...and I am just hoping she grows out of this soon!

My First Post

I have had this blog for a while now, yet I still haven't posted anything. I didn't start this blog specifically for someone to read it. If they do, that's great. If not, no biggie. I'm only writing it for me...and my daughter. I want to chronicle her life experiences. I should have started this when she was born...heck, I should have started it when I was pregnant. Shoulda, coulda, woulda. At least I am starting now. Here comes the tricky part...I need to continue to blog. If I am determined (which I am), I will.

So...a little about me (just in case someone is reading this)...my name is Jessica Loggins and I am 25 years old. I am married to my wonderful husband, Donnie, and we have been together for 7 1/2 years (married 2 1/2 years). I always feel the need to stress that we were together 5 years prior to getting married. We have a beautiful (I know I'm biased) daughter, named Addison who is 6 months old. She has filled my life (our life) with so much joy. I don't know how I ever lived without her. We actually tried to get pregnant for over a year. I have always been the kind of person who knew for a fact that I wanted kids. I had been dreaming about it since I was a little girl. However, after we got married and starting trying, it just wasn't working out for us. I thought we were going to have to get fertility treatments. In the end, I decided we just need to stop trying. And alas...it worked and we found out we were pregnant on June 22, 2008. Our precious baby was born on February 13, 2009.

Now my life is filled with toys, diapers, bottles, spit up (and lots of it...more on that later)...and I couldn't be happier. I think about her all the time and want to spend all my time with her. I look forward to crawling, talking, walking, potty training....although, I don't want it to come too fast. I already miss the newborn stage. But as she grows up, she is developing such a personality. My husband and I already think she is going to be a biter. When she gets frustrated she grabs and tries to shake you so hard. It's cute now...but when the biting starts, it isn't going to be as much fun!

I look forward to talking about my daughter...nonstop. So be prepared...the blog will be flooded with stories and pictures of the milestones of my baby girl. If you have any input, questions, or comments, don't hold back. I want to hear them all. I am always looking for tricks of the trade (being a mom that is) to be the best parent I can. I learned from the best and now I want to give it all back. Join me on my ride down Mommyhood!