What's been going on...

It's been pretty much the same old, same old for the past week. We got back from our vacation in Jersey on Sunday and have been hanging around the house. It's safe to say I have a touch of cabin fever, so I'm going to attempt to leave the confines of the house today. Whether daddy is coming with us remains to be seen (he has some weird "anti-shopping on holidays" trip...don't ask).

The vacation went well; better than expected, actually. The ride down was harsh on poor Maeby as she really didn't want to be strapped in her car seat for 10 hours. But she was a trooper through it all. I didn't get to hang by the ocean as I wanted to, which really sucks because I was truly looking forward to a little time by the water to clear my head and renew myself a bit. The ocean seems to do that for me. And since I see an ocean every few years, I was really looking forward to it. I'll have to make positively sure that when we go to LI this September, I get some time by the water before we leave town.

Maeby's RAST test came back negative for allergies. According to the allergist, she could still just have a sensitivity in her GI tract. According to my pediatrician, the RAST test is basically useless. I told her I wanted to see an GI specialist ASAP after she said, "Oh, well, we may have to take you off wheat and eggs next..." Christ, I'd like to be able to eat SOMETHING to keep myself alive, thankyouverymuch. I am not going off any more foods until the GI guy checks her out, because if I find out she has a fissure or a little internal hemorrhoid or something, I am going to be seriously pissed that I've been limiting my diet this way for this long. Maeby is happy, healthy, gaining weight, barely cries, and eats like a champ. That seems pretty good to me.

So the GI guy is scheduled to see Miss Moo on August 6th. I'm looking forward to it. Maybe we'll finally get some answers. Even if the answer is, "You can't eat anything but turkey and rice until she's weaned or she needs to go on special formula", that's fine, because it will be a damn answer instead of the guessing the ped's been doing all along. I hate guessing when it comes to my kid's health and well-being. I did forget to ask why it was that my ped didn't think it would be a good idea to check Maeby's blood for anemia, since she's been passing blood in her stools for 6 weeks straight, yet that's the first thing the allergist wanted done. Thankfully she is not anemic or the ped and I would have had some words, let me tell you.

I started pumping so Tony could start offering her a bottle. The first day I only pumped an ounce. She sucked it right out of the bottle in two seconds. The second day, I got two ounces (and was very proud of myself). She drank 1 ounce and then lost her shit. She cried for an hour, burped a massive burp, farted amazingly loud, and would not take the other ounce. I had to breastfeed her to calm her down. She was fine after that. Not sure what that was all about.
She needs to get used to the occasional bottle before we go down to Walton so my mom can babysit her while I attend my best friend's wedding, or she's going to be one hungry kid for a few hours while we're out! I'm nervous about leaving her for the first time. My mom will be fine, and Maeby will probably do wonderfully, but I think I might cry.

That's all for now. More news as it comes...