4 Days, 2 Weeks, 3 Years, 5 Years (Angel Kisses and Bum Hand)

We have been to the doctor a LOT this month!

When Skye was 4 days old we had to go into the office for a weight check.  After a c-section you can't drive (not until your doctor clears you - don't want to rip open your incision pulling evasive driving maneuvers).  So my dad took Skye and me to the weight check.

Skye - 4 days

Height: 20.00 in (73%)
Weight: 7 lb 4.5 oz (48%)
Head: 34.0 cm (45%)

Then two weeks later we went for another check up.  At first Skye had a little day/night confusion that I needed to work on.  I learned a lot from the lactation consultants with the twirls so I used that info to get her on a schedule.  I wouldn't let her sleep more than a 3 hour stretch during the day.  Babies only get one long stretch of sleep every day so I wanted to force that to the evening.  During the day we kept her on a 3 hour schedule.  In the evening I cluster feed her - every 1.5/2 hours until we go to bed.  Then something miraculous happened - Skye started sleeping 5 hours when we went to bed.  She does that almost every night now!  What an angel baby!  

Skye - 2 weeks

Height: 20.25 in (42%)
Weight: 8 lb 6 oz (50%)
Head: 35.5 cm (51%)

Have you heard of the new Vitamin D drops?  Literally one drop you put on your nipple before feeding at night.  No more trying to get them to drink a whole syringe full of yucky medicine.  Amazing!

Another great find, my breastfeeding app: Feed Baby.  I wanted to design my own app with specific features but this app has all I needed and more.  It helps me track which side I feed on, how long, poopy and wet diapers, and it even has an alarm go off if I haven't fed her in 3 hours and again in 5 hours.  I am even using it to track my Tylenol intake.

Dr. Tosto sent us to the dermatologist to get Skye's birth mark checked out.  We just wanted to make sure it wasn't Infantile Hemangioma (like Siena).  The doctor said it is just Nevus Simplex - a normal birth mark.  If it hasn't faded by 5th grade they can laser it.  I learned that a stork bite is on the back of the neck and an angel kiss is on the face.  How cute!!!!  I told Scarlett about her kiss and she said "Mom, did angels kiss us [Scarlett and the twirls] in heaven too?"  Sweet!

Angel Kisses and Stork Bite:

The girls in the dermatology waiting room:

Jaide and Siena had their 3 year old check up.  Dr. Tosto asked the girls several questions.  She asked Jaide how old she is and all she could reply was "I a big sister!"  Haha!  She is so proud to be big sister.  If I sing her songs or call her "baby" she replies "no, I a big sister now!"  Dr. Tosto is so nice.  She keeps teasing me that we need to have more kids because I handle mine with so much "grace" bwahaha!  I've got her fooled!  ;-)

I know that they are identical but it always amazed me at how identical they are.  They are basically the same size (in fact when weighing Jaide the scale said 30.8 until she wiggled).

Siena - 3 years

Height: 3' 1.8" (67%)
Weight: 30.8 lb (50%)

Jaide - 3 years

Height: 3' 1.8" (67%)
Weight: 31 lb (52%)

A new stroller for a new baby!  This one holds one baby then has a little bench seat.  The twirls just barely fit together on it.  Scarlett was feeling left out so Grammy gave her a ride.

Do to weird timing Scarlett had her 5 year check up that same week.  Because I still couldn't drive Grammy took all of us.  She decided to camp out in the parking lot with the littles:

Scarlett - 5 years

Height: 3' 8.25' (75%)
Weight: 47.8 lb (85%)

Scarlett passed her hearing and vision tests with flying colors.

During our conversation we discussed that Scarlett was breech but never had a hip ultrasound like the twirls.  She wanted to verify that her hips were aligned properly.  (apparently being breech or being twins can force the hip sockets to not form correctly.)  So she sent us downstairs for an xray.  While we were waiting for her xray I tried explaining the process to her.  I told her that it was a machine that would make a loud sound.  She asked "like thunder?"  "No, more like a washing machine."  Then she replied "Oh well, sometimes when the car engine starts the pistons have loud explosions that scare me - but then the car moves and I'm not scared."  My little nerd!  She did a great job getting her xray.  The lady asked if I wanted to stay and hold her legs.  She asked if there was a chance I was pregnant - hahaha!!!!  I sure hope not!!!  Scarlett's results came back normal and her hips are great!

After my surgery I noticed that my right hand was numb.  My first three fingers are weak and numb to the tips, plus they have less dexterity.  At first it was just bothering me, but the symptoms kept persisting for days.  It really is annoying cause it makes it hard to text, fix hair, or really anything.  Finally I decided to call the nurse and see what they thought.  Since I had an IV port in that arm that wasn't used, she wanted me to go back to the Labor and Delivery emergency room to get checked out and make sure there wasn't a blood clot.  Jake took me (and Skye) back to the hospital.  No clot.  Apparently pregnancy can cause a hormone-induce carpal tunnel.  Only time will tell if it will go away on its own.  So far, it's still bothering me but seems to be a little better.  I call it my "bum hand" (My dad then acted out a little hand sticking off his bum.  It was hilarious.)  Jake wondered if the real cause was using chop sticks (inside joke*).  

*Explanation: When I was a preteen I went to Ashley Martin's birthday party at the BYU bowling alley, then we went to the Cougar Eat for Teriyaki Bowls.  The next day my wrists were KILLING me.  I was convinced that the chop sticks I used to eat my food had caused the problem.  My mom said "don't you think it was from the bowling?"  haha.  Well, yes, that makes more sense.  Now my family teases me mercilessly every time we eat with chop sticks.  Even Jake.  "oh no, don't sprain your wrists Jenni!"  "Hurry someone get her a fork before her wrists get injured!"  etc...

While I was in the hospital waiting I remembered a few things from her birth that I forgot to blog.  When they started the saline IV my mouth tasted like salt water taffy!  How cool is that?!  One evening the nurse took Skye to the nursery so we could sleep.  I miss that service, haha!  I must be allergic to their laundry detergent because my skin was soooo itchy!  As the morphine in my spinal wore off it made me itchy, but the fabric was a different sensation.  Oh my goodness, it drove me crazy.  I think I could have stayed one more night in the hospital - and I probably would have if I wasn't so darn uncomfortably itchy (and if they had better shows to watch, haha!)  Seriously I had to keep begging for more Benadryl.   

One morning before work Jake kissed me and said "remember you only have 5 min and you can take more pain meds."  What a cutie - so concerned with my comfort.  Luckily this surgery went so much better than last time.  Plus not having a NICU baby my stress is much lower!  So I was only on the heavy pain meds for like 2 weeks.  And since I'm off them and my incision looks great Dr. Bernardoni said I could start driving.  I have already been to the Hob Lob!  I am taking Tylenol round the clock still.  The pain is manageable but persistent, so the Tylenol helps take the sharpness out of the pain.

Siena asked me "I want to see your surgery" (meaning my incision).  After showing her "Oh, owie!  A bandaid help you feel better."  haha, cute!

And since this post has very few baby photos, here are pictures from Skye's first bath at home.  Yes, yes, I know.. she still has her umbilical cord.  We were very careful to keep it dry.  I can't believe how different she looks from these photos and it's only been two weeks!