10 weeks old!

OMG, I'm gonna say it again. Time is flying by and I have left my blog in the dust when it comes to updates. I somehow always manage to do other things while she naps and never get around to updating.

The latest and greatest, Gabriella is doing great. She had her 2 month check up last week and was 12 lbs 5 oz (90th percentile), 22.5 inches long (50th percentile). Now the length measurement at the pedi's is different than the one they used at the hospital so while it seems that she's only grown 2 inches, she's really grown 3 since the 1st pedi's visit they clocked her on their scale at about 19.5. So, anywho....Gabriella has reflux and is on Zantac for it. We're still on the fence about whether or not its helping her. She's been on it for almost 3 weeks and if we don't see more of an improvement, we'll switch to Prilosec. Basically what happens with her, in addition to her spitting up, is that she cries for more food after she spits up, but not b/c she's still hungry, rather to kill the heartburn. You might wonder how we came to this conclusion, well after many episodes of eat, spit up, cry, eat, spit up and some research on my part, I took my concerns to the pedi. She also sometimes arches her back during and after feedings and will also sometimes cry prior to and after spitting up after much time has elapsed since her feeding. On a good note though, she loves to smile and makes all sorts of adorable little noises like "Gaa!"

We have days where I just cry right along with her, but we get through it. I'm thinking about adding rice cereal in soon to see if perhaps thickening up her milk will help her keep stuff down and not trigger the burn.

I go back to work on the 31st and I am totally torn about it. While I love love LOVE my little girl, I am so F-ing stir crazy. Sure I take her places when I want to get out of the house, but with her temperment when her reflux is bothering her, I try to work around her schedule as best as I can. I am looking forward to going back to work, but I'm not looking forward to being away from Gabriella. I think an ideal situation would be for me to work part-time but that's really not an option at this point in time.

In terms of my continued post partum recovery, things are going well. I've got about 10-15 lbs left to lose to get to my pre pregnancy weight. While that's great considering I gained almost 50 lbs, it still leaves me some new clothes to buy for work...which on the one hand is fun b/c I get to go shopping and on the other hand sucks b/c I know I'll be back to my pre preg size soon and won't be able to wear those clothes (I'm mainly sticking to pants). I am still pumping, which I have to say, I'm pretty proud of myself for. My Lansinoh crapped out on me 2 weeks ago and I decided to invest in the Medela pump in style and WOW what a difference! Like night and day. B/c of the investment, I decided to pump until Gabriella is at least 4 months. That's my goal. If I hadn't bought the pump I would have likely just started her on all formula.

I will try to be better about updating, I promise!

Here are some newer pics :)