Okay so the last update was at the end of August and mentioned some concerns with Acadia gaining weight. We went back to the specialist at UMAB in early September and had a bit of a scare. She had not gained enough weight and next thing I know the doctor is mentioning “feeding tube”. The purpose of which would have been to get the calories she needs directly in her. Basically there was a miscommunication about whether or not we should continue breastfeeding, in addition to the increased calorie formula recipe. I argued with the doctor and he gave us a week to see what happens. I sort of felt like I had to defend our efforts and make it look as if we were not being negligent. Sort of like being on the opposite end of one of those teacher-parent conferences where mom and dad swear they are checking the kid’s homework.
So after spending a week of “how the hell do I get 28 ounces of formula into this kid” mode, which included waking her up early to feed, stopping breastfeeding a Jason generated teacher style behavior chart used to record every ounce of formula (aka chemicals I’m forced to feed my child) and a conversation with the nutritionist, we got her to gain 7 ounces in one week. We have been back three times and they decided to further increase her calorie intake with a formula recipe change. The end result is that she gained more weight and is now up to 14 pounds. Oh and she is no longer “malnourished” …yeah should have seen my face when the doctor dropped that one on us. We go back in November for what we hope is the last trip.
On a more up beat note, she has grown to 27 inches which has made her the perfect hugging size. She will wrap her arms around your neck and grab any available hair. Oh and she likes to use those two front teeth to bite dad’s nose.
We are now at the end of October and settled into the school year. Even got through the golf season and dealing with everyone’s favorite athletic director. Acadia is very active and loves to stand up by holding onto the fun square/activity cube or whatever the hell the thing is called. She has been to all, but one of our SOBO football games. Speaking of which, Carolyn has made a nice transition from playing soccer and ultimate Frisbee to football -- must have been those mandatory practices. With this season of SOBO, Acadia has now joined what has become known as the Romper Room sideline which has had at times 8 children being monitored by whom ever is not in the game or the wife that is pregnant or just gave birth a few months ago. The best part is when all the kids go to the bar afterwards….have the times changed or what.
To focus more on mom and dad, we hit our one year anniversary on the 16th of October which was celebrated by cashing in a Groupon to Azul 17 for a dinner that included a tequila flight. The next night we had sushi at RA. The following is Carolyn’s contribution-The big present to each other was buying into a crop share with winter home delivery – very exciting we’ll get produce, meat, eggs and a surprise product from a local business. Now we’ll have more time to go to Home Depot and maybe even Bed, Bath
Other highlights from September and October include Acadia’s first O’s game, which also happened to be the last game of the season and the game that knocked the Sox out of the playoffs with the Rays win. She also attended her first high school soccer game, where unfortunately Franklin lost to Catonsville 1-0 in the county championship. The highlight of the game was having a former student comedown from the bleachers to visit because she had heard “Mager has the cutest baby EVER!”.
Monday will be Acadia ’s first Halloween and mom already got her a costume. I’m going to make you all wait for the pictures to find out what the costume is…just know my idea of dressing her up as the baby from Pet Cemetery
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