Reflux Revisited?

For the past 6 months at least, Jasper has been doing this constant throat clearing thing while he eats.  It sounds innocuous enough, but when you hear it -it’s a little disturbing seeing it on video actually:

My first…

And the Pediatrician Says..

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In the complete OPPOSITE scenario to when you take your car to the mechanic and it operates perfectly, Jasper picked yesterday – the day we visit the pediatrician – to get his first ever stomach bug.  Poor little guy…

Reflux Revisted

Sometimes, mommy intuition knocks so hard on the brick wall I call a brain and STILL I manage to overlook the obvious.

My mother was talking with an old childhood friend of hers whose daughter Ali has a son with…

A Journey into NAET

As I posted here, I wasn’t convinced Jasper’s rash was food related. I wanted to blame it on the prevacid. Or the mother’s milk tea. I really wanted to be able to eat food and not stress that it…

From Prince to Pauper

In the milk department..

Last week my milk supply seemed to take a huge dive. This totally blindsided me because I’ve always had a bit of an oversupply problem and protecting against supply issues when on the Total Elimination Diet…

Reflux Revisited

So this week has been episode three of the “return of the reflux”.. you would think that by now I would have recognized the signs: the random crying, the sleep disturbances, constant hiccups, the extreme fussiness at the breast (pulls…

I am at the Breaking Point..

Jasper in his “Going to Brooklyn” outfit.

But first the good: Jasper had his first overnight this weekend! We went to visit friends Sarah, Jay and their daughter Daphne and spent the night in their guest bedroom..

Jasper did…

Happy Belated Halloween!

Scooby Dooby Doo!!!

Halloween party in Brooklyn..

Other than a super fun halloween party with all of our friends and their babies, it’s been a very difficult week.

Just when I thought things were improving, we had…

Tongue Tied?

I know it’s been a while since I posted. Jasper has gotten worse to the point that I can rarely put him down at all. He has stopped liking being in the Moby wrap (usually get about 5 minutes before…

Jasper’s Second Week

I have maybe 5 seconds before Jasper gets bored of the swing and starts screaming, so if this post gets cut of half way, you’ll know why!

Some highs and lows of our second week…

Highs:

Jasper’s umbilical cord finally…