My girl is tongue-tied

I visited the lactation consultant at BC Women's and Children's hospital. She watched me feed Olivia and attempt to breast feed. She said she might have a posterior tongue-tie. I'm not sure there's anything that can be done about it but it explains a lot. She needs a particular type of nipple to feed successfully. She hasn't had much success breast feeding. She isn't gaining weight quite as fast as I'd like. She's still only 11 lbs. I'd love it if the doctor said there was an easy fix for this condition that would make it easy for her to eat (and breastfeed)!

Here's a link that gives information and shows pictures of these "sneaky" tongue-ties.

http://www.cwgenna.com/qhcontent.html

It's not showing up as a link, I'm not sure why.

Another great site: (Olivia: check check check)

http://thelogicallady.blogspot.ca/p/posterior-tongue-tie-information.html

In the (above) blog it says:

Identifying and Diagnosing a Posterior Tongue Tie

The following symptoms have been noted anecdotally by mothers of babies diagnosed with a posterior tongue tie. Remember that not all of the symptoms must be present in order to be considered a posterior tongue tie. There are varying degrees of ties.

• Inability to achieve latch to bare breast
• Clicking noises while sucking, more notable during bottlefeeding
• Loss of latch on breast or bottle nipple
• Loud gulping noises
• Choking on milk or gasping for air mid-feed
• Short and frequent feedings (grazing/snacking)
• Noticeably strong suck
• Decreased saliva production
• Inability to effectively remove milk
• Milk dribbling out of the mouth during feeds

to antibiotic or not to antibiotic

The bogeyman in the corner is autism. There are some who say that antibiotics are in some way related, maybe causally, to autism. I don't know if that is true. I also don't know if that would be true in the case of a mom who takes antibiotics while breast feeding. Nobody knows what causes autism, and it is so common now, it is like this scary monster under the bed. I am afraid that if I have a child who has autism, I am afraid that I will blame myself.

I have taken antibiotics (orally) twice for an ear infection. Once the doctor said it was an ear canal infection and used drops. I went back to the doctor (a different doctor) and he said the infection was still there. He said I need to take antibiotics (oral) again. He also gave me a nasal spray to help clear the "material" from the ear.

So here I am, I filled the prescription, My ears still ache, deep in there. I haven't taken anything yet.

Other (minor) concerns: 1. Finn's stomach seems to react badly to the antibiotics 2. the last antibiotics made me feel very tired and headachy

Today this issue was hard to ignore because of the crappy way I was feeling. Hopefully tomorrow I'll feel better.

brain fog

I need to cut down on my Internet/Facebook time. I am using this computer to go into a kind of trance. La La La Zombie AAAARLGH...

mornings with goofballs

Mornings are the best. My babies are morning people! How is that possible? They both squeal and smile and laugh and talk a lot in the mornings. I love this cuddle time.

Baptism and Halloween

I'm exhausted today. Thank goodness for my mom and David, I was just






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3 months old today!

It's the end of the "4th Trimester".

New skills:
(Mental Note: get a video of these.)

- Olivia can slide herself across a surface with help. (I put my hands behind her feet, and she pushes her legs straight)
- Finn is great at playing "the tongue game". I stick out my tongue (or Grandma does), and then he sticks out his, he matches you each time, it's very communicative! 
- lots of spit bubbles, and drooling
- lots of smiling and almost laughing
- both good at standing/jumping with our hands under their armpits
- a lot more baby-babble
- they can hold their soother in their mouths (with their hands)
- Olivia seems to do a lot of flirting, sly sweet smiles and a coy tilt of the head
- still no holding things in their hands
- they are good at holding their heads up, doing baby push-ups, tummy-time
- Finn's still better at breast-feeding, but Olivia occasionally acts like an expert

Great visit from Brothers

We had a great visit from Reuben and Glen. They love the kids so much it fills my heart up with joy! I see them - looking at Finn and Olivia. I'm so lucky to have them in my kids lives. They are so great with them.

Glen gave me some good advice, so I took it. I sat down today and added up all the expenses and bills going out, all the money coming in. I feel proud that I did this. I hate dealing with money. It was actually not too hard because everything is done with debit or pre-authorized payments. It's pretty easy to see what we're spending on.

Olivia's smiling more, she's trying to catch up with her brother on that count. It's the charm Olympics! Another milestone is their neck strength. It will soon be good enough to get them a jolly-jumper. I know Olivia will love that./ I can't wait to see her bouncing around.

The whole family got together to practice the baptism on Sunday. It's in 2 weeks. It's a beautiful ritual. I'm pretty sure I'm going to cry! Farmor is getting the Christening party catered. What a delux event. Creme Brulee!!