Pee and Poop!

I know I've skipped quite a few blog posts about baby Dani lately. To be honest, I've been too busy crying to do anything else other than to take care of Dani. Baby blues suck!

There were a couple of things I wanted to post that I didn't want to wait and post. So, very quickly, here's the long run down...



Over the weekend Dani didn't have a bowel movement for close to 48 hours. I was worried like you wouldn't believe. Good thing is, I have this amazing friend Rachel that knows babies, and she said anything (or lack of anything poopy) over 3 days is the worry point.

Dani went to the doctor on Monday, she was not quite back to her birth weight of 4 lbs 15 oz. She actually weighed out at 4 lbs 13.5 oz, and has until next Monday to be at or greater than her birth weight. Tonight, being the curious parents that we are, we weighed her. We took Chris' bio-diesel scale , placed a dinner plate on it, and placed Dani on that. [Nerdy and weird?, Yes, yes we are]. Results indicate that she is right at her birth weight, so by Monday, we should be in the clear! Way to go Dani, way to chow! (What are we feeding her? We had to supplement with formula since she wasn't feeding too well, so now we feed her a mix of half breast milk and half formula, one day maybe we'll be on straight milk, but we will just have to see how she progresses).

As I mentioned, I spent the last few days crying, but luckily I've managed to get stuff done, like adding Dani (and Chris (who has a new job)) to my insurance; taking a million photos; making lots of milk; and going through lots of diapers.

Speaking of diapers, we are not yet into any of the reusable ones yet. She's so small that they don't fit. Even the disposable newborn diapers that are a lot less bulky are still too big. I'll have to let you know how they are at a later date.

Also speaking of diapers, I was changing Dani this morning. She had a wet diaper, I clean her up and swoop the clean diaper under her butt, with just enough time to catch the pee she decided to share with me! Okay, so another diaper bites the dust, but I at least catch everything before it ends up everywhere. I gave her time to finish business in the newly moistened diaper, clean and swoop in another diaper. Can you guess what happened? This time she pooped! Alas, another diaper bites the dust, but again, I caught her with just enough time to catch everything.

So this evening I'm changing Dani (we do a lot of that around here), another wet diaper. I clean her up, go to put the new diaper on and before I quite get it under her, she shoots (yes, shoots)pee across the changing table. Now, she's no boy, so she was limited in her range, but she shot pee a good distance. Now, we've gotten the entire changing table, clothes, and new diaper. Okay, hard laughs later, I've grabbed a new diaper and sleeper. I pull off the soaked sleeper, turn to toss into the laundry basket to turn around and see she has now pooped! A nice healthy poop all over the changing table pad. Dad being the good sport that he is [sensing the sarcasm?] walked in to look, laughed and gagged for a few minutes and gagged his way back out of the room. It was amusing, I must admit. Every parent goes through it I suppose. Lucky for me, friend Erika had bought me two changing table pad covers.

Just a few quick notes otherwise... Matt Westphal (on behalf of his family) brought over some gifts for Dani; pseudo sissy Marie stopped by with some gifts and hand-me-downs (THANK YOU FOR HAND-ME-DOWNS (Sarah B., Nicki S., Erika H.)) and allowed me to get a shower; my mommy stopped by Monday and Wednesday to check in on us; coworker J. mentioned to me that her friends who also use Gingrich have had similar issues of being sent for constant monitoring and specialists who reaffirm that everything is okay; Chris' mom went to Once Upon A Child to get Dani some outfits (preemie sizes too) that fit her (and were pink); and big brother Riley and big sister Bella have been adjusting and doing well, we are so proud of the family!