Looking Good

Avery above in the arms of Grammy! We loved every minute Grammy was here. It was so nice to have an extra hand to help with baby or the big kids. Thanks so much Grammy for all your help this pas week. Another BIG thanks to Nana who has been at our home several times a week since I went on bed rest with Avery in November. Where would we be with out you two.. probably the loony bin! Don't let this disguise fool you!!!! This looks like a perfectly happy drooling little bundle of Joy... right...? Well, Little Miss Avery is back to her old tricks of colicky s c r e a m i n g.. off and on for hours...! We thought by the Grace of God and the good old ear tube surgery that our crying days were over.... We thought we paid our dues, Did we speak too soon..???

Is Avery just used to being so fussy and doesn't know what else to do when she needs something...? Well, I was just telling a friend the other day that all that fussiness must have been fluid on her ears b/c she has been wonderfully happy after surgery. Well, unless they got plugged by blood ( a real possibility) the fluid is not the problem. Day 5 and off most of the pain meds except a little IBPF once a day or so... the fussiness started when mom left baby with dad and went to dance with Maddie. Needless to say I called to check on baby and all I could hear was Avery's Screams... I couldn't even make out what Jeff was saying. I pulled Maddie from dance and we raced home. Avery quieted down pretty quickly in the arms of mom... pretty much what has happened all along. Is she just a mama's baby.. so much that she screams for me??? Hard to believe? Are cleft affected children just naturally fussy??? Not entirely from what I've heard. Or is there something wrong that is causing pain in this child and she just plain feels better in the arms of her mommy??

We see both our plastic surgeon and ENT doctor tomorrow. We'll post more later!