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A Crazy First Week

Actually, considering everything the first week with Louisa was not all that crazy.  She is such a good baby--sleeps a lot and is feeding very well.  In fact, she gained 3 oz.  between Sunday when she left the hospital and Tuesday when we had her weight check at the pediatrician.  This explained why she had been spitting up so much--she was getting too much milk!

Here's a glance at our eventful week at home with Louisa...

Sunday:  We came home from the hospital a family of four...Louisa looked so tiny in the car seat and was much lighter than I remember Ezra being the last time I carried him in it at 9 months.

Monday:  My mom arrived in Midland a week earlier than she originally planned.  I've been so grateful to have her here this week.  I don't know what I'd do without her!

Tuesday:  Ezra woke up with a rash, which I assumed was from swimming in our apartment pool the night before.  I took Louisa to the pediatrician for her weight check and asked a nurse about the rash.  She said to bring him in the next day if it hadn't gone away.

Wednesday:  Ezra's rash was even worse that morning, so I took a trip to the pediatrician's office for the second day in a row.  The doctor diagnosed him with hand, foot, and mouth disease (a virus) as well as a bacterial infection on certain areas of his body.

Hand, foot, and mouth is extremely contagious and causes small red bumps on the feet, hands, legs, and inside the mouth.  Those bumps somehow became infected (I'm guessing from the pool), which really is the worst part because of the sores around his mouth and in his nose.

I was worried that I might have to send Ezra and my mom to a hotel to keep Louisa safe, but the doctor said that it was not life threatening if she got it and that we should just keep him away from her and wash our hands before holding Louisa.

So poor little Ezra has had to take a mega dose of antibiotics twice a day (which we have to force feed after trying every other covert way to get hime to take it willingly), and we have to treat him like a leper when he's around Louisa.  But he's been in a good mood for the most part, considering he's been sick.

These pictures really don't do justice to how bad the infection was around his little mouth and nose.

But thankfully it is clearing up.  The hand, foot, and mouth, should be gone around Tuesday and only 5 more days of force feeding antibiotics.  Yay!

The other sad thing is that because of Ezra, three other families in our ward have come down with the virus.  I think nursery was a little empty at church today.

















So other than that drama, life has gone pretty smooth with two little ones.  It has definitely been an easier transition the second time around since I'm already used to being at home with a child and having someone who is completely dependent on me.  My mom and Marc have definitely made it easier as well.  And we're all loving our little Louisa...even Ezra who has been a very good boy about not touching the baby.

Louisa's ballet slippers are still a little too big.

Her hands and feet seem way too big for her little body.

Look at all that dark hair!