Lactose sensitivity

We were having some problems with Elise having alot of gassiness and only having a dirty diaper once a week. So we brought her into the doctor.
First they had me cut out all dairy and beef. He thought she was sensitive to a protein made by cows.And this can be passed through breast milk. This was not the case, she did not get any better.
So they did an xray, and she was sooo full of gas. The next step was to do an upper GI exam. This was done to rule out any twisting in her intestines. Her anatomy was completely normal.
So the next step was to put her on soy formula. This made a huge difference! She was having regular dirty diaper, less gas, and sleeping much better.
She is not intolerant of lactose, right now she is just not producing enough of the enzyme that breaks down the lactose. She should out grow this in a couple of months.

So now we have drops that we put in the breast milk, so at least she is still able to nurse. And have frozen milk at daycare.

So hopefully she contimues to do well, and will be done with everything in the next couple of months.

I forgot to post Elise's newborn pics!

I have been so bad at updating the blog, but here are some of her new born pictures.

New pics

Baptism

Elise was baptized on July 31st at Zumbro Lutheran Church. Nathan's brother Ryan and my step brother Nick were her sponsors. She did so well, she slept through the entire service even when the pastor poured the water on her head. Afterwards, everyone came back to our house for a little lunch.

2 month well baby

Elise is now 9 weeks old. I go back to work in a week. I cannot believe how fast time has went. I hate to think of someone else holding her and taking care of her all day. She is such a calm and good baby. She hardly ever makes a peep unless she is tired or hungry. She loves to smile all the time. It just melts your heart.

At Elise's 2 month check up, everything went very well. She is now 13 lbs (96%) and 23 inches (86%). She got her shots which went ok :( Now she does not go back until she is 4 months.

Ethan is now in his 3rd week in our new daycare. She does so many fun things with the kids. He is so tired at night, he goes to be so quickly. He does have some separation anxiety lately. Hopefully that will get better when we get back into a routine when I go back to work. He has gotten so much personality and his facial expressions are priceless. He is such a great little guy.

We went to my dad and Julie's new cabin for a few days and he was Papa Judd's little shadow. He loves following him around and asking him a million times what he was doing and watching him fix things. Ethan also got to go on the pontoon and jet ski.

Elise is already one moth old today!

She is doing really well. She is up to 11 lbs 5 oz. she is a good eater! She is still only sleeping 3 hours at a time, hopefully that starts extending soon. She likes to sleep alot during the day, so I really need to start waking her up more so that hopefully she will be more tired at night.

I can't believe how fast time has flown by! I am going to take the kids to work on Monday for a little visit.
Ethan just got back from spending a few days on the farm. He loved it, he got to ride the tractor and 6 wheeler, go swimming,and got to see the horses and barn cats.

I have not been blogging much, and this one is not that long, but at least it's something. Hopefully I will get back into the habit of blogging more.