Hope you are all doing well and enjoying FALL!
Just wanted to share an update on our little family. Life is still a little like Groundhog Day (the movie). We are still having a time with Addison's reflux/colic. It does seem that the colic is gradually going away but, we still don't have the reflux under control. It seemed like the zantac was helping but, we noticed that she recently had the same symptoms that she had quite a few weeks back. It was almost like the medicine was no longer effective. Last week she was crying 30-45 min after her feeding and fussy and upset. She was also spitting up more. It was like she was regressing! Just when we thought things were getting better for her. Pretty frustrating! So, I called the gastro dr and pressed her to see if we could change her medicine to prevacid as we have heard/read that many parents say it works wonderfully for their reflux babies. So, we started that on Friday evening. At this point it is helping a little but, seems to wear off by late afternoon. We will see how it goes...we might need to have the Gastroenterologist change the dosage or it may take some time to start working. I plan to contact the Gastro dr to find out today. We just want to see our sweet girl "content" so please continue to keep us in your prayers. We are still trying to get to happy-land. Fingers crossed...it is soon! Addison will be 3 months old this week so it should be soon. Once she gets on solid foods colic/reflux should be much improved.
Kirk has been traveling quite a bit lately. My Dad has been helping us in the mornings which has been wonderful. Also Kirk's Mom traveled here for a couple weeks to help us which was fantastic. It meant a lot to us! My Dad just retired from the school system....yay!!! So happy for Dad...such a well deserved accomplishment for someone so hard-working. My Dad will be coming more often to help with Addison during the day while I get my recruiting calls/work completed. It will be awesome to have the help! ;o) We plan to go on a family cruise to celebrate my Dad's retirement sometime this spring/summer 2011.
We are happy Kirk is home for a week. He is off again next week. We are hoping the travel slows down soon but, we are hanging in there! We are looking forward to our Stetson family being together for the Thanksgiving holiday. It will be a fun time and great to see everyone. Also we are looking forward to enjoying the Christmas holidays with our families. Blain and Loretta will be here for a visit. Also, the Coopers from South Carolina and Colorado will be visiting as well. It will be a wonderful time being with family especially during Addison's 1st Christmas.
We have the annual "Step Out Walk to Fight Diabetes" that we do in my Mom's memory next weekend (Nov 6th). We are looking forward to the event and our team, Paula's Sous Chefs will be walking for the 3rd year. It will be Addison's first walk for her Grandma Kramer. We hope we will be successful and beneficial for such a wonderful cause! The following Saturday (Nov 13) will be the "Great Day in the Country" arts & craft show. Our family have been participating in this show for quite a few years now. Fingers crossed for a successful craft show. It is always a lot of fun. Our November is going to be quite busy already!
We will continue to keep you posted on our Addee. Feel free to enjoy the smilebox below of the latest pictures of our sweet Addison and our little family.
Much Love & Happy Fall! xoxo
Love, The Cooper Fam
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