Little Mr Sensitive!

So Kai still isn't feeling well and it's driving me insane. Poor little guy has had the runs for a month now and the past few days have been hell at night with him crying most of the night. I'm currently trying to cut peanuts and dairy out of my diet and tomorrow will start cutting wheat out to see if it helps him at all. He has been pooping bloody green mucusy poops and is just miserable while trying to get it out. It breaks my heart. Here is a post from my Aug 02 boards that explains what happened with him today..

We went to Urgent Care and of course didn't figure much out. Doc ruled out hernia, ear infection, no breathing problems even with his cough his oxygen levels were 98 which was good. Of course he smiled for the nurse and acted happy but he did show the doc a bit of his grumpy side thank goodness. He thinks maybe he's constipated and a hard poop is blocking somewhere in there and the diarhea is getting past it and that's why it's so hard for him to push the watery poo out. He gave me a scrip for suppositories and we gave him one tonight which made him crap and he pooped the suppository right out! I did finally get the suppository to stay up inside of him after a few tries but unfortunately the poop that was coming out while putting it in had blood in it that was definitely noticeable. The nurse told me to call the nurse from his doc's office tomorrow morning and let them know what's going on with him and to ask for a stomach x-ray to rule a blockage up inside of him out. I broke down crying when I told her he has had this diarhea for a month now and I'm getting frustrated that I can't figure it out. He slept in Daddy's arms while we watched a movie for 2 hours and just woke up and doesn't seem too grumpy yet. We also went to Walmart and I bought him some stuff from Gentle Naturals that is called Tummy Soother. It has Chamomile, Ginger and Fennel in it. Not sure if the pooping or the soother helped but something helped him sleep for awhile this evening crying free. I just hope that when we go lay down here soon that he still feels ok and sleeps through the night! I am just praying that we don't have to stop breastfeeding because of these issues. I am doing all I can to cut dairy out of my diet and will start tomorrow cutting wheat out also but have no idea where to start. At least when I'm at work I don't eat much so it's less tempting to snack on stuff that I can't have. Anyone have any ideas of what I CAN eat now that I am not eating Dairy Wheat or Nut products as of tomorrow? If so I'd greatly appreciate them!!!! I hate seeing my baby in pain and not being able to fix it Thank you for your concerns and P&PT earlier.

Onto a few other things. This afternoon we went to check out a babysitter for the boys once Jannett is no longer available to watch them while I work at the end of Feb. She has 2 little girls who are 2 and 3 yrs old and is pregnant and due in may. The family seemed really great and Kaeden had a wonderful time playing with their puppy even though he did bite his butt LOL Ok so it was his upper back thigh and it was an accident as they were playing tug of war and Kaeden was running from the puppy with his rope and the pup accidentially caught leg instead of rope. She has very reasonable rates and is affordable even though it will eat up most of my paycheck it will help me to finish out the season at H&R and get my bonus check ;) we'll have to wait and see what happens.

Kailer does not like to cough or sneeze. It's funny because as a newborn if he yawned it would make him cry. Now it seems if he coughs or sneezes it makes him cry. If I am feeding him and I raise my voice to Kaeden or if he pinches my boob and I raise my voice and say OW he will start screaming. I think I've got a sensitive little man on my hands and these tummy problems definitely don't help!

I am working really hard to build up a "dairy free" milk supply in the freezer and am dreading having to dump all of my frozen milk that I have pumped the past few months. I refuse to dump it until we're sure it's a food issue though as I'd REALLY kick myself if I threw it all out only to find out that wasn't the problem at all.

Kaeden had a great time this weekend as his sisters were here and Lindsay came to town so he got to see Taylor and Sydney. Things went pretty smoothly and he was sad to see them all go today. He really has separation issues and hates for anyone to leave his house as much as he hates for me to leave him at anyone's house or for him to leave once he's at someones house. It really drives me insane and makes me feel guilty when he is crying at the door "mommy don't leave me!!! Don't go to work!!!" Although when I pick him up and we're in the van even though he tells me he cried and missed me he also proceeds to tell me that he doesn't want to leave cause he's going to miss Jannett and Bryce LOL He can't make up his mind! Also seems I've taught him a new phrase... "I'm gonna piss my pants" when he needs to go potty.. Oops! Mommy needs to watch what she says. It really cracks me up when he says it though! Tatum also crascked me up this weekend. When I went to kiss Tate and Trin night night on Friday night I kissed Trini and said "night Trini" then I kissed Tate and said "night Tate" and she looked at me and says "Jennifer, you can call me Tatum Olivas" very matter of factly LOL She's growing up so much!!!! Melissa bought pizza Fri night and everyone but me had some and then she stuck around to watch "The Cave" with us. Wasn't scary and wasn't that great of a movie. We also watched "American Pie Band Camp" and "Bad News Bears". They were pretty good! Definitely worth watching.

Well I need to go change the laundry so I have clean dry clothes for work tomorrow and try to get some sleep tonight. Kai is awake now and fussing a bit and I"m really hoping that it doesn't turn into an all night scream fest once again, although I've prepared myself for the fact that it probably will! I'll update again soon and will try to add a few new pics with the new program Picasa that I downloaded!