Westyn Reese: Month 1

Westyn Reese

3/22/15 (pic taken 3/24/15)

Weight: 8lbs 3oz (23%)

Length: 20 1/4 in (15%)

Outings this month: newborn pictures in Miami (3days), lunch at Coffee Ranch (x2), playdate at the Tucker's, Dr's office (x5), hospital (4 nights at GPCH)

Firsts: met all her aunts and uncles, met her great grandmommy and great mimi, met her great aunt Tanya and cousin Shea, bath at home, walk in the stroller, ER visit (3/12), hospital stay (3/19-23)

Likes: cuddling, baths, white noise, paci, tummy time, eating and of course her big sister

Dislikes: getting her diaper changed, getting buckled in the carseat, getting hiccups

Sleeping: 1 5hour stretch at night with another 3-4 hour stretch, sleeps on/off throughout the day with a good 2-3hour stretch early afternoon

Eating: Exclusively breastfed, eats every 3 hours during the day usually every 2hours from 5-10 in the evening, 4-5hours at night

Looking forward to: watching this sweet girl become more interactive with us, hopefully getting a little better at sleeping at night, everyone staying healthy this next month, going to Bennett's 2nd birthday (how is this even possible), welcoming Westyn's first friend Sloane 

This last month has been full of love, craziness, prayers, and blessings! I never imagined being able to love another baby the way I do Blakelee, but on February 22 my heart doubled in size! It's so incredible how it just happens! This month has been a bit of a struggle for us to stay healthy. Blakelee has been fighting congestion for about a month, they're thinking it's allergies. Westyn started having congestion at about 2 weeks old. We made a trip to the ER because her fever spiked to 100.5, all the tests came back negative so we left without answers of what caused the fever. Our dr ran some urine cultures and came back that she had a bladder infection. We started treating that with some antibiotics and 2 days later we ended up back at the Dr because she was having difficulty breathing. We ended up being admitted to the hospital Thursday evening. She was put on IV fluids and antibiotics, steroids, and breathing treatments. Friday morning was pretty scary for us. She became very lethargic and wasn't wanting to wake up to eat, her eyes looked so so sad and tired. Luckily things turned around that evening and by Sunday morning they took her off the oxygen. She did great without it and we were able to come home yesterday! They are still unsure of exactly what she had, all her tests for RSV, flu, strep came back negative and her chest X-rays were clear. The dr decided she likely had a form of croup and it was all upper respiratory, luckily it never made it down into her chest or lungs. Since it's something viral they said it will just take some time to fight it. She's been doing great since we've been home, her eyes look bright and happy again! This was definitely one of the scariest, most difficult times for Brock and me. My heart goes out to anyone that has had to put their child in the hospital, NICU, or just see them in pain. You feel absolutely so helpless. We feel so blessed that we caught it soon and we know things could be so much worse, but man it was hard on us, our hearts just broke for her. We are so thankful for our parents for keeping Blakelee and allowed both of us to be with Westyn in the hospital. She's staying one more evening away and then she'll come back home. So ready to have my family together again and praying that we can all stay healthy! Thank you to those of you that have prayed and thought about us, it was truly appreciated. 

Needless to say our hands our full but so are our hearts....just enjoying this journey!!