Sitting at home all day collecting poop.
Well, isn't this a great way to spend some family time together. Bill had yesterday & today off instead of this weekend. We were planning on getting out to do some hiking, but I don't think it's going to work out. We have to sit around & wait for Logan to poop. Early this morning I lined his diaper with the liners the lab provided for us. When Logan had his morning BM, it caused a major diaper blowout. I'm glad I had Bill here to help out, because collecting a stool sample of a breast fed baby is difficult. They aren't formed stools where you can just scoop out what you need. No, they are runny. Very runny. So Bill put on some rubber gloves & picked up the liner so I could scoop as much as I could into the sample bottle. Because it was a blowout, there was poop everywhere, but not where we needed it to make it easy. We couldn't collect enough, so now we have to wait. Bill left Logans room saying, "I think I'm going to throw up now". Who knew babies could be so much fun.
So, in non-poop related news...I got some really cute pictures of Kitty & Logan cuddling on Bill's lap. It seems we have a dog who thinks he is a babysitter & a cat who thinks she is a blanket. She has been so cute since Logan has been born. She was cuddly to begin with, but even more so now. Bill's mom thinks it's because she's jealous. Maybe, but she's not mean about it. When Logan is nursing, Kitty will climb up onto my lap, snuggle right up against him & just hang out. Sometimes she'll turn around & lick his hair. It's the cutest thing ever.
Well, isn't this a great way to spend some family time together. Bill had yesterday & today off instead of this weekend. We were planning on getting out to do some hiking, but I don't think it's going to work out. We have to sit around & wait for Logan to poop. Early this morning I lined his diaper with the liners the lab provided for us. When Logan had his morning BM, it caused a major diaper blowout. I'm glad I had Bill here to help out, because collecting a stool sample of a breast fed baby is difficult. They aren't formed stools where you can just scoop out what you need. No, they are runny. Very runny. So Bill put on some rubber gloves & picked up the liner so I could scoop as much as I could into the sample bottle. Because it was a blowout, there was poop everywhere, but not where we needed it to make it easy. We couldn't collect enough, so now we have to wait. Bill left Logans room saying, "I think I'm going to throw up now". Who knew babies could be so much fun.
So, in non-poop related news...I got some really cute pictures of Kitty & Logan cuddling on Bill's lap. It seems we have a dog who thinks he is a babysitter & a cat who thinks she is a blanket. She has been so cute since Logan has been born. She was cuddly to begin with, but even more so now. Bill's mom thinks it's because she's jealous. Maybe, but she's not mean about it. When Logan is nursing, Kitty will climb up onto my lap, snuggle right up against him & just hang out. Sometimes she'll turn around & lick his hair. It's the cutest thing ever.
So here is Logan thinking the Kitty blanket is the coolest thing ever.Then the two of them getting a good look at each other.
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We're going through the exact same poop troubles here. It started when Alex was 7 weeks old (maybe triggered by something I ate? He had a heinous diaper rash the day before blood appeared in the diaper) and has been intermittently ongoing for the last couple of months, all the while scraping poop samples and doing blood work and eliminating dairy and then doing it all again because IT'S STILL THERE. Now, we're going to see a pediatric GI specialist. Our pediatrician is almost positive that there's a fissure or perhaps ulcerated colon, but without a scope, he can't be 100% certain. So off we go to Children's Hospital in Dallas next Thursday.
I hope Logan's trouble is resolved quicker than ours. The good news, though, is that after reading a ton of information I've learned that it's not uncommon and rarely a symptom of anything super-serious.
Oh man... Sounds awful. I hope that everything is okay. When will you get the results?
I dropped off the sample this morning, so I hope to find out by the end of next week. We'll see what happens!
I've been away too long!! Logan went and grew up the week I was away! :)
Love the kitty pix--our kitty did the same thing. She'd even sit on my belly when I was big-pregnant and try to "hatch" the baby, LOL. Cute, cute pics and what a sweet smiley baby!
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