Epilogue – The Snooze Button Baby and the No Food Diet

So . . . good news, I found my super-power mom hearing and heard Calan crying through the walls, down the hall, over the fans – two nights in a row!

AND, Calan had his one month check-up yesterday. He’s quite healthy, gaining perfectly, little but tough, smart, fabulous:) Oh, just perfect really. We discussed the gassy/fussy issues, and the doc gave me a verbal, shorter list: milk (cheese, yogurt ok), eggs, nuts, and fish. I can handle this, for now. I will miss terribly cream in my coffee and milk in my cereal (I can sub soy, but it’s not the same), cheesy ham and eggs on weekends, and peanut butter sandwiches (yes, the very ones I complained about in the previous post). But I can handle these four losses, especially because it may very well help our little guy feel better.

One last little thing. For all my discomfort and struggle and strife being a new mom, I want to state for the record that I love it, and I feel so lucky. Last night we went out for the first time just the two of us. Calan stayed home with Susie and Caitlin (more on that later). We ate at Ottavio’s, the Italian place we like to go every now and then. The last time we were there, I was huge, and our waitress inquired about the baby, etc. Well, her daughter was scheduled for a C-section on Calan’s EDD, Aug. 23rd. Last night, we got the same waitress, she remembered us, we remembered her. Apparently, her daughter – although her pre-natal tests were good – gave birth to a little girls with Down’s. It really hit home just how lucky we are – thank you thank you thank you to the universe, gods, biology, whoever is making these decisions. Thank you!