Missing Magic?

Almost 3 years ago our lives were changed forever when we met Georgia Claire for the first time. While still in the hospital she received a musical seahorse from my cousin, Emily, which quickly became known as the 'magical seahorse.' Even while still at Saint Luke's with the factory batteries, the seahorse began transforming our lives and providing 7 glorious, uninterrupted minutes of quiet. We even own the seahorse in multiple colors after leaving it behind at great grandma Gert's over Christmas one year.

So - after our 7th night (but hey, who's counting) home with sweet Caroline (it helps to always refer to her as sweet during posts like this...) the seahorse no longer appears to be magical. And raging reflux is continuously interrupting sweet Caroline's sleep. Despite new batteries and lots of coaxing, Georgia took the seahorse to bed with her last night. 

So as you have guessed our sweet Caroline is having a difficult time transitioning home and mom and dad are struggling to get a few zzzz's. We've started the crazy reflux medication journey and are waiting out the next few days until we can get something stronger. After losing weight over the weekend during her home health visit on Monday, we are back on the 24 calorie human milk fortifier (adding it to 2 bottles per day) and trying to encourage rest. As you might imagine, reflux is not helping to contribute to her weight gain or her happiness. Next weight check is Thursday and after being up for literally 13 hours straight yesterday, her chances of performing well are not looking good.

So, on her first Halloween we're praying for a special witches brew with lots of sleeping potions so sweet Caroline can continue to grow and stay with us at home:) After a jack-o-lantern pizza and a mini pumpkin carving party with grandma, we are ready for our trick-or-treaters!

For those of you who have not heard, Georgia is going as a purple butterfly and baby sister as a sweet black spider (although she'll primarily be home bound:)) More photos to come - 

Happy Haunting ---