7/12/08 We rented a house again this year in Ocean City NJ - on the beach! It should be GREAT! Juliana loves playing in the sand, playing "chase" with the waves and going to the boardwalk. Last year was so much fun - even with me being pregnant. This year will obviously be a bit different since Mikaela is so young and napping twice a day. I forsee a lot of time in the house and not so much on the beach for me.
So our plan was to get out of our house by 1 or 2 since Mikaela usually naps from 2-4 and would hopefully sleep in the car on the way down. Didn't happen! We were still packing up at 2, so I put her to bed in her swing so Daddy could take apart the crib to pack it. (For those of you who don't know, she sleeps on an incline due to the acid reflux.) I tried having her sleep flat the week before to see if I could just bring the Pack and Play, but no....the reflux got worse. We decided to bring her crib! We were ready to leave by 5 and I woke Mikaela from her nap. Kurt made a suggestion about heading down first and I would stay back to feed Mikaela. He would have his car unloaded and the crib set up by the time I would arrive. Sounded like a plan! He took off.
Juliana, Mikaela and I were sitting on the couch as I started to feed her. At first, she didn't want to eat. Hmmm....maybe she wasn't fully awake yet. I waited a bit. She burped. Ah, that explains it - or so I thought. Now she wanted the bottle. As I was giving her the first 2 ounces, I thought maybe I would stop at 4. That would be enough to hold her until we got to the shore. I would then feed her the rest there. At two ounces, got the burp... all is well. Gave her the next 2 ounces....no burp! We worked on it for 20 minutes and still nothing. Well, I could always pull over if she got fussy. Let's just go!
She's in the carseat, we are outside, Juliana is getting in her seat and as I was lifting Mikaela into the van she started vomitting! NO! Not AGAIN! Back into the house. She and the carseat were covered! Oh, man! I really wish Kurt was here to help! I needed a towel. The carseat has to be taken apart and washed. I couldn't do anything but just held her over the kitchen sink. These episodes usually take 45 minutes until she brings everything up. Then she usually sleeps for a while. Then when she wakes up I usually give Pedialyte to rehydrate her. Ugh...who could I call for help? Jill next door....no answer. Andrea...ugh! She's at Conference! Lonna...I know she lives a bit away, but maybe....no answer! My other neighbor Anni....ringing, ringing....Mark answered. Anni was still at work, but would be home in 15 minutes. Sure, just what she wanted to do after work, help me with puke! I said, "if she feels like it, can she come help? If she didn't I completely understand!" No one left to call.
So I took of the puke soaked onsie, wrapped her it two kitchen towels and just waited over the sink for the next wave to come. Yep! Lots more came. Not to be too descriptive here, but it had a lot of mucus in it. No bile though. My nerves!
The doorbell rings. It was Mark and his mom!! They were here to help. What great people! He took the carseat completely apart and scrubbed it out. His mom was so caring and nice - wanting to do anything she could. Mikeala threw up two more times and then fell asleep. I laid her inclined on the boppy Nicole loaned me so she could be somewhat inclined. Remember, the crib is on the way to the shore! She slept for about 20 mintues. When she awoke, she burped and I could tell she was quite hungry. I opted to give her a bath. Normally I would be giving her the Pedialyte, but it was on the way to the shore with the crib! I guess we would have to try the formula.
Go slowly!!! It was 8:30 when I started to feed her. I was very nervous! She took 2 ounces and burped....a couple of times actually! Yay! Two more ounces and a few more burps! Woo, hoo! Who would have thought someone could get so excited over dry burps! It is a reason to celebrate in our house! However, I decided that was enough to eat for now. We could always eat more later.
We finally left at 9:45 or so. Unbelievable! Juliana was such a trouper through it all! On the way down, Mikeala was not very happy. We pulled over at the Farley rest stop and I took her out for another burp. Yep! Got it after about 5 minutes standing in a well lit, heavily occupied area of the parking lot!
We arrived close to 11 p.m. and I felt like a dishrag! What a start to the vacation!
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