past week

Past Monday Diya graduated from toddlers to preschool 1 at her daycare. Its not real preschool its more like pre-preschool. She goes to a new classroom and gets new teachers. On Wednesday one of her new teachers called saying that Diya was breathing hard. We thought since it is a new teacher maybe she is just not used to Diya and is taking extra precaution. But, we were wrong. That night she had a fever and we noticed a slight cough. So we kept her home rest of the week. Her cough is still bad and her fever has been up and down. She hasn't been eating much, but her energy level is the same. Today she seems a little better, but lets see how it goes. The doctor just said to monitor her. Hopefully she will get over this soon.

While she was home she showed me a new trick of hers...

She can get herself in the high chair, but she still doesn't know how to get down. Another thing she did was lock her self in the bathroom. She went into the bathroom and closed the door and pushed the lock button on the door knob. Then she couldn't get out. It was actually funny. Our bathroom doors can be unlocked from the outside so I wasn't too worried. So I let her panic for a minute then opened the door hoping to scare her so she wouldn't do it again.

The worst thing she did was break our digital camera. It was charging and she got hold of the wire and it fell to the floor. Now it doesn't turn on. Great!

Meanwhile, Ami continues to give us big smiles and loves being entertained by her big sister. Both the girls keep disturbing each others sleep. Diya especially doesn't let Ami get her naps during the day. Ami continues to love the swing and sleeps long stretches in it. Not sure how to get her to sleep in her crib like that.

Happy Father's Day

Hope all the fathers around the world had a wonderful day yesterday. We celebrated the day at my parents place in Burlington. We had a great time. Since the weather was lousy we didn't go out, but relaxed and just enjoyed being inside. Diya was entertaining us with her antics. It was really funny. Even Ami did well. It was the first trip to her nana and nani's house and she loved it. She is such a smiler now. My dad was talking to her and she had smiles all over the place. I would say the girls behavior was the biggest gift for their daddy which he appreciated.

After dinner we headed back home and we realised it was the first time that just the four of us were in the car together. Until now there was always some reason or other that we were split up. Ami slept the whole way home. Diya wasn't too bad either and fell asleep about half way.

Ami and Diya with their daddy
Disha and I with our dad who was styling with his new sunglasses and watch

Ami visits the mandir

Past weekend we took Ami to her first visit to the mandir (temple). Traditionally, it is believed that the first time a newborn ventures out of the house should be to go to the mandir when they are about 5 weeks old. Well, we couldn't follow this exactly since the first trip out of the house for Ami was before 5 weeks and it was to the pediatrician's office, but we tried our best. Same was the case when we took Diya for her first trip to the mandir.

We went on Saturday with my parents and sister. It didn't go too well for Ami. She was sleepy and therefore not too happy to be there. Diya on the other hand didn't mind it too much since she could run around in the open space. Since the trip gave me such a dejavu feeling from when we took Diya I had to compare the photos from both times.

our visit with Ami

our visit with Diya

home with both the girls

On Wednesday, Diya was sent home from daycare because her left eye was red and her daycare teachers were afraid it was conjunctivitis since it was going around. Then on Thursday Diya's right eye was red so we decided to keep her home again that day. So both those days, for the first time I was handling them by myself. It was absolutely crazy! I spend most of the day saying "no Diya!" At times I felt bad because I know how jealous she feels when I'm handling Ami, but at times it was really frustrating. Plus, she always wanted to hold Ami, or touch her or kiss her or hug her....all things I didn't want her doing since she had conjunctivitis which is very contagious. Some how I made it through and even took a photo to remember the days.

Today, Ami had her 1 month checkup. I'm very happy to say it went really well. Ami gained 6 ounces since getting back from the hospital. Her pediatrician and I were very pleased with that. Her next appointment will be her 2 month checkup where she will get her first set of shots.

Ami is starting to do more than just eat, sleep and poop. She now follows you with her eyes, she smiles, and she coos. She really likes watching Diya too. She's been sleeping pretty decent. At night she will sleep 3 to 4 hrs at a stretch. Hopefully, that will get longer. Over all she is a good baby.

all better

Ami is doing fine now. Besides the bandages you'd never know she had surgery done. She is no longer vomiting is totally back to normal. The feeding and the pooping is going good. This Friday she has her 1 month check up. Can't believe she is already a month old. It flew by extra fast because of all the chaos. I hope nothing else is waiting for us and we can enjoy the coming months in peace.

These are photos from the last week of May. We haven't taken any new photos in June, but I'm sure we will.

Ami's week 3

Pyloric Stenosis

This is gonna sound like something from an episode of ER, but believe me it really happened.

Our feeding situation with Ami got even worse after the last post. She started to vomit everything after every single feeding. She did it Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Plus, she hadn't pooped since Thursday. On Monday I took her to the pediatrician. She said that Ami might have something called Pyloric Stenosis. Which is when the muscle after the stomach is so big that it blocks food from being passed along to the small intestine. So the only way the food has to go is back up and out of the mouth. It also explains the no pooping.

Pediatrician said it was pretty serious and that she needed to be taken to the emergency room right away and if she does have this then surgery will be required. So we rushed Ami to Children's Hospital in Boston right away. They did an ultrasound and confirmed that she indeed had pyloric stenosis and would need surgery to fix it. The next day they performed the surgery and Ami did really well. After that she had to be monitored until she was able to hold down at least 2 feeding.

On Wednesday night we were finally discharged. Ami still had couple of episodes of vomiting that night, but they assured us it was part of the recovery process and it gets better within few days.

It has been over 24 hours now that Ami has not vomited and she's pooped about 4 times so we are keeping our fingers crossed. Big thanks to everyone who helped us. Thanks for taking care of Diya, bringing us food, and just being there.

I can't even put into words the emotional roller coaster we have been on since Monday. Things are finally starting to calm down. Everyone at the hospital told us that Ami will forget everything in a day, but we will remember it for the rest of our lives. I have a feeling they are gonna be absolutely right.