Yesterday was the day for doctors. Gabrielle got her second synergist shot which went well. She had to get two because of the amount. She was a little bit fussy yesterday, but it may have been all of the running around to appts. We also went to the GI doctor. Her feeding is no better and it has been getting harder to feed her during the night. She just refuses to suck on the bottle. So the new plan is to switch her to a hypoallergenic formula and see if she is allergic to her milk. The doc said that there are generally 4 reasons babies refuse bottles: pain from reflux, milk allergy, uncoordinated suck, and behavioral. We want to rule out the first 3 before we just try and stop the dream feeding. The GI also suggested that we contact our local early intervention to have a speech therapist come out and evaluate her suck and swallow. She does choke often while drinking so maybe there is something to that.

Today will be the first day of the new formula. Hopefully she will take to it. I am still going to keep pumping for now and freezing my milk in case she does not tolerated it or it doesn't help. I have been getting pretty tired of pumping and would like to transition her to just formula. It is nice to give her the antibodies in breastmilk, but pumping every 3 hours for the last 8 months has gotten old.

At last weigh in on Friday Gabrielle was 14 lbs 9 oz. She is slowly gaining so we are getting enough calories into her. She is gaining in length and her head as well. At the doc yesterday in 6 weeks she grew 6 cm! I did not ask what her measurements were, but i can tell she is getting longer. Her 3-6 month clothes are getting short. Also her head is in the 25% for her actual age.

Gabrielle had a nice weekend. Aunt Shelley and Grandma Bert came for a nice visit. I think everyone had a great time. Daddy even had off on Monday because of the holiday so we got to spend the day together as a family.