Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Robin - 40 weeks and adenoids!

Today Robin is 40 weeks old. This is the "standard" time it takes to grow a baby from one diploid cell to a breathing person. So, it was only fitting that we celebrate by another trip to the hospital.

 Robin has always been a snorty, snoring baby. She snores louder than anyone else in the family, and often will pause in her breathing during sleep only to cry. She does this every 40 minutes to an hour. All night. Nearly every night. Often, I have her sleep on my chest, with me propped in an upright position. Many nights, Brian will take her in the early morning hours in the Ergo so I can get some sleep. I know babies sleep, well, like babies, but we thought this was a bit extreme. A quick trip to the ENT confirmed our suspicions: the kid has enlarged adenoids. Well, really I should say "had" because this morning the nice doctor took them out.  As she was coming out of her sleepy anesthesia, we immediately noticed her little snorty breathing sound now sounds clear.  We're hoping to all get much more sleep.  And Brian is looking forward to resuming his title as "loudest snorer in the house".



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9 comments:

Christie said...

Bring on the sleep! Hope the little one is doing better.

Dr. Powell said...

ohmygosh! poor little one! well, I hope RJ and the rest of the family sleep so much better now.

Linnea Westerlind said...

So glad it went well... was thinking about you all morning!

Mary said...

Wow! Sounds like it went well, hope you all start sleeping a lot better now!

Sharon and Matt said...

We are so so happy to hear all went well!! Sending lots of love and speedy recovery for our favorite Robin!!!

Christina said...

OH! Sweet little one!!! I hope she recovers well! And now let the good sleep begin!!!!!! xo

amycs said...

Glad it all went well. She might even be happier during the day, too, because she is better rested. Wait, she's already a really happy kid, isn't she?

Nicole, Billy, Timothy and Lyla said...

Aww! I hope her recovery is going well! How's the sleep been the last couple of nights?

This really makes me wonder about Timothy - he saws logs like no other and has always been a very restless sleeper...

Zatoichi said...

Nice work, Wonderbaby!