Most everyone has heard the story by now but I'll tell it to you folks who haven't heard it yet. Last Wednesday morning I got up and fed Noah his bottle about 5:30. He had scratched his face so I went to do what everyone, including our pediatrician, says to do and bite the nail off. Now I have bitten his nails off since he was 2 weeks old and never had a problem.
Well this morning was different. I bit his nail and at the same time he jerked his hand away from my mouth. He had never done this before so I wasn't prepared at all. The short story is his entire nail came off. The only thing left was the nailbed. You can imagine how horrible I feel. He cried almost all day Wed and Thurs. The Pharmacist had us alternate ibuprofen and tylenol. He also stopped eating as much and didn't poop for a couple of days. We assumed the problem was the ibuprofen stopping him up, but now we know we have a little hoity-toity baby.
We also changed his formula this week from the $23 Similac Lactose Free to the $12 Wal-Mart lactose free. Since a container only lasts 6 days we hoped to save considerable money. Well again for sake of brevity, he doesn't like the cheaper formula. Give him the good stuff and he eats like a truck driver. Give him the cheap stuff and he turns up his nose. He also finally pooped today and now I truly regret wishing for that so hard. Formula poop is not made the same way as breastmilk poop. Not even close.
Well this morning was different. I bit his nail and at the same time he jerked his hand away from my mouth. He had never done this before so I wasn't prepared at all. The short story is his entire nail came off. The only thing left was the nailbed. You can imagine how horrible I feel. He cried almost all day Wed and Thurs. The Pharmacist had us alternate ibuprofen and tylenol. He also stopped eating as much and didn't poop for a couple of days. We assumed the problem was the ibuprofen stopping him up, but now we know we have a little hoity-toity baby.
We also changed his formula this week from the $23 Similac Lactose Free to the $12 Wal-Mart lactose free. Since a container only lasts 6 days we hoped to save considerable money. Well again for sake of brevity, he doesn't like the cheaper formula. Give him the good stuff and he eats like a truck driver. Give him the cheap stuff and he turns up his nose. He also finally pooped today and now I truly regret wishing for that so hard. Formula poop is not made the same way as breastmilk poop. Not even close.
