By the third baby you think you know it all! Well, not really...

It took us a while to get pregnant this time. We were all (including the older kids) looking so much forward to it! Gabbie was born on November 11, much smaller than my other two kids had been, and by C-section because she was breech. Due to her position in my uterus, she couldn't straighten up her legs at first and her feet were also different, turned upwards in the direction of the leg. All because of the position she was in for so many weeks. The doctors told us she would need a lot of massage to bring them to the normal position. We brought her home less than 48 hours after the C-section. We thought we knew it all. It was our third one, we had to know it all!!! And Gabbie was determined to prove us wrong!

First we started noticing that she was spitting up a lot, even breast milk. And it seemed to burn her throat, she would jerk her body back and cry. She was diagnosed as having allergy and reflux disease.  I had to stop breastfeeding and we had to put her on the most expensive formula ever! Not only it is expensive (about $300 a month) but it stinks! At first she was on Zantac, then changed to Prilosec. She did better with that, at least she wasn't so much in pain anymore, but still spits out (a lot less) once in a while. We also had to add cereal to her bottles, after we had tried everything with no success. The doctor was reluctant at first, but then he gave us the "go ahead" and it works much better. It may not work for every reflux case, but it sure works for her.

Then there were the legs and feet. Massage and physical therapy were not enough, and the doctor decided to put her in casts for almost a month. Every week we had to go there, they removed the old one and put a new one on her, forcing the feet a little more. It was difficult to watch! She cried so much. I don't think she was in pain, but she was scared, and would look at us with those eyes "saying" "why are you letting them do this to me?".

After a month, this is how they look now. Not perfect yet, but we believe that when she starts trying to use them more, they will improve in terms of flexibility.

Anyway, she is perfect to us! She's been through a lot already, but sometimes I hear so many stories of other babies going through so much worse, I thank God that this is all she's had. We are very grateful for our baby. We wouldn't have it any other way!!!!!!

But now we know that it doesn't matter how many times you go through this, YOU NEVER KNOW IT ALL. There is always something different, they are all different! And she is teaching us something different every day!