Happy squealing!

This past week at Adah's 3 month check up we mentioned to the pediatrician that we had noticed spots of blood in her stool a few times and just wanted to let her know. We were told back when she was first born that that can happen to newborns every now and then. Well evidently that is not the case for 3 month olds. The doctor checked her bottom to see if she noticed an outer irritation but since we keep so much desitin on her butt b/c she has sensitive skin it was hard for her to tell and she didn't want to upset Adah so she told us to look later when we were home and had her cleaned off. She also sent us home with 3 stool sample cards to collect 3 different samples of her stool and bring back in. The stool samples are to check and see if there are any traces of blood in the stool that can not be seen by the eye. Josh and I finished collecting the stool and took it up to the office yesterday and they tested it right then. Just so happens that 2 of 3 came back positive for blood. So what now.....the doctors don't seem too concerned at this point. Josh and I are keeping a "diary" of her diapers and I have been put on a "diet"...the GI specialist at the office has me eliminating all dairy, soy and peanuts from my diet since all three can cause irritation to an infants intestines/bowels! On the plus side Adah is acting completely normal. She is as vocal as normal if not more so....she still smiles ALL the time! She is sleeping and eating great and her diapers are normal...minus the occasional spots of blood! I on the other hand am going to have a hard time not eating any of the restricted foods! Oh well...its that or switch to formula and we are NOT doing that! I will be sure to update when we know more in about 10 days or so.

I'll leave you with this video of Adah that we took today so you can tell she is perfectly happy!

(she may not look happy but she is I promise....she started smiling at us right after....she loves to hear herself...what can I say)

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