Reporting In

It has been a fairly good week, so far. I feel like I run, run, and run some more, but hey, its all in being a new mommy. I wouldn't trade it for the world! Ever!
Our Mills slept through the night last night, and woke up wide eyed and smiling this morning. I could not get him to go back to sleep, so I took him downstairs with me while I got ready for work. Daddy was still upstairs in the bed, so I thought it would be less bothersome to him if I took our little man and put him in his bouncy. He is a much happier baby, but now, we've traded the screaming, belly aching, constipated baby, for a "spitter." He is spitting up quite frequently, but it is not projectile, and he just smiles after doing so. I called Dr. O, and we have put him on Mylanta- 2 times a day, and have elevated his crib mattress, to see if it helps. He is so hard to burp, and I feel like that may be part of the problem. Sometimes he will burp, sometimes he won't. Most of the time he spits up, some times he does not. So, we'll see if this will help.
I made an appointment today for the H1N1 vaccine. I have been a little leery of it, but Monday, a patient with flu symptoms and fever sat in my dental chair wanting to get his teeth cleaned, this act, as well as having an infant at home, has provoked me to get the vaccine. I am not at all excited about it, and am no less leary about it...wish me luck!
Today, I also made an appointment for our Mills to have a renal ultrasound next Thursday. My 20 week ultrasound revealed that he had a little "fullness" in his kidneys, which meant that they were just draining a little slow. This is called hydronephrosis, and is very common in male babies. We did a follow up ultrasound at 28 weeks, which still showed it, but it was VERY minimal, and at 36 weeks, one kidney was perfect, the other, still a little slow, but functioning well. They radiologist and Dr's think that it was only due to immaturity. Dr. Stern stated that his children had it and that it went away after birth when they had their first "tee tee." We were assured that this is extremely common and usually corrects itself, but we just want to make sure that all is well. We are fairly certain that we will get a good report :)