Belly Button

I wanted to give you a health update on little Brenna. She now weighs 12 pounds and about 7 ounces. She is growing like a weed and her smile (when she graces you with it) would stop traffic. She is a true joy! She is still quite cranky in the evenings though and we are still fighting with gas and stomach issues. It is getting a little better as she gets older but it does mean at least one or two sleepless nights a week for Mom and Dad. She is also starting to sleep for longer periods of time without being held which is huge. I think taking her to school when she was first born got her into the habit of having to be held all the time.

Last night I made my first trip to the ER for her. I have noticed over the past two weeks that her belly button (it was an innie) was slowly becoming an outie. Which was odd. Yesterday it was very swollen and completely poked out of her stomach. It just didn't look right. So after talking to the nurse at the base hospital I took her to the ER. She was diagnosed with an umbilical hernia. It sounds worse than it is. It is painless. We just have to keep an eye on it and have a list of symptoms to look for if it does get more serious. The ER doctor said it should close on its own by the time she is 3 years old. In rare cases surgery is necessary but the ER doctor didn't think hers was that serious. She has her two month appointment on the 11th so I will keep you all up to date on what her pediatrician says.

So now our beautiful little girl has quite the "outie" belly button (you can see it stick out through her clothes). She is still adorable and it doesn't seem to be bothering her at all.