Azra is now 2 1/2 months old. She is growing like a weed! The last
time we went to the doctor- 11 days ago she had put on 1 kg, so she is now 5 and probably a half kilos by now and 58cm long. She has also had many vaccinations! Here in Turkey a tuberculosis vaccination is required. My friends who have a tuberculosis vaccination look like someone bit their arm and that scar remains. Azra's hopefully will not look like that! But she is now Turkish with such a scar- not Australian! She is developing in many ways as well as getting bigger and chubbier. She smiles a lot now, although 1 second after or before that smile may be crying! Her emotional states can change very rapidly!
She is discovering her body and other objects and she can stare at them for ages. She loves looking around. Today at the supermarket she was looking in wonder at the shelves. I guess to her they just look like an amazing array of bright colours and shapes. The doctor suspects that she might have acid reflux as she spits up a lot and drools- cries in pain etc etc. So in the last week I have been reading a lot about this. They say that eventually a baby understands that the milk is the source of the pain and may refuse to breastfeed. This happened for the first time today even though she spat up only once. Let's see what happens when she wakes up. I hope it doesn't continue. I am looking into my diet once again to see if it it the source of her problems. For 4 days I have not eaten any tomatoes, peppers, smoked turkey, citrus or acidic fruits and no chocolate. Other suspects (if it is from my diet) are
milk (one that I am dreading to have to cut out of my diet- no cheese, no yoghurt etc etc....I am going to have to make milk out of rice and water!!! she seems to be sensitive to soy) and wheat are the most likely. I am trying the above for one week and see if there is a difference. We were also giving her special baby herbal tea for gas which I have stopped as it contains mint as part of the mixture which can apparently cause reflux. Apparently around 65% of babies suffer from reflux. It could be just a matter of waiting it out, there may not be a cause just a matter of an immature digestive system. Let's see. Having reflux would certainly explain why she cries, or screams as it is some of the time. We tilted her bassinet mattress and 30 minutes after her feeds I put her somewhere with a tilt and leave her alone with out any stimulation from me so as to keep her food down. If the problem is caused by what I eat then I certainly can understand why many women give up breastfeeding. It is not easy. It can be incredibly frustrating! But so
wonderful at the same time. Just today (the same day we had breast refusal) Azra was looking up at me with a huge smile on her face (many times) while she was feeding!!! What a paradox! She is also strarting to chat with me. She can say things like 'agoo' and 'go' and she has even giggled with a little sound a couple of times over the last week. Sometimes when she smiles it is like she is about to give a great big belly laugh, she opens her mouth so wide and crinkles up her eyes in great joy. I can't wait until she starts to laugh.
time we went to the doctor- 11 days ago she had put on 1 kg, so she is now 5 and probably a half kilos by now and 58cm long. She has also had many vaccinations! Here in Turkey a tuberculosis vaccination is required. My friends who have a tuberculosis vaccination look like someone bit their arm and that scar remains. Azra's hopefully will not look like that! But she is now Turkish with such a scar- not Australian! She is developing in many ways as well as getting bigger and chubbier. She smiles a lot now, although 1 second after or before that smile may be crying! Her emotional states can change very rapidly!
She is discovering her body and other objects and she can stare at them for ages. She loves looking around. Today at the supermarket she was looking in wonder at the shelves. I guess to her they just look like an amazing array of bright colours and shapes. The doctor suspects that she might have acid reflux as she spits up a lot and drools- cries in pain etc etc. So in the last week I have been reading a lot about this. They say that eventually a baby understands that the milk is the source of the pain and may refuse to breastfeed. This happened for the first time today even though she spat up only once. Let's see what happens when she wakes up. I hope it doesn't continue. I am looking into my diet once again to see if it it the source of her problems. For 4 days I have not eaten any tomatoes, peppers, smoked turkey, citrus or acidic fruits and no chocolate. Other suspects (if it is from my diet) are 
milk (one that I am dreading to have to cut out of my diet- no cheese, no yoghurt etc etc....I am going to have to make milk out of rice and water!!! she seems to be sensitive to soy) and wheat are the most likely. I am trying the above for one week and see if there is a difference. We were also giving her special baby herbal tea for gas which I have stopped as it contains mint as part of the mixture which can apparently cause reflux. Apparently around 65% of babies suffer from reflux. It could be just a matter of waiting it out, there may not be a cause just a matter of an immature digestive system. Let's see. Having reflux would certainly explain why she cries, or screams as it is some of the time. We tilted her bassinet mattress and 30 minutes after her feeds I put her somewhere with a tilt and leave her alone with out any stimulation from me so as to keep her food down. If the problem is caused by what I eat then I certainly can understand why many women give up breastfeeding. It is not easy. It can be incredibly frustrating! But so 
wonderful at the same time. Just today (the same day we had breast refusal) Azra was looking up at me with a huge smile on her face (many times) while she was feeding!!! What a paradox! She is also strarting to chat with me. She can say things like 'agoo' and 'go' and she has even giggled with a little sound a couple of times over the last week. Sometimes when she smiles it is like she is about to give a great big belly laugh, she opens her mouth so wide and crinkles up her eyes in great joy. I can't wait until she starts to laugh.
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