5 months old

I can not believe that my little Bella is already 5 months old. Where has the time gone? Well I do have some idea. This summer has been filled with Bella and her doctors appointments and tests. Seriously I had a doctors appointment every other week and even had 3 appointments within 6 days... crazy I know. Unfortunately none of these tests or appointments have been in Woodland Park, all of them expect 1 ( which was in Denver) were in the springs. Do not think that I am complaining, I am not, I am just saying if some of you have felt neglected like my poor blog this is the reason why. Bella is fine by the way ( well fine for Bella at lease). Most of the tests had to do with her GI doctor, she just has a incredibly sensitive tummy. She got put on this formula Alimentum which was $25 a can. Which did help her but did not do everything. She still has really bad acid reflux which is still causing her pain so this is the main reason why she has had so many tests done. Her doctor took her off of the Alimentum formula and put her on even more Hypoallergenic formula Neocate which is ......get ready.......$40 a can. AHHHHHH a living nightmare  I tell you. Unfortunately I can not complain the formula is working, her spit up is getting so much better and so is her pain. As many of you are wondering we do not qualify for WIC, and our insurance will not pay for it as well. So out of the kindness of the doctors heart he always gives us 2-3 cans of formula every time we come it. Such a saint However, Bella is such a happy baby. She smiles all the time and talks even more ( she has more of my personality ). She weighs now 13 lbs 11 oz. She is a smaller baby but doing really well compared to all her health problems. A big development is that her GI doctor gave her the okay to try rice cereal. Since her tummy is so sensitive we have to take things extremely slow with her. She is not quite sure what she thinks of the rice cereal but it seems to be helping  her spit up.  Bella is the happiest baby in the mornings.. I love it. I look into her bassinet in the mornings and she is there kicking, smiling and talking like crazy. How could some one not be happy when they see that. We love our little Bella so much and are so happy to have her in our family.