I made a last minute appointment with the pediatrician today and brought Laila in because I got all paranoid that she had thrush. Basically she has a white coating on her tongue and as far as I could tell it wasn't coming off when I rubbed at it... plus my nipples have been really irritated. Turns out the irritation is just normal (probably just them healing ever so slowly) and the white on her tongue does come off but you have to scrape at it and it doesn't come off completely - only partially. The doctor said it is milk that builds up on the tongue. She also told me the symptoms I should look for and said that if they occur to just call and she would write a script. So - I feel both relieved and a little silly... but I guess that is just part of motherhood. I just want to make sure she is as healthy as she can be.
In other news Laila is finally starting to enjoy her swing! Before she would just cry when you put her in it and would refuse to sit there for more than five minutes. But today we put her in it after she was already asleep and my god she has been sleeping like a rock. We actually had to take her out and change her diaper to wake her up because she had been sleeping for so long. We then put her in again after she was fed and she is passed out still. I would love to let her sleep in it overnight but there is no way I am going to do that because it can increase the risk of SIDS. Apparently a lot of parents let their babies sleep in the swings at night because they sleep better in them than in other places... and while I'm sure she would probably be fine ... I just can't bring myself to do it just incase. The whole SIDS thing freaks me out so much - I'm worried about it enough just having her sleep lying in her co-sleeper or basinet. Laila being hurt or dying is literally my worst fear in the entire world.
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