After traveling for 26 hours and being so happy, I thought we could finally get some sleep at 2am once we got to the house. Olivia started crying - actually she was screaming her head off - and nothing I did helped (which is extremely unusual = it NEVER happens). After almost an hour of this, I was worried. Typically, my mom is one of the first people I turn to to for baby advice, and she was also concerned. This is when it's handy to have a pediatrician in a time zone around the world. It was 3pm for her, so I was able to call her. After she heard that scream, and confirmed it had been going on so long, she said to go immediately to the ER. Without going into all the details, Olivia's right ear hadn't equalized after flying for so long and she was in a lot of pain. The Dr. gave her some ear numbing drops and by 4:30 am she was much better! Talk about pain - for her and for me! Hearing your own baby cry and not being able to comfort her is terrible. I'm just so glad it wasn't something more serious. That was our first night here. Welcome to the US!
Fortunately, since then she's been back to her wonderful happy self!! I was thinking it might take her a week or more to get back her previous sleeping schedule, but last night she slept from 10:30pm -8:45am!!! I hope that continues! I woke up every few hours to check on her, but she was snoozin :)
We are so excited to be here and Olivia is enjoying meeting all her family and friends.. there are so many to see!! We are blessed that my parents have so much extra room at their house and my mom has set up a beautiful nursery for Olivia, complete with a crib and rocking chair! I'll post some pics soon!
This weekend, Olivia get's to meet her Grandma and Grandpa Forth and also her Grandma Shelly and Great Grandma Doris! She can't wait!
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