The past two months have been total deja vu for me. Lula had a unique and rough start to life. I never thought I'd be repeating almost every detail of those first few months with Jane. She is definitely following in her big sister's footsteps. Here is a little photo journey to compare these girls who are basically twins 2 years apart.
It all started with my "going to the hospital" attire. I guess I really liked that shirt. Here I am on my way to have Lula (left) and Jane (right). My pregnancies with both girls were identical except for the fact that Jane was born early. Lula was breech and then turned at the last minute. Jane was also breech and also turned at the last minute.
We should have known something was up with skinny red-headed baby girl #2 (a.k.a. Jane) was born.
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| Jane |
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| Lula |
Both girls were delivered by Dr. Ray at Overland Park Regional.
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| lula |
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| jane |
Lula thought it would be cool to refuse to nurse for 3 entire months. Jane apparently also thought that was a great idea, so far at 2 months she will only take a bottle-and both are/were very lazy little eaters...I guess that is how they keep their slender girlish figures.
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| jane-1 day old |
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| lula-1 day old |
Here they are with Daddy's frisbee in the hospital...very random, but Reid wanted to carry on the tradition with Jane.
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| lula |
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| jane |
In addition to not nursing, Lula loved to spit up constantly. At first, we thought Jane would be different....but she now is constantly a fountain of milk.
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lula-2 weeks
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| jane-2 weeks |
The ultimate similarity, though is that BOTH girls have
hip dysplasia. We were so sad when Lula was diagnosed with it and never thought we'd be going through this again. The Dr wanted to screen Jane for hip dysplasia just in case because apparently it's hereditary. We found out a few weeks ago that she does indeed have it. On Wed, Jane was fitted with a
Pavlik harness. This is the device that will fix her hips. Lula had to wear hers for 3 months and it's looking like Jane will have hers on for 3 months as well. Although it make life a little complicated and it's not the cutest thing in the world, it solves the problem, so we are blessed that there is a somewhat easy solution to the hip dysplasia and for wonderful Doctors that caught it early in both girls!!
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| lula-8 weeks |
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| jane-8 weeks |
They are actually different in personality. Jane is a bit more laid back and although she is about 1 lb smaller than Lula was at her age (she's up to 8 lbs 11 oz!), she looks a little chunkier. Even though our life is a little difficult right now, we love Jane and it's totally worth it!!
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| lula-8 weeks |
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| jane - 8 weeks |
