This has been a good week. A good couple of days especially. Maggie had her next doctor’s appointment where they charted her growth, among other things. She’s doing great. Her head size is above average (no surprise there) as is her length. Her weight gain is a bit below average, but not in a way to be concerned about. As the doctor said, she might just be a little wiry thing, and not every baby should be a buddha baby. So perhaps she’ll achieve what neither of her parents has: being tall and skinny. Just to hedge our bets, though, I’m supposed to do what I can to increase my milk production — more beer, fenugreek, and pumping. That way we’re absolutely sure she’s getting enough to eat. Any other old wives’ advice out there?
The thing that has made the last three days so much better is the addition of drugs to Maggie’s diet. One drug actually: simethicone. It’s the miraculous anti-gas happy-baby-making drug. Our borderline-collicky baby is all of a sudden alert and happy and cooing and learning. No more screaming and writhing. No more crying with actual baby tears (as opposed to the other communicative cries like “I’m hungry” or “change me” which are tearless). And no more parents at the edge of sanity just hoping their baby will not be in pain for an hour or two. Three cheers for simethicone!
And isn’t she just so cute?!
Magrilless 
She is darling! It is no surprise that she has a big head (and I mean that in the nicest way!). Just look at the stock she comes from!!! Glad she's happier. There's little worse than watching your sweet baby cry in pain when there's nothing you can do about it. It also makes you feel guilty that you don't know enough to fix it! Love to you all. Charlotte
Hi All – Baby Scott used to get simethicone under the Mylicon label and it also vastly improved his life and the lives of those around him. I was meaning to mention to you that a coworker of Joel's had a colicky baby a couple years ago and they got liquid probiotics to give her, which addressed the problem at the source, rather than using the simethicone to break up the bubbles caused by goofy digestion.
CB
Her heads larger than average??? It's so small! ?!?!
Glad she's happier – she looks adorable in the pic. 🙂
of course she has a big head!! She will fill the brain with more than we can imagine . and she is so darling, would love to see her so keep the blog coming, that is second best, love you kids a bunch , stay warm and happy ! Moonbeam and GG grandpa.