Oct 13th brought the birth of our 2nd child, April Marie. She weight 7lbs 10oz, and was 21in long.
Don Don loved his baby sister, and was never jealous of her. He loved to "help" mommy take care of her.
Ape didn't like to be held much. If she was Fed and had a clean diaper on, she wanted to be left alone. She slept with her eyes open, which always freaked me out! :)
When she was 28 days old, she got real sick, and I walked the floor with her for 4 days and nights. Her Dr couldn't figure out what was wrong with her, and finally put her in the hospital. She couldn't keep food down, had diarrhea, and wouldn't quit screaming.
After 2 weeks of test and changing her formula 6 times they found she couldn't take any kind of milk products. The formula she ended up taking cost $14 a can. 39 years ago, that was a lot of money for formula. To fix this stuff, you had to boil the water, then beat it with a mixer, let it cool, then mix it all together again. It was a mess. It only made 4-8oz bottles. Daddy had a factory job, I stayed home with the babies. We had our own apt and car, but things were still hard on us as a young couple with two babies.
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