Luke, 13.5 weeks

So I'm a terrible mommy this time around, at least when it comes to blogging. But in the last couple of weeks I've been going back to read Ceili's blog and I find it's helpful to read what I was going through with her. It inspired me to document at least from this point on, even if I have missed out on a lot. The funny thing is, by this point with Ceili I had been writing and preoccupied by all things Boob related for weeks. And had I been blogging about you, I would have been writing and preoccupied by all things Boob related yet again! The more things change, the more they stay the same.

You are a wonderful baby. Yes, you cry. Yes, you fuss at inconvenient times. Yes, you EAT like there will never again be another meal. But you are charming, funny, and a wonderful baby. You've been smiling since 1/31, and you've been laughing for a couple of weeks, more all the time. And you experimented with sleeping through the night within the first month, and have been sleeping in your own room, in your own crib for at least 9 hours a night since 3/11* (*except for one night, you needed a 1:30 a.m. feeding, then continued sleeping for a combined total of 9.5 hours). Last night was 10 hours, and the night before that was 11 hours! So you have the whole crib-sleeping thing down.

Milk has been an ongoing challenge. You have laryngomalacia, and didn't like to nurse on the left side, resulting in that breast nearly drying up. I pumped and pumped, even rented a Symphony for a month and got a prescription for Reglan, but still it is barely producing. You were supplemented for the first tim at 2.5 weeks because you weren't gaining. :( That made me sad, but I knew I had no other choice. I strongly believe in my ability to nurse even without the greatest supply, and I know we could have done it had it not been for the laryngomalacia. But these were the cards we were dealt so we make the best of it. I'm taking domperidone now though and I'm starting to see a difference (9 days in). It would be great if I could stop supplementing, but regardless I'm proud of all the milk I AM able to give you.

Growth is definitely no longer an issue. At your last appointment on 2/18 you weighed 11 pounds 2 ounces! Height and weight were both 50% so you're right on there. Definitely bigger than your sister was. I'm curious to see what you weigh now, but I won't find out for another 3 weeks, at your 4 month appointment.

You are getting stronger all the time. You aren't really hitting toys deliberately yet though you do make contact sometimes. But you hold on to everything: clothes, bibs, toys, burp rags, your own hair and ears. It really is cute! You love to push your feet against things, especially when they give you traction to pushing off. You're sitting pretty well with support of course, and your head is getting stronger all the time.

Well, you're waking from your nap and I need to pump soon so I will end it here. I will try to post more often now, though, as I'm only home for 2 more months and I really do want to try to remember these times.