The first month

I have seriously been trying to blog about Thomas's first month for weeks now. I guess I have been a little preoccupied. :)

Thomas went for his 1 month check up on October 5. Baby boy was looking good! He weighed 6lbs 8oz. at birth and at this check up he weighed 8lbs 2oz! I was thrilled to see those numbers. You see, with Savannah, I was not successful at nursing. She never did well with it, I would get frustrated, we always supplemented with formula and quite honestly, I felt like a failure. This time around I was determined to nurse. Maybe the positive attitude helped because Thomas has been a champ so far. I never worry if he is getting enough and it was obvious by his weight gain that he was. Ok, back to the actual visit. He is 20 1/2" long and his head circumference is 14 1/4". The doctor came in after the nurse had finished up all her measurements and began his exam. At this point in time, the visit was going well until the doctor took off his diaper to check him out. Almost immediately, he said, "Hmmm, he seems to have a hernia." (WHAT!!??) I realize what a hernia is and in the grand scheme of things, it really is not a big deal, but when you are hearing this about your 4 week old baby, believe me, it is NOT somthing you want to hear. The next thing he said didn't make me feel any better. "We will need to refer him to a specialist at Childrens' Hospital who can get a better look and make a decision as to what needs to happen." (again, WHAT!!??) insert panic mode here:
Although that is not what I did. I remained very calm and started to ask questions. The doctor assured me that something like this was normal in little boys. It will more than likely be something that can be left alone but that will be up to the doctor at Childrens. I sure hope they don't have to operate on my sweet boy to fix this. It is one thing to have a minor procedure like tubes be done when your child is a little older but the thought of hernia surgery on a 2 month old? I honestly don't know if that will happen but the thought of it terrifies me. Our appointment is on November 8. Until then I am trying not to worry too much. Quite frankly, there is nothing I can really do now and Thomas is not in any pain. Those two things put together will help me get through the next few weeks.

SLEEP. Something that I haven't had much of this past month. Savannah came home sleeping through the night but Thomas is not quite there yet. This past week has been better. I feed him sometime between 7 and 8pm and he will sleep until at least 1. I feed him again and he sleeps until 4 or 5 and from then, he eats about every 3 hours. After his night feeding we put him in the swing to go to sleep because, as of right now, he DOES NOT like his crib. Aric and I wonder if putting him in the swing every night is safe. I believe it mimics him being in the womb that is why he likes it so much. We will wait a few more weeks and start to transition him to the crib. The tricky part is going to be letting him cry it out. Savannah usually goes to bed by 9. If we put Thomas to bed earlier, let him cry it out, I think we will be ok. But if Thomas goes to bed later, we risk him waking up Savannah with his crying. (something that is very real in this household) SIDENOTE: The first couple of weeks with Thomas I thought Savannah was never going to get any sleep. She woke up everytime he cried.

This first month as been interesting. I thought my life changed with one baby. With two, it is a little more interesting. It is a little bit more busy, a little bit more stressful, a little bit more tears. I never thought I would be a mother of two, but here I am. Every day is going to be interesting. Every day is also a blessing. A blessing that I am here, a mother with two beautiful children. Thank you Lord!


Have a great Friday everyone! :)