Holding his paci (he occasionally takes one)
Tummy time on the boppy
Starting to smile
7 years ago
6 weeks
Wow can time go any faster? GEEZ! The acid reflux is really kicking his butt. After taking Zantac for about 10 days, we realized it wasnt really working (well maybe alittle but he was still in pain). Called the doctor and he switch us to Prevacid. It's supposed to take 3-5 days to kick in. Today was day 2. Yesterday was a horrible day. Poor baby screamed in pain for 4 hrs and ate every hour on the hour. Today is much better, although he has slept most of the day. I'm hoping this Prevacid will work. I feel so sorry for him. I can't get over how big he is getting. His cheeks and fingers are getting chubby and he is growing out of his newborn clothes (length-wise). He is starting to attempt to smile....YAY! I can't wait til his starts smiling big!
Holding his paci (he occasionally takes one)
Tummy time on the boppy
Starting to smile
Holding his paci (he occasionally takes one)
Tummy time on the boppy
Starting to smile
Acid Reflux
Well we might have a solution to Mason's screaming fits, gassy problems, sleeping issues and "hard" stools.....ACID REFLUX! Monday night was Andy and I's breaking point. He screamed, grunted and cried in pain from 10:45pm-2:00am. I called the doctor and they saw us Tuesday. Oinker now weighs 9lb 10oz!! Anyways, after I described all the symptoms he was having the doctor said it sounded like acid reflux. He put Mason on baby Zantac and said it would take 3-4 days to get in his system. Basically meaning by Sunday I should have (in his words) "a new, happy baby". I feel bad that it took so long for us to figure it out. Poor thing has been in pain for weeks, but Im glad we are getting it sorted out now.
Last weekend we made our first out of town trip. We went up to Gaston to see Uncle Allen and Aunt Oralee. He did great! He slept the whole ride up, hung out an looked around at Uncle Allen's house, slept while we went to lunch, hung out while we visited Beth and JP, then slept all the way home! He's such a good baby :)
Here are a few cute pictures:
Meeting Uncle Allen and Aunt Oralee
Ring Ring! Hello?
What you talkin' 'bout Willis!
He's holding his head up more and more...such a big boy!
Last weekend we made our first out of town trip. We went up to Gaston to see Uncle Allen and Aunt Oralee. He did great! He slept the whole ride up, hung out an looked around at Uncle Allen's house, slept while we went to lunch, hung out while we visited Beth and JP, then slept all the way home! He's such a good baby :)
Here are a few cute pictures:
Meeting Uncle Allen and Aunt Oralee
Ring Ring! Hello?
What you talkin' 'bout Willis!
He's holding his head up more and more...such a big boy!
Mason is 1 Month Already!
Holy cow this month has gone by fast. I can't believe how much our little man has changed! We are still waiting on the feeding/sleeping schedule but I know it will come. We are also waiting on the poor baby's digestive system to develop. He has such bad gas he'll just scream out in pain. Mason is a strong little guy. He has a strong grip and strong legs (he likes to push off you). He is also able to hold his head up on his own (for short periods of time).
Mom and I took him to Sears to have his 1-month old pictures taken yesterday. Note to self and anyone else...don't go to Sears! Our appointment was at 4:30pm and we left at 7:00pm. There was only one person working....she wasn't very good with posing him and took the pictures of him before he calmed down. Of course I know it's hard to photograph a 1 month old. Mason has a little mind of his own. He was all happy and bushy-tailed after the shoot was over. Figures :) We'll only have that picture up for a few weeks. Gotta take another one at 3 months :)
Here are a few of the good ones:
This is how it all started!
I love this one, but it was $30 to put it in this sepia tone. His bad baby acne showed up in the normal one.
Aww!
This is the one we purchased.
I love this one too, but it's just his face.
Tiny hands
Tiny toes
Mom and I took him to Sears to have his 1-month old pictures taken yesterday. Note to self and anyone else...don't go to Sears! Our appointment was at 4:30pm and we left at 7:00pm. There was only one person working....she wasn't very good with posing him and took the pictures of him before he calmed down. Of course I know it's hard to photograph a 1 month old. Mason has a little mind of his own. He was all happy and bushy-tailed after the shoot was over. Figures :) We'll only have that picture up for a few weeks. Gotta take another one at 3 months :)
Here are a few of the good ones:
This is how it all started!
I love this one, but it was $30 to put it in this sepia tone. His bad baby acne showed up in the normal one.
Aww!
This is the one we purchased.
I love this one too, but it's just his face.
Tiny hands
Tiny toes
Happy New Year!
We started off 2009 at home with our new family. We were going to go out but were so tired we decided to just stay home. That night Mason actually slept in the bassinet beside our bed. I got to sleep in the bed for the first timesince he was born....whoo hoo! Andy was glad to have his bed buddy back :). He still woke up every 2 hours to eat though.
We went to the doctor Tuesday b/c he was sneezing and coughing. Me being a first time mom I was worried. Of course he's perfectly healthy. He weighed in at a whopping 8lb 3oz. Little oinker gained about a pound in a week!!! Obviously I have good milk.
He's going through his 3 week growth spurt right now. It's about to kill me. He eats ever 45min-1hr. Talk about exhausting....oh and starting to get a little painful!
Here are a few pictures from New Years Day. We spent it watching football and eating at Grandma and Poppa's (my parents).
Sporting my New Year's outfit from Grandma Blanton
He found his thumb!
Our first serious mother son talk....it didn't work :)
We went to the doctor Tuesday b/c he was sneezing and coughing. Me being a first time mom I was worried. Of course he's perfectly healthy. He weighed in at a whopping 8lb 3oz. Little oinker gained about a pound in a week!!! Obviously I have good milk.
He's going through his 3 week growth spurt right now. It's about to kill me. He eats ever 45min-1hr. Talk about exhausting....oh and starting to get a little painful!
Here are a few pictures from New Years Day. We spent it watching football and eating at Grandma and Poppa's (my parents).
Sporting my New Year's outfit from Grandma Blanton
He found his thumb!
Our first serious mother son talk....it didn't work :)
Mason's First Christmas
Mason's first Christmas went well! We got up and hung around the house Christmas morning. We went to Aunt Jennifer's (Andy's sister) for lunch and presents about 12pm. He slept most of the time we were there. We ate some yummy food and got some great presents! He woke up to eat, but went right back to sleep.
We left there and went to Grandma and Poppa's (my parents) for dinner and presents. Uncle Buddy and Aunt Debbie had just flown in so they got to meet Mason for the first time. Again, he slept most of the time while we ate yummy food and got great presents. He woke up to eat, then stayed awake for awhile before we left. Unfortunately I think b/c he slept the whole day and was passed around from person to person all day he got a little over stimulated. He stayed awake crying, gassy and hungry from 9pm to about 2pm. It was rough.
Andy "flipped" Mason before we left my parents. Old wives
tale says if you flip a baby (literally) it will set their clock so
they will wake during the day and sleep at night.HAHA! We'll see if it works!
Christmas Eve Bath (First "big boy" bath)
Yo! Merry Ho Ho!
The Boys
Uncle Brian gave me a Glowie! :)
First Family Christmas
We left there and went to Grandma and Poppa's (my parents) for dinner and presents. Uncle Buddy and Aunt Debbie had just flown in so they got to meet Mason for the first time. Again, he slept most of the time while we ate yummy food and got great presents. He woke up to eat, then stayed awake for awhile before we left. Unfortunately I think b/c he slept the whole day and was passed around from person to person all day he got a little over stimulated. He stayed awake crying, gassy and hungry from 9pm to about 2pm. It was rough.
Andy "flipped" Mason before we left my parents. Old wives
tale says if you flip a baby (literally) it will set their clock so
they will wake during the day and sleep at night.HAHA! We'll see if it works!
Christmas Eve Bath (First "big boy" bath)
Yo! Merry Ho Ho!
The Boys
Uncle Brian gave me a Glowie! :)
First Family Christmas
2 week check up
Lots is happening in the world of Mason. We went Tuesday for our 2 week check-up. He's perfect! His jaundice is gone, he's gaining weight like a champ (little oinker), and he growing a little. He is now 7lb 5oz and 20 3/4 in long.
Feeding is going MUCH better. Im still lacking in supply on my left, but my right is good. He's able to latch and feed off that side each time and Im able to pump a little to freeze. Still working on the left supply. Think milk thoughts for me! He's doing better sucking to. I think he just had to get the hang of it. He's even using a pacifer at times.
Sleeping is still an issue. Apparently I have a stomach baby. This is bad b/c of the risk of SIDS. I talked to the doctor about maybe putting a breathing monitor under him while he sleeps. He said "back is best...you may just need to let him cry it out". UM NO!!!!! Im not letting my 14 day old baby scream in a crib for mintues/hours. Negative ghostrider! So he slept on my chest in the recliner again last night. About 5:30am I decided to try him in his car seat. "HEY MIKEY HE LIKES IT!" He slept for 3 hrs. Im sure it's not the most comfortable for him, but hey, I got to lay flat on the couch and sleep! This morning he slept in his swing for a few hours. We'll keep trying different things 'til we back it back to the bedroom :)
Mom and I created a Christmas photo shoot with Mason in his Christmas outfit Monday. Out of like 50 pictures we got 3-4 that were pretty good. LOL. Yesterday we stood in line at the mall (like retards....who takes a 13 day old baby to the mall!!!) to get his picture made with Santa. He slept straight through :)
Mommy and Mason
What are you doing to me?!
Merry Christmas everyone!
What's up bear?
Feeding is going MUCH better. Im still lacking in supply on my left, but my right is good. He's able to latch and feed off that side each time and Im able to pump a little to freeze. Still working on the left supply. Think milk thoughts for me! He's doing better sucking to. I think he just had to get the hang of it. He's even using a pacifer at times.
Sleeping is still an issue. Apparently I have a stomach baby. This is bad b/c of the risk of SIDS. I talked to the doctor about maybe putting a breathing monitor under him while he sleeps. He said "back is best...you may just need to let him cry it out". UM NO!!!!! Im not letting my 14 day old baby scream in a crib for mintues/hours. Negative ghostrider! So he slept on my chest in the recliner again last night. About 5:30am I decided to try him in his car seat. "HEY MIKEY HE LIKES IT!" He slept for 3 hrs. Im sure it's not the most comfortable for him, but hey, I got to lay flat on the couch and sleep! This morning he slept in his swing for a few hours. We'll keep trying different things 'til we back it back to the bedroom :)
Mom and I created a Christmas photo shoot with Mason in his Christmas outfit Monday. Out of like 50 pictures we got 3-4 that were pretty good. LOL. Yesterday we stood in line at the mall (like retards....who takes a 13 day old baby to the mall!!!) to get his picture made with Santa. He slept straight through :)
Mommy and Mason
What are you doing to me?!
Merry Christmas everyone!
What's up bear?
Mason is 1 week old!
Well I can't believe he's already a week old! HOLY COW! We have been doing ok, but have had a few issues with sleeping and feeding.
Feeding issues: My milk supply on one side is lacking...almost going away. The doctor gave me something to try to increase it, hopefully it will work. In the mean time we are nursing only on one side...this is getting painful. On top of that, he is having a hard time latching on. We have gone to a lactation consultant twice to try and help resolve. She suggested offering him a bottle AFTER I've breastfed just to make sure he's getting enough. Well, I thought we had it down, but today he wouldn't latch again. I'm hoping he doesn't have nipple confusing from the bottle.
Sleeping issues: Well besides waking up every 1.5hrs to nurse, he doesn't like sleeping on his back. Matter of fact he doesnt like to be on his back period. He screams when we change his diaper. When we put him down in the crib (pack n play) he will stay for 5-15 min then start screaming. Pick him up and he's fine. SOOO I have been sleeping in the recliner with him on my chest. I don't mind too much right now...but hopefully he'll learn to lay down so I can sleep in my own bed!!
Mason's first doctor's check-up went great! He was discharged Friday weighing 6lb 10oz and was already up to 6lb 12oz on Monday. We go back on Tuesday for his 2 week appointment. If all goes well, we don't go back until 2 months! His pediatrician is AWESOME! I love the practice. I was worried b/c I hadn't had a chance to check them out (I had an appointment on the day after he was born). He screamed the whole time, but partly because he was a little hungry.
Sleeping Angel
Exhausted for the Doctor
Feeding issues: My milk supply on one side is lacking...almost going away. The doctor gave me something to try to increase it, hopefully it will work. In the mean time we are nursing only on one side...this is getting painful. On top of that, he is having a hard time latching on. We have gone to a lactation consultant twice to try and help resolve. She suggested offering him a bottle AFTER I've breastfed just to make sure he's getting enough. Well, I thought we had it down, but today he wouldn't latch again. I'm hoping he doesn't have nipple confusing from the bottle.
Sleeping issues: Well besides waking up every 1.5hrs to nurse, he doesn't like sleeping on his back. Matter of fact he doesnt like to be on his back period. He screams when we change his diaper. When we put him down in the crib (pack n play) he will stay for 5-15 min then start screaming. Pick him up and he's fine. SOOO I have been sleeping in the recliner with him on my chest. I don't mind too much right now...but hopefully he'll learn to lay down so I can sleep in my own bed!!
Mason's first doctor's check-up went great! He was discharged Friday weighing 6lb 10oz and was already up to 6lb 12oz on Monday. We go back on Tuesday for his 2 week appointment. If all goes well, we don't go back until 2 months! His pediatrician is AWESOME! I love the practice. I was worried b/c I hadn't had a chance to check them out (I had an appointment on the day after he was born). He screamed the whole time, but partly because he was a little hungry.
Sleeping Angel
Exhausted for the Doctor
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