Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Happy Easter
We had a few places to go to this year and of course Sam needed some cute outfits. No Easter egg hunting this year. Natalie needs to prepare for some competition next year!
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Sam is 2 months old!
Sam is now two months old. A few things that happened this month are:
1. Of course I went back to work and Sam started Day care.
2. We've been working on tummy time.
3. He is a lot more alert and has started cooing and smiling.
4. He got booted out of Mami and Papi's room and is now sleeping in his own bed.
5. We've finally got him settled on a formula, Similac Soy.
6. He is a snacker. Eats almost every two hours about 2, 3 or sometimes 4 oz.. Never more.
7. Hasn't really gotten on a schedule yet. We never know what time he is going to wake up in the morning or how many times at night he will eat.
8. He looks exactly like his Dad and nothing like Natalie and me. He is absolutely perfect!
His stats this month: Length= 22 3/8 inches, weight = 11 lbs, head circumference = 15 3/8 inches. All between 25 and 50%. Perfectly proportionate! :)
Tummy Time
His first trip to the zoo. Pretty exciting can't you tell.
Someone didn't get there with the paci fast enough.
Big Sis' idea of a pretty onesie.
My cuties.
Loves sleeping on his side like Natalie used to.
1. Of course I went back to work and Sam started Day care.
2. We've been working on tummy time.
3. He is a lot more alert and has started cooing and smiling.
4. He got booted out of Mami and Papi's room and is now sleeping in his own bed.
5. We've finally got him settled on a formula, Similac Soy.
6. He is a snacker. Eats almost every two hours about 2, 3 or sometimes 4 oz.. Never more.
7. Hasn't really gotten on a schedule yet. We never know what time he is going to wake up in the morning or how many times at night he will eat.
8. He looks exactly like his Dad and nothing like Natalie and me. He is absolutely perfect!
His stats this month: Length= 22 3/8 inches, weight = 11 lbs, head circumference = 15 3/8 inches. All between 25 and 50%. Perfectly proportionate! :)
Tummy Time
His first trip to the zoo. Pretty exciting can't you tell.
Someone didn't get there with the paci fast enough.
Big Sis' idea of a pretty onesie.
My cuties.
Loves sleeping on his side like Natalie used to.
Monday, April 6, 2009
First Day of Day Care
I know it had to happen. Seven weeks just went by too fast!! A couple of more weeks please!! No, back to work. What a sad day for me. This little guy is getting big way to fast!
The first day went great. He slept all day, ate a few times and saw me three times! :) Thank goodness for day care in my building! At least I get to go visit.
Half a smile.
The first day went great. He slept all day, ate a few times and saw me three times! :) Thank goodness for day care in my building! At least I get to go visit.
Half a smile.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Believe it or not, Sam is already a month old. We took him to his well check and he weighs 9 lbs 3/4 oz (25%), he is 20 3/4 inches long (25%) and his head circumference is 15 inches (50%). Even though he doesn't do much more than eat, sleep and poop we have had a lot going on. He still has reddish hair and blue eyes, although his eyes have started to change to green or brown. It has been an adjustment for all of us to have the little guy around, Natalie especially. She is getting used to him being here though. She really does well with him. She calls him "My Sam", how sweet.
The hardest part of this month has been getting the little guy on formula. I had to quit breast feeding after two weeks because of an infection. That was hard especially since I breast fed Natalie until she was 7 months. Anyways, we switched him to formula. He started vomiting once a day, every day and was incredibly fussy. We called the pediatrician and they switched him to the sensitive formula. After about four days, we were back at the doctor's office because it didn't help. Then they switched him to a formula called Alimentum. They told us that it is the easiest to digest and it would help determine if he has reflux or formula sensitivity. As soon as we switched he started doing much better. The vomiting stopped. Now that we new it wasn't reflux, we switched him to soy hoping it would work because the other formula is terribly expensive. After a day and a half on soy, the vomiting and fussiness came back. So, he went back on the Alimentum. We have decided to keep him on it until we see the doctor again for his two month check up. The silver lining of all this is that he is still gaining weight well, gaining almost two pounds this month!
When he is on the Alimentum he actually sleeps pretty good going about 5 to 6 hours between bottles once a night. That helps a ton since then I usually give him a bottle at 9pm, then at 2 or 3 am and then at 5 or 6 am. This won't be bad once I go back to work especially considering that he was getting up every 2 to 3 hours at night when he is on the other formulas!
Sam's first bath. The one with the towel was taken about a few seconds before he started screaming.
Snoozing away!
Our lazy little guy on his first tummy time. He almost fell asleep!
Wide awake with his cute outfit.
With the huge paci that he likes.
Alseep while taking a bath! LOL!
More tummy time.
With his big Sis.
Sam's room. I have been waiting to take this picture until I finished painting the toy chest. I painted it to match his bedding.
Before.
After.
The hardest part of this month has been getting the little guy on formula. I had to quit breast feeding after two weeks because of an infection. That was hard especially since I breast fed Natalie until she was 7 months. Anyways, we switched him to formula. He started vomiting once a day, every day and was incredibly fussy. We called the pediatrician and they switched him to the sensitive formula. After about four days, we were back at the doctor's office because it didn't help. Then they switched him to a formula called Alimentum. They told us that it is the easiest to digest and it would help determine if he has reflux or formula sensitivity. As soon as we switched he started doing much better. The vomiting stopped. Now that we new it wasn't reflux, we switched him to soy hoping it would work because the other formula is terribly expensive. After a day and a half on soy, the vomiting and fussiness came back. So, he went back on the Alimentum. We have decided to keep him on it until we see the doctor again for his two month check up. The silver lining of all this is that he is still gaining weight well, gaining almost two pounds this month!
When he is on the Alimentum he actually sleeps pretty good going about 5 to 6 hours between bottles once a night. That helps a ton since then I usually give him a bottle at 9pm, then at 2 or 3 am and then at 5 or 6 am. This won't be bad once I go back to work especially considering that he was getting up every 2 to 3 hours at night when he is on the other formulas!
Sam's first bath. The one with the towel was taken about a few seconds before he started screaming.
Snoozing away!
Our lazy little guy on his first tummy time. He almost fell asleep!
Wide awake with his cute outfit.
With the huge paci that he likes.
Alseep while taking a bath! LOL!
More tummy time.
With his big Sis.
Sam's room. I have been waiting to take this picture until I finished painting the toy chest. I painted it to match his bedding.
Before.
After.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
02.10.09
So after three weeks of having contractions every day, Sam is finally here. This pregnancy was completely different than when I was pregnant with Natalie and the delivery followed the same trend. What a night!!
I had been having contractions all day Monday (02.09.09). It really wasn't much different than the other days those past three weeks. Jason worked late that night so when he got home he got Natalie in the tub and we got her to bed. We decided to watch "No Reservations" since we were a little embarrassed that we were ready for bed at 8:30!! At around 9 pm I got up to get a snack and my water broke. Well...kind of broke. We waited around 30 minutes to make sure and then we called the doctor. Of course they told me to go into the hospital. After getting a bag ready for Natalie and getting all of our stuff together we got to the labor and delivery triage at 10 pm. We were there for about an hour and a half. The whole time I was there I still had contractions that were about 6 minutes apart. They used some test strips to see if my water had broken and three tests later they said that my water had not broken and they were sending me home. I FREAKED OUT!! I was so upset!! I could not believe they were sending us home only after 1 1/2 hrs. I asked to talk to the doctor but they said she was not available. I told the nurses that I really didn't think we should go home. They pretty much told me that there wasn't anything more for them to do, that I should go home. I cried, got upset with them, had an argument with one of them but at the end they won and we went home.
We got home about midnight and tried to go to sleep. Of course I couldn't. My contractions started getting erratic, 3 min, 5 min, 7 min back to 2 or 3 min apart and they were getting really intense. About 1:3o am I went and got Jason. I couldn't wait any more. We called the doctor again and after not getting a phone call back within 10 minutes, we were headed back to the hospital. Within minutes, my contractions were only 2 to 3 minutes apart. We got to the hospital and I wasn't sure I could even get out of the car! We got to the emergency room and Jason wheeled me up to triage. By the time we got there, I thought I was about to die of pain!! Of course the nurses saw me and jumped. We were in a room and hooked up to monitors in seconds. Jason had to leave for a few minutes to register me since it was officially the next day. I just kept asking for an epidural. They put in an IV so they could do a blood test and give me the epidural but by then it was too late. When I got there they checked me and I was 4 cm dilated, a few minutes later they checked again and I was fully dilated. Anyways, Sam was born at 2:21 am on a tiny bed in triage room #2. The only people there was a nurse, Jason and me. Jason was absolutely awesome. I know he was about to pass out but he kept up a good front for me. He seemed so calm!! After Sam was born we found out that we checked into triage at 2:10 am only 11 minutes before!!
They immediately took Sam to a labor and delivery room to assess him and put him under the warmers. I got to the l&d room about 15 minutes later. After all that, I still had to wait about 45 minutes before I got any pain medicine because the doctor had not gotten to the hospital yet. Finally the doctor got there and we were able to finish all the post delivery stuff.
We didn't get to see Sam again until 7 am that morning. His temperature was not regulating on its own so they had to keep him in the nursery a little longer than normal. Finally that morning we got to see and hold our little guy for an extended period of time. He weighed 7 lbs, 2 oz and was 20 inches long. Luckily he had no complications other than the temperature thing.
After a long night, we were all a little freaked out and exhausted but we had our little guy!!! Once we had some time to think about everything that had happened we realized how lucky we were that we didn't pick up Natalie from my Mom's after the first hospital trip. If we had, we would have taken her back before going to the hospital the secod time and we would have lost our ten minute window. Sam would have probably been born in the car!! UGH!! What a thought!!
So, here is our newest addition to our family.
I had been having contractions all day Monday (02.09.09). It really wasn't much different than the other days those past three weeks. Jason worked late that night so when he got home he got Natalie in the tub and we got her to bed. We decided to watch "No Reservations" since we were a little embarrassed that we were ready for bed at 8:30!! At around 9 pm I got up to get a snack and my water broke. Well...kind of broke. We waited around 30 minutes to make sure and then we called the doctor. Of course they told me to go into the hospital. After getting a bag ready for Natalie and getting all of our stuff together we got to the labor and delivery triage at 10 pm. We were there for about an hour and a half. The whole time I was there I still had contractions that were about 6 minutes apart. They used some test strips to see if my water had broken and three tests later they said that my water had not broken and they were sending me home. I FREAKED OUT!! I was so upset!! I could not believe they were sending us home only after 1 1/2 hrs. I asked to talk to the doctor but they said she was not available. I told the nurses that I really didn't think we should go home. They pretty much told me that there wasn't anything more for them to do, that I should go home. I cried, got upset with them, had an argument with one of them but at the end they won and we went home.
We got home about midnight and tried to go to sleep. Of course I couldn't. My contractions started getting erratic, 3 min, 5 min, 7 min back to 2 or 3 min apart and they were getting really intense. About 1:3o am I went and got Jason. I couldn't wait any more. We called the doctor again and after not getting a phone call back within 10 minutes, we were headed back to the hospital. Within minutes, my contractions were only 2 to 3 minutes apart. We got to the hospital and I wasn't sure I could even get out of the car! We got to the emergency room and Jason wheeled me up to triage. By the time we got there, I thought I was about to die of pain!! Of course the nurses saw me and jumped. We were in a room and hooked up to monitors in seconds. Jason had to leave for a few minutes to register me since it was officially the next day. I just kept asking for an epidural. They put in an IV so they could do a blood test and give me the epidural but by then it was too late. When I got there they checked me and I was 4 cm dilated, a few minutes later they checked again and I was fully dilated. Anyways, Sam was born at 2:21 am on a tiny bed in triage room #2. The only people there was a nurse, Jason and me. Jason was absolutely awesome. I know he was about to pass out but he kept up a good front for me. He seemed so calm!! After Sam was born we found out that we checked into triage at 2:10 am only 11 minutes before!!
They immediately took Sam to a labor and delivery room to assess him and put him under the warmers. I got to the l&d room about 15 minutes later. After all that, I still had to wait about 45 minutes before I got any pain medicine because the doctor had not gotten to the hospital yet. Finally the doctor got there and we were able to finish all the post delivery stuff.
We didn't get to see Sam again until 7 am that morning. His temperature was not regulating on its own so they had to keep him in the nursery a little longer than normal. Finally that morning we got to see and hold our little guy for an extended period of time. He weighed 7 lbs, 2 oz and was 20 inches long. Luckily he had no complications other than the temperature thing.
After a long night, we were all a little freaked out and exhausted but we had our little guy!!! Once we had some time to think about everything that had happened we realized how lucky we were that we didn't pick up Natalie from my Mom's after the first hospital trip. If we had, we would have taken her back before going to the hospital the secod time and we would have lost our ten minute window. Sam would have probably been born in the car!! UGH!! What a thought!!
So, here is our newest addition to our family.
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