A LITTLE something to worry about! (You'd think I'd never fed a baby before...)

Last week I took the little guy in for his 2 week checkup. I even pondered, for a minute, not going to it, since this is child #8. But I decided that it was okay to go have him checked out.

Well, it turns out that he is not gaining weight.

Really not gaining weight.

Losing it, in fact.

He was down 1 lb and 3 oz from his birth weight.



Dr. is concerned and wants to see him again this week and so

my only job from now until then is to fatten this little guy up.
Read: I am the milk-cow.



I've resorted to pumping in between feedings to have

a little extra milk to let others feed to him and
using some Fenugreek to try to up the supply.



I think it's doing some good, he seems less sleepy and

is eating more vigorously than he was last week.

Hopefully it will all have been worthwhile and
the little guy will be a little less little at weigh-in.

Keep your fingers crossed for us.

I Feel So Much Better!

The little guy finally made it here.

He arrived on Sunday morning at 5 a.m. He weighed in at 8 lb 7 oz, and is 19 inches long. He is a lovely baby, quite calm and alert. He has figured out the nursing thing quickly and even takes a pacifier.

We are loving every minute with him and I often have to resort to the "I'm the mother" card so I can get a turn holding him.

It was a simple, uncomplicated birth and I feel great. I'm tired, which is to be expected.

Fun fact: He did have a knot tied in his cord. I've got the makings of a Scout on my hands, I guess.

Hooray!! It's Here!

I had almost given up hope that it would ever arrive......
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Gotcha!

Nope, not the baby, just my Project 365 Kit from Becky Higgins. I ordered it on Jan 1 and so did a zillion other people. They ran out of what they had in the warehouse, and so mine was backordered. It was supposed to show in Feb, but didn't and so I thought that I just wasn't going to get one. Then I got an email on Thurs that it had come in by slow boat from China and was ready to ship out to me. It came today by FedEx. It's a really cool concept for capturing a year of life, one picture a day. I've been diligently taking my pictures, now I just need to print them and put them in the right slots and keep going for the rest of the year.

I'll post a picture when I have some of the pictures in.

Maybe the baby will show up today, too. I've been having contractions just not regular enough to head to the hospital yet.

Ugh!!

Well, another visit to the dr today. Went from a 1 last week to a 2 this week. I told him that at this rate the baby won't be born for 8 more weeks. He did offer to come break my water if I took myself to the hospital......

Actually, I think Baby is afraid to come to this house. We can't seem to get rid of the sickies. I have one with a sore throat yesterday and today and two with congestion, runny nose and runny eyes. Somehow I need to get them well before this baby can come out to play.