Catching up

I keep meaning to blog and tell all my experiences in the last 4 weeks (to the day), and can't seem to find the time. Well, here I am and it's been a month and I have so much to say. I guess I will begin with what is recent and then begin at the delivery and work my way to the present.

Recent:

Okay, I got called away to feed Jacob. So, we called the pediatrition today with a whole gaggle of questions. Like, what do we do about the fussy, whiny fake cry? And I have to force his tiny face onto my breast sometimes to get him to feed and while doing this, he is crying hysterically. And then sometimes (like just now) he will eat for 10 minutes on only one side, rather than 15 minutes per side. It's not like he is starving, I think he is getting plenty of food. He is filling out really well, and growing like a weed. So, I don't think that is the issue. And furthermore, he will want to eat (or at least for yesterday and today, off and on) every hour and a half or so, for 10 minutes on one side, and then a half hour later for 5 minutes on the subsequent side. Which is getting a bit annoying. OR...he will fall asleep after feeding for the 10 minutes aforementioned, or he will pull off my breast after that 10 minutes screaming hysterically, and fall asleep, mere moments later. FOR SERIOUS.... And trying to wake him up is futile. We thump his feet, hold him up while saying his name and leaning him backwards, we change his diaper, we make him do little baby exercises, like moving his arms and legs back and forth, we jostle him a bit to try to get him up....but the only thing thta works is to put him back into his crib. Oh YEAH!! Then he wakes up. usually about 10 minutes after we get back into bed in the middle of the night.

Then there is bottle feeding. We are supposed to be able to start bottle feeding some breastmilk here soon, and need to know which nipple to use, how much to feed, and how often. We need to know ways to calm him down in the crib, so that we can have him sleep there as he should. And we need to know if we should start scheduling a certain bedtime.

Then Brian just called and told me that he is scared shitless, because he had a simple blood test today, but he is not producing enough platelets, and white blood cells, and he needs to go to the CDC Monday and get a local so they can take a bone marrow blood test. He is afraid he may have cancer, and is very upset. He is not sure what to do. YIKES!!!

So that was out list for the doctor. She will call back with some answers soon, we hope.