6 weeks old

So Cole is 6 weeks old now! I can hardly believe it. We're still working on his formula. Now he's on lactose free. Hopefully this one will work out. I'm so ready for him to feel better. He also has a rash on his face that is spreading to his chest and back. It's starting to get better, though, thank goodness. Dr. Burns said it doesn't look like a contact rash, so we don't need to worry about it being his detergent, lotion, or Sadie. Not sure what it's from.

I have only 2 weeks left until I have to go back to work. I'm really sad to leave Cole, but I'm also hoping that we can get his formula figured out before he goes to day care. I hope they don't freak out when they realize he eats every 3 hours or less. Especially during the day, he doesn't go quite 3 hours. Ever. Which is why he is 6 weeks old and weighs over 13 lbs already!!

Look at that belly!!

He likes to look up at the mirror above his swing and smile at himself. It's hard to get a picture of it, though. You can kind of see his rash.

So then, this morning, Cole peed a little bit while I was changing him. Normally when that happens I get a cloth diaper and lay it underneath him so he isn't laying in pee until I can get him changed and then change the sheet (we change him in his crib). Well I turned around, grabbed a cloth diaper and when I turned back around, there was a pee gyser shooting through the slats on the crib onto the floor. It was a ton of pee. hahaha

THEN, I went to feed him. He ate the majority of a 5 oz bottle relatively quickly (he's usually a very slow eater). I went to burp him and this is what happened...

Yeah.

strong little guy

Here is the only video I have gotten of Cole holding his head up. Just like he was in the womb, he doesn't appreciate his "tricks" being videoed. Everytime he's holding his head up really well and I get out the camera, he stops. Of course. He's really much better at it than this, but, such is life.

We're having trouble with Cole's formula. Poor baby is having really bad gas and stomach pains. We're trying once right now that's supposed to be easier on his digestive system. So we'll see. He's asleep right now (8:30 pm), but should be waking up to eat pretty soon. We're still eating every 3 hours, normally 5 oz at each feeding. He's really filling out. Anyway, he's normally awake more during the evening than he has been tonight, so we might be in for a sleepless night tonight. I just feel so helpless when he screams in pain. Bless his little heart.

He's sleeping with his nose buried in Justin's arm.

Thank you Gammy!

Last night, Justin's mom came to stay with us and take care of Cole for the night to give us a break. We went to Chili's to eat, to the book store to get a baby sign language book and then came home. Gammy took care of Cole all night long so Daddy and I could sleep all night. It was wonderful! (Thank you again, Gammy!) It was weird, though. Not feeding him, putting him to bed and getting up with him during the night. I missed him!

Justin and I are supposed to go to Arlington on October 3 for the aTm vs Arkansas football game. It's also our 5 year anniversary. Gammy is keeping Cole for us that weekend. I can't imagine if I missed him last night how hard it's going to be to be away from him for one, possibly two nights. It will be hard, I'm sure, but I'm looking forward to it. It will also be very hard to be away from him 9 hours a day when I go back to work. I will miss him so much. He's going to be a month old tomorrow!!

4 weeks old!

He was asleep in my armpit.

2:30 am

Cole can't decide how much he wants to eat or how long he wants to go between feedings. I put him down at 8:30 after having eaten 2 oz. He was up at 12:00 (he never goes that long except for the first time he goes down at night). He ate 4 oz and went to sleep for less than an hour, got back up and ate another 4 oz. Currently he is in his swing NOT sleeping. Not even thinking about sleeping. In fact he's starting to fuss now. I don't know what to do. All I know to do is feed him when he's hungry. If that means he's eating every 2 hours or every hour and a half what am I supposed to do about that?

The doctor says to supplement pedialyte between feedings. Well, the other day he was hungry in less than 2 hours so he sucked down 2 oz of pedialyte and was still hungry so we went ahead and gave him a 4 oz bottle and he sucked that down, too.

Then people say to put cereal in his formula, but the dr says to wait till he's 4 months old to do that.

What the heck am I supposed to do? By the time I get done feeding him, he's hungry again.

I'm very glad he is a good eater, but Mommy is losing it.

4 generations

Yesterday Justin, Cole and I went to visit Cole's great-grandparents. He has 5 sets and we visited 3 of them. My nanny is living in an assisted living in Jefferson. My mom came with us to visit her so we took our 4 generations picture.


Cole was not feeling too well by the time we got to the last house. He threw up a whole bottle down my leg. It was awesome. :) By the time we got home last night he was still not feeling well. In fact, he spit up again when we got home. Since we were worried about him throwing up again, Justin and I both got up with him at 2 am. Because his spitting up it not just a little dribble; it's a whole bottle at a time...all over the place. It would be hard to deal with alone. Cole was awake until after 4 am. He seems to be feeling better so far today.

I really hate when he doesn't feel well. I feel so helpless. I know he's going to be sick from time to time, but at this point, he's so young there's not much he can take. So even if I know what's wrong with him, I can't do much for him.

Cole is 3 weeks old now. The top pic is 1 week, the middle is 2 weeks, and the bottom is 3 weeks.

For your viewing pleasure...

I love this kid.

wow

Here I was at the Fourth of July thing we went to. 36 weeks pregnant. Large and in charge. :)