2 1/2 months

Lulu the lamb

This is Landon's new Lulu the lamb chair from babystyle. It goes so well with his lamb themed nursery. I think he will just love it when he gets older. In the meantime someone else is more than happy to keep it warm for him...

"Fussy"

Who decided that "fussy" should be used to describe a crying and screaming baby that is mostly inconsolable for weeks on end? It's called "Hell!"

10 pounds 2 ounces!

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A stay of 17 days in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for your premature son

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Having your happy healthy son smile at you for the first time

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got milk?

Milk, milk, milk. Such is the life of ol' Bessie: Her udders and her calf. After two months of nursing and pumping I certainly feel like a milk cow...and poor ol' Bessie just had a bout with a very sore udder (clogged milk ducts). Even after two months, Landon still doesn't quite have the hang of nursing. He operates in two modes; asleep and not getting enough or fighting and frantic where he chomps rather than sucks and cries and pulls off more times than I can count and manages to scratch me all over with his tiny fingernails. Oy vay! For the past few days I have been just pumping and giving him breastmilk in a bottle to let myself heal up a little bit. It is a lot of extra work finding enough time to pump all the milk he needs, feeding him, quieting him in his fussy times and getting him to sleep and then cleaning everything - just in time to start the process all over again. But I have to say, it is a lot less stressful and painful. I really would like for him to get all of the benefits from breastmilk (especially because of his prematurity) but I am beginning to think that he is just not capable of nursing like a full term baby.

Bouncy Chair Friends

Gone are the days of our sleepaholic preemie! Though Landon has always woken up to eat every 3 hours or so, he used to fall right back to sleep, all through the night and most of the day. Now, however, he spends hours of time awake, whether it is day time or night! We purchased him a baby papasan chair, complete with music, vibration, and bunny hanging overhead! We were hoping it would sooth him during the day, and maybe put him to sleep at night. Though he has yet to fall asleep in it, he does sit in it quietly and watches his toys.

We had an appointment with his doctor on Thursday afternoon, she said he is doing "just perfect", and his weight was up to 8 lbs 14 oz! He should break 9 pounds with his weigh in this evening.