One month update
November 19th, 2009 by Ascelyn
I’ve been meaning to post. Really, I have. I’ve had things to say, though they might just be sleep-deprived inanities. But still. They were things.
The baby’s one-month doctor’s appointment was today. It was uneventful, except that the doc is suddenly wondering about the hematomas. Yes, they’ve calcified. Yes, they’re still quite visible. You weren’t concerned when I tried to contact you about them while they were still growing rapidly, so I asked other people, and they’ve said this is normal. Thanks a lot.
He’s now 10 lbs 4 oz and 22.5″ long. That places him in the 50th percentile for weight and head circumference and the 75th for height. He’s my long, lean baby boy.
I asked about his spit-up issues, and they immediately wanted to know how much I was feeding him at a time. Like I know. He’s breastfed. They seemed shocked…kind of like the nurse filling out the questionaire at the ob/gyn on Tuesday, who wanted to know what kind of formula he was using, not whether or not he was using formula at all.
The most exciting thing that’s happened lately is his sudden ability to eat “properly,” without the shield. One day he couldn’t, and the next he could. My mom’s wonderful coworker, the nursing instructor for the maternity and pediatric classes at the college and mother of kids I used to babysit, helped me out. I think he likes her. I shouldn’t be so proud that I can finally feed my son at one month the way that most mothers can feed their babies at one day, but I really am. Of both of us.
Other than that, there’s little to say. He’s growing quickly, eating and sleeping and pooping like babies are wont to do. I ordered the first of his cloth diapers a few days ago, and FedEx is reporting that they’re sitting on my front porch as we speak. He got a sample pack of five one-size pocket diapers (bumGenius 3.0, Happy Heinies, Rump-a-rooz G2, Fuzzi Bunz, and Rocky Mountain), two Thirsties Duo Wraps, and a dozen DSQ Chinese prefolds. That should get us started while I see which, if any, work best. I’m planning to use the prefolds for daycare and at night and the covers and prefolds at home to save some money. Hopefully I’ll miraculously learn how to sew and make some fitted or contour diapers myself, since they’re rather expensive.
Now if I could only heal properly, life would be excellent. But that’s another post for another day.
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