Hey everyone...just wanted to let you know we were still here! No such luck for you all, I am sorry...LOL... Just a little preoccupied since > Jacob has arrived! He is keeping me on my toes! I don't have too much time > to get back in touch with anyone anymore, and I hate that, but I knew it was > coming! So I guess I have gone at least into partial lurk! :o) > > I will update everyone on what is going on here! Jacob is doing just fine! > He is growing like a weed, and is packing on the weight! Wow....He eats all > the time and is about to wear mommy out! I know I had heard that breastfed > babies gain quickly, and I have found that is true! He gained 2 lbs in 2 > weeks, and is still gaining! And turning into a little butterball! He > weighs around 11 lbs right now. Doc told me it might be best to try to put > him on a schedule, as he is crying to be fed sometimes ever hour and a half > to 2 hours....We are trying to get him on a 3 hour schedule. He cries like > his throat has been cut, but you can tell that he is not starving. Not by a > long shot! LOL! Looks like he is using mommy as a snack machine and a > pacifier! Told Atousa that you might as well paint me black and white and > call me Bessy...one big udder! > One funny thing...a little girl was staying with us, and was watching while > I was feeding Jacob (from a distance). I told Greg when he got done that > the cow had been milked again! A couple of hours later, I was feeding him > again, and the little girl stands there next to me and says ever so > knowingly...Is he milking the cow again?? Oh how I laughed!! She is only 3 > years old, and it just sounded so funny...Her mom is fixing to have a baby > in a couple of weeks, and when Savannah pops that one out on her, it's going > to floor her! I don't know whether to tell her ahead of time or > not...LOL.... > > He just turned 6 weeks old on Sunday, which blows my mind. It's amazing > how time does go by! > > We had him dedicated at church Sunday, and it was a beautiful > ceremony...Jacob was dressed to the hilt, and made a beautiful picture! I > made sure that Christian was remembered in this special ceremony...I had a > special blanket made for Christian with Noah's ark on it for his funeral > (his room was supposed to be done in it) and his name and birth date. I had > one made for Jacob just like it. So we used that in his dedication...Our > pastor was talking to us (me and Greg) and telling us just how blessed he > thought we was, and how he really believed that God had heard our cry. Said > that in God's divine wisdom, he allowed our firstborn to be stillborn, all > the while having everything in control, and now today, we were standing > there with a beautiful, perfectly healthy, baby boy! Of course, mommy was > in tears, but it was so so true! I know that I never could have appreciated > Christian like I do Jacob...I treasure him more than life itself.... :o) > And I don't feel one bit bad right now about spoiling him rotten. I am > making up for lost time, so I just tell everyone to try not to mind me, and > just let me at him! :o) > > We did have a little incident last week...ouch...some of you already > know...He had been constipated (joy of joys) for days...I had lost so much > sleep with this, and not really even getting a break during the day because > of Greg having to sleep...(he works nights)...I went and put him in his > swing to let him sleep while I slept on the couch. Woke up to this > thud....yep, you guessed it...I had forgotten to buckle him in. I was so > tired and so stressed out that I had forgotten...sigh...The little guy was > swaddled in a blanket, so it wasn't as bad as it could have been. However, > he landed face down on the leg of the swing...I can see you all cringing > there. Don't feel alone, I am still cringing too...I couldn't believe I had > been so stupid. Jacob ended up being fine, and actually I think I was > hurting more than he was. He stopped crying after just a few seconds, and I > kept right on...bawled like a baby when I saw that little nose swelling up > and a purple place appearing on it...You can't imagine how awful I felt, > knowing that my forgetfulness had caused my baby to be in pain...But as I > said, he was just fine. The swelling went right down within an hour, and > the bruise was just a little one. So he must not have landed fully on his > face, but glanced off of it....You can imagine that I don't forget that > buckle now....I promised him that would NEVER happen again! > > That is about all that is happening around here, though we are still > struggling with him being a little constipated...I have been giving him > suppositories off and on, but don't want to use it too much. Doc told me to > put Karo syrup in his water bottle to loosen him up a little. The only > thing it seems to be doing is pacifying him when he cries because of that > sweetness...if he had teeth, I would say the little man has a sweet > tooth!...it is also making a nasty spit up...and with the nastiest > smell...yuk! I hate it! But I am trying everything...So if you all have any > suggestions, please feel free to help this new mommy out...It bothers me to > not be able to do anything to help him. His 2 month check up is on the > 15th, so I will go in then, but if I can take care of it before then, I > would love it.... > > BTW, Atousa has updated his page on the web if anyone is interested in > seeing it...She said that she is still in the process of working on it, so > some pics aren't titled, but it is great anyway...Thanks Atousa! > Here's the link.... > http://communities.msn.com/BostonConference/photoalbums.msnw > > Hope you all enjoy it...I love showing him off! And if anyone wants to see > any more pics, just let me know...Ask around, they think I have gone camera > barmy...LOL... > > Ok....for now I am going back under my rock....! > > Love to you all > from me and Jacob > > Angie > Building ___ooOOoo__ Rainbows www.trisomyonline.org Families Helping Families On-line