About my baby

My sleeping angel!

That blasted cord stub. I wish It were gone! I love how is finally getting a pot belly too.

It's interesting how different every kid is. The first couple of weeks with a newborn is always hard but once you get past the first month things usually go much better. I have a hard time with running on very little sleep. The funny thing is Stockton has slept for longer periods then my other boys ever did at this age. Which is only like 3-4 hours. He only does that every so often because usually it's every two. By the time I feed and change him though I get a hour in between feeding him so I feel like a zombie the next day. I have come to learn with this kid that if he has any poop in his diaper he freaks out. He won't let me feed him even if he is really hungry until I change that diaper so he will be screaming all the way though his diaper change. It's usually the only time he gets really upset.

For some reason I've had a hard time having enough milk for the poor little guy and we have had to give him bottles too. It's not the end of the world but it make me feel really bad when I took him to the dr. and he had lost some more weight since being in the hospital. I felt SOOOO bad. I got that news the day I found out my dad was having heart surgery the next day to put some stints in. He had two blocked valves. It was a hard day for someone who has been weepy from having a baby anyway. So I started pumping to get my milk up and trying to eat and drink better and by the end of the week (with the help of a bottle) we got his weight back up to 7 lb 2oz. Still below birth weight but more then when we left the hospital. I take him in for his two week appointment this week so I hope he has still gained more weight.

Stockton is a very gassy baby. I thought Blake was bad but Stockton may be worse. He grunts all the time and I have to help him burp or pump his legs for him to get it out. I think he has a little bit of acid reflux too because if I feed him and lay him down I can hear it coming back up his throat. He spits up a lot more then my other boys did but it's usually not tons at a time. I'm trying to hold him up after I feed him so it will settle in his stomach before I lay him down. That really sucks in the night because by the time I'm doing that he wakes up soon after. Makes for long nights.

The thing that has Bryan and I laughing the last couple of days is that his cord stub is still in and it STINKS! Holy cow my adorable little baby smells like road kill! I keep hoping it will fall out because if you put him by your face you can smell that dang cord. Don't worry- it isn't infected or anything. It's just rotten. I can't wait to really be able to bathe him too.

Whenever he is awake he will 99% of the time get hiccups. He had them all the time in my belly too so I knew he would. I bet he gets a bad case of them at least 3 times a day. They make him spit up and shake his entire body. I feel so bad for him but I don't know how to help him. They don't upset him too bad at least.

All in all Stockton is a very good baby. Most of the day in the small periods of time where he is awake he just looks around and it content. I can't get enough of holding him. The hardest part for me is my other kids end up get more neglected then usual. As in when they want lunch and I'm feeding the baby they have to wait until I'm done whenever that is. I feel bad for them but it's just life I guess.