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Saturday, October 25, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
Introducing Mr. Creux Myer Rieman
This is our first entry on our blog...thanks to Aunt Ali, Mommy is going to try to do this so please don't laugh too hard at my lack of blogger knowledge.
Creux Myer Rieman was born on October 8, 2008 at 2:01 am at Home Hospital in Lafayette, Indiana. He was 21 inches long and 7 lbs 13 ozs. The family members at the hospital for his birth were Big Sister Grayson, Grandma Vickie, Uncle Josh, Grandpa Bob, Grandma Linda, Grandma Janice, Grandpa Shorty, Aunt Ashley, and Aunt Emily. Our visitors were Rick, Zac, Jen, Parker, Madison, Grandpa Bruce, Grandma Cheryl, Aunt Zoe, and Chris.
Mommy thought that Creux looked like Mr. Magoo, so the entire time in the hospital I called him Creux Magoo. His eyes were still swolen and squinty and he looked like a little old man with a receeding hairline. ADORABLE! But he did look like Mr. Magoo!
His Daddy was in love with him from the beginning. Let's just say that Mommy was smiling really big as he was delivered and Daddy was crying like a baby! He didn't stop looking at him or touching him until he went back to work the next week.
Creux is 16 days old right now so I need to play some catch up. He's doing well. We've been dealing with some jaundice so we've been to the doctor or hospital to get labs 6 times in 2 weeks....no fun. We were told today that he's not gaining wait so I have to give him a supplemental bottle along with nursing. Breastfeeding is an entire story unto its self, so I won't bore people with details...but let's just say....OUCH! And anyone who told me after 2 weeks it would get better was just trying to get me to do it for at least 2 weeks I'm convinced! It still hurts like hell at latch on and for the first 30 seconds I actually have to make sure I'm not squeezing him too hard with my screeches of pain. But hey, I'm doing it. Been pumping more though and now I am giving him a soy bottle supplement inbetween feedings. I have to feed him every 2 hours. I've noticed a big difference in how sound he is sleeping now that he is satisfied. His bilrubin count is down to 11.2 from 14.5 a week and a half ago. He's up to 8 lbs 3 ozs, but that's what he was last week. It takes him 45 minutes to eat on one side, so I thought he was getting plenty to eat, but apparently he's not. He's got some baby acne that began when I ate some Taco Bell and has yet to go away. Oops.
So far, although I hate to say this because I'm supersticious, he's a really good baby. He only cries when he's hungry or when I change is diaper. But he loves to cuddle! Grandma Vickie came to visit and stayed with us from Sunday to Friday last week and held him a lot, which he loves! It was wonderful to have her here! We couldn't get her to sit down though. She did laundry, cooked meals, allowed me to take naps sometimes while we were getting used to schedules. I cried when she left and so did she. It was really hard to see her go.
Well I hope I've covered everything thus far. I could go into the birthing story, but that would involve curse words about my anisthesiologist...so I'll spare everyone since this is about Creux and not me. Hope our friends from afar will enjoy this, or at least the grandparents. Now let's see if I can figure out how to load pictures!
Creux Myer Rieman was born on October 8, 2008 at 2:01 am at Home Hospital in Lafayette, Indiana. He was 21 inches long and 7 lbs 13 ozs. The family members at the hospital for his birth were Big Sister Grayson, Grandma Vickie, Uncle Josh, Grandpa Bob, Grandma Linda, Grandma Janice, Grandpa Shorty, Aunt Ashley, and Aunt Emily. Our visitors were Rick, Zac, Jen, Parker, Madison, Grandpa Bruce, Grandma Cheryl, Aunt Zoe, and Chris.
Mommy thought that Creux looked like Mr. Magoo, so the entire time in the hospital I called him Creux Magoo. His eyes were still swolen and squinty and he looked like a little old man with a receeding hairline. ADORABLE! But he did look like Mr. Magoo!
His Daddy was in love with him from the beginning. Let's just say that Mommy was smiling really big as he was delivered and Daddy was crying like a baby! He didn't stop looking at him or touching him until he went back to work the next week.
Creux is 16 days old right now so I need to play some catch up. He's doing well. We've been dealing with some jaundice so we've been to the doctor or hospital to get labs 6 times in 2 weeks....no fun. We were told today that he's not gaining wait so I have to give him a supplemental bottle along with nursing. Breastfeeding is an entire story unto its self, so I won't bore people with details...but let's just say....OUCH! And anyone who told me after 2 weeks it would get better was just trying to get me to do it for at least 2 weeks I'm convinced! It still hurts like hell at latch on and for the first 30 seconds I actually have to make sure I'm not squeezing him too hard with my screeches of pain. But hey, I'm doing it. Been pumping more though and now I am giving him a soy bottle supplement inbetween feedings. I have to feed him every 2 hours. I've noticed a big difference in how sound he is sleeping now that he is satisfied. His bilrubin count is down to 11.2 from 14.5 a week and a half ago. He's up to 8 lbs 3 ozs, but that's what he was last week. It takes him 45 minutes to eat on one side, so I thought he was getting plenty to eat, but apparently he's not. He's got some baby acne that began when I ate some Taco Bell and has yet to go away. Oops.
So far, although I hate to say this because I'm supersticious, he's a really good baby. He only cries when he's hungry or when I change is diaper. But he loves to cuddle! Grandma Vickie came to visit and stayed with us from Sunday to Friday last week and held him a lot, which he loves! It was wonderful to have her here! We couldn't get her to sit down though. She did laundry, cooked meals, allowed me to take naps sometimes while we were getting used to schedules. I cried when she left and so did she. It was really hard to see her go.
Well I hope I've covered everything thus far. I could go into the birthing story, but that would involve curse words about my anisthesiologist...so I'll spare everyone since this is about Creux and not me. Hope our friends from afar will enjoy this, or at least the grandparents. Now let's see if I can figure out how to load pictures!
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