Saturday, November 29, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
One Month Old!
Baby Jack is one month old today! He is definitely more alert, and is seeing some of his toys now. We're still working on the breastfeeding, but it's not improving too much.
Great Grandpa and Grandma were here to visit Jack last weekend.
Four Generations of McMahans.
He was really noticing his toys on his playmat the other day.
Mom, stop taking pictures!
Thursday, November 13, 2008
An update, finally!
Sorry for the long wait for an update. My mom has really been nagging me to update this thing, but being Mom to a newborn baby takes a lot of time, and the time I'm not feeding him or changing him, I'm trying to sleep!
Breastfeeding update: It's going better! Our pediatrician clipped his tongue (Jack was tongue tied) and it seemed to do the trick. He's still not great at it, we both get a milk bath when he eats, but, it's a huge improvement. The next decision is, do we keep breastfeeding and hope he gets better at it, or do I just pump and give him bottles? Right now, Jack is not gaining weight like he should be. He's still not back to his birth weight. He's 6 lbs, 14 oz as of yesterday. Our last dr. appt he was 6 lbs 12 oz and our pediatrician wants us to supplement after he eats. So, he eats, I pump, then we feed him a bottle. Feeding now takes an hour. It's exhausting, doing that every 2-3 hours. His next appointment is tomorrow, we are praying that he gains another couple of ounces before then.
Jack got his newborn photos taken by Aunt Katie, he wasn't too happy about it, so hopefully she was able to get some good ones!
Here's some new pictures of baby Jack...
Here is Jillian and Jack. Jillian would like Jack to get a little bigger, so she can play with him. He's a little boring to her right now!
Jack's first shopping trip. Please don't look at mommy, she clearly was having a rough day!
Jack didn't even know he left the house.
Baby Jack's first real bath. Daddy didn't catch Jack at the best time...he really actually kind of likes the bath, it's SO much better than the sponge baths! He's just so little, it's hard to keep him upright in the tub, even with the infant seat. He seems pretty comfortable in the water, which makes Mommy really happy!
Oh, and Happy birthday to John, he turned 35 on Tuesday. I have absolutely no photos, because we did nothing! Well, nothing, but take care of our 3 week old baby!
And, that is all I have right now. I'll leave you with one last picture of my sweet boy.
Breastfeeding update: It's going better! Our pediatrician clipped his tongue (Jack was tongue tied) and it seemed to do the trick. He's still not great at it, we both get a milk bath when he eats, but, it's a huge improvement. The next decision is, do we keep breastfeeding and hope he gets better at it, or do I just pump and give him bottles? Right now, Jack is not gaining weight like he should be. He's still not back to his birth weight. He's 6 lbs, 14 oz as of yesterday. Our last dr. appt he was 6 lbs 12 oz and our pediatrician wants us to supplement after he eats. So, he eats, I pump, then we feed him a bottle. Feeding now takes an hour. It's exhausting, doing that every 2-3 hours. His next appointment is tomorrow, we are praying that he gains another couple of ounces before then.
Jack got his newborn photos taken by Aunt Katie, he wasn't too happy about it, so hopefully she was able to get some good ones!
Here's some new pictures of baby Jack...
Here is Jillian and Jack. Jillian would like Jack to get a little bigger, so she can play with him. He's a little boring to her right now!
Jack's first shopping trip. Please don't look at mommy, she clearly was having a rough day!
Jack didn't even know he left the house.
Baby Jack's first real bath. Daddy didn't catch Jack at the best time...he really actually kind of likes the bath, it's SO much better than the sponge baths! He's just so little, it's hard to keep him upright in the tub, even with the infant seat. He seems pretty comfortable in the water, which makes Mommy really happy!
Oh, and Happy birthday to John, he turned 35 on Tuesday. I have absolutely no photos, because we did nothing! Well, nothing, but take care of our 3 week old baby!
And, that is all I have right now. I'll leave you with one last picture of my sweet boy.
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