Wednesday, May 30, 2012

2 Weeks old already!!?!!

Wow! I can't believe Corbin was 2 weeks old yesterday!  The time is already flying by! I miss blogging everyday, but we have been so busy. I can only blog when Corbin is sleeping, but he usually sleeps on my chest, so it's just hard to find time to blog.
Anyway... He had his 2 week weight check on Monday and he was 5 lbs 8 oz ! He has passed his birth weight by 2 oz! YAY! I guess my milk is doing something right :)
Breastfeeding has been difficult and somewhat frustrating, but we are getting it. I still have to use the nipple shield, which is very annoying, but at least I CAN breastfeed him. When he gets angry while he's trying to latch on, he knocks off the shield and we have to start ALL over again. Sometimes he won't open his mouth wide enough and gets mad because I won't give it to him. But it hurts so bad if he's not latched on correctly.
Also, at the doctor's on Monday, Dr. Prevatte said he is starting to get thrush :( We have to give him some drops of medicine after each feeding and clean his tongue off after each feeding. Do you know how hard it is to do all of that at 3 am??? Plus a diaper change and actually FEED him... Just a little overwhelming when I'm so tired.
The past few nights he has not wanted to go to sleep at night. He screamed from 10pm-2am Monday night. I didn't know what to do. I fed him, changed him, burped him, rocked him, and he still wouldn't stop crying. Finally, he finally had some bad gas and a horrible diaper so we figured out (at 2am) that his tummy was hurting. Ugh. I hate that he can't tell me when he feels bad. I just cried most of that night.
Justin is leaving early tomorrow morning to move to CT. I'm so nervous about being alone with Corbin all day and all night. I feel like I'm going to have a breakdown if I can't get him to stop crying. Justin is always the one who takes him and calms him down when he's upset. And he calms me down too. I just wish my hormones were normal again. I'm scared I won't ever be normal again.

Anyway... I can't believe Corbin was 2 weeks old yesterday! It still blows my mind to think that in just 2 more weeks, I will be moving to CT and he will be one month old!

Once I am able to get on my laptop again, I will be able to upload a lot of pictures, but for now, here are a few of my favorites from his one day old photo shoot in the hospital...



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