big E
39 lbs
41 inches
75th percentile!
4 shots....YUCK.
lil E
9lbs, 8 oz
22 inches
50th percentile
1 shot (but cried less than Mommy after BOTH her boys got poked)
the whole family
1 trip to TCBY!
Friday, March 26, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
He did it!
After lots of feeding and adjustments and the introduction of formula into our lives, Ethan has surpassed his birth weight! Our trip to the pediatrician early last week revealed that one little boy was still quite lazy and even though eating for 1 HOUR AND A HALF still was not eating enough. We have been supplementing with formula every other feeding time and on Friday, he was 8lbs 11oz. Yeah! He continues to need a little more help settling down than Elias ever did, but thanks to our friends the sLing and the sWing (easily confused in conversation...I led my mom to think for a second that I had taken Ethan to church in the swing, when I meant sling!) we are doing okay...
Elias continues to give us a run for our money (as if it has ever been easy) with lots of non-compliance and very disrespectful talking. He's fine as long as we don't require anything of him, like pottying, coming to meal times, going somewhere, or anything else he doesn't want to do. There is quite a lot of verbal abuse on his part, usually yelling and ending in a "I don't love you." We have received LOADS of advice, including ignoring, but this is becoming increasingly difficult. Christopher stays pretty calm, but it's me who is grieving the loss of my sweet little boy and eventually loses it. He has some really great moments...he is so tender and sweet with his little brother and remains constantly concerned about his needs.
We realize this is his way of dealing with his life being flipped upside down in the last couple of months. So, our strategies have been to discipline with losing priviledges and rewarding with good ones when he uses nice and loving words and is "quick to obey." We try to listen to him and validate his feelings when he says he is mad or when he begins to scream because we have asked him to potty, or something equally unreasonable to him. PRAY FOR US. It would be nice to tip the balance between good and bad days again.
In general, things are well here. We spent a day with the other Ammon family and I got to meet my nephew!!!!! It was fun beyond words to have all our children together. Pictures to come soon...
My mom will be here this week as Christopher heads to the coast for a pre-Stay-at-home-Dad trip. We are looking forward to a week of fun with Nana!
Elias continues to give us a run for our money (as if it has ever been easy) with lots of non-compliance and very disrespectful talking. He's fine as long as we don't require anything of him, like pottying, coming to meal times, going somewhere, or anything else he doesn't want to do. There is quite a lot of verbal abuse on his part, usually yelling and ending in a "I don't love you." We have received LOADS of advice, including ignoring, but this is becoming increasingly difficult. Christopher stays pretty calm, but it's me who is grieving the loss of my sweet little boy and eventually loses it. He has some really great moments...he is so tender and sweet with his little brother and remains constantly concerned about his needs.
We realize this is his way of dealing with his life being flipped upside down in the last couple of months. So, our strategies have been to discipline with losing priviledges and rewarding with good ones when he uses nice and loving words and is "quick to obey." We try to listen to him and validate his feelings when he says he is mad or when he begins to scream because we have asked him to potty, or something equally unreasonable to him. PRAY FOR US. It would be nice to tip the balance between good and bad days again.
In general, things are well here. We spent a day with the other Ammon family and I got to meet my nephew!!!!! It was fun beyond words to have all our children together. Pictures to come soon...
My mom will be here this week as Christopher heads to the coast for a pre-Stay-at-home-Dad trip. We are looking forward to a week of fun with Nana!
Monday, March 1, 2010
lil E update
Ethan has struggled with gaining weight this week which meant we visited our pediatrician a total of four times since last Monday to monitor his progress. Just a little drama for our first week home, complete with varying feeding regimens including pumping first and after, a nipple shield (recommended by lactation consultant and a long story for "offline" if you are interested in details) and increasing feeding frequency. Exhausted would be a good word here to describe how we feel about all this. All the hard work paid off, though, and we are almost back up to birth weight (which babies should be by week 2). Ethan was 8lbs, 3 oz today or 3.71kg. Apparently, newborns should start to gain 20-30 grams a day after day 3. Last Monday, Ethan was 3.59kg, and on Thursday, 3.6kg...a gain of only 10 grams. So, we made some adjustments and on Friday, he was up to 3.62kg, exactly where he should be. We checked again today and finally, in three days, he gained a whopping 95 grams!!! Way to go big boy! You can thank Mommy for her very sore upper chest region and the dark circles under her eyes later. Daddy has helped, too, with a couple of pumped milk bottle feedings to give Mommy a break. We are truly TEAM ETHAN around here and feel like today, we won GOLD in Olympic weight gaining.
Here is one of our favorite latest pics of Ethan. We think he is showing us what his name means...s-t-r-o-n-g.
One step closer and I will knock you out...
I am Ethan the great, see me grow big and strong.
Here is one of our favorite latest pics of Ethan. We think he is showing us what his name means...s-t-r-o-n-g.
One step closer and I will knock you out...
I am Ethan the great, see me grow big and strong.
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