The week in review....July 17-July 24th...

William finally hit the double digits! At 16 weeks of age, he's now 10 pounds, 4 ounces and about 23 and 3/4 inches long! Which means, he's no longer wearing size New Born clothes. He still fits into some, but I retired them all to make way for the size 0-3 month, which are still a tad large on him. But they must be worn before winter comes.

My lactation consultant lent me a ubber-super-mega-mondo breast pump, it's about 38 yrs old and weighs about 40 lbs! I must say though, it's the best pump I've ever had! I've been power-pumping this week to get my supply back up again.

William's new "Snuggle Nest" arrived, equipped with a night light! So far, so good, William seems to be enjoying it and I find a sleep a little better with him in it.

The biggest milestone of the week was when William rolled over! One second, he was on his belly, the next, on his back!



Video below of him rolling over....



William had fun with finger paints this week and hung out with Calvin too!


Misty met William for the first time! She really has a way with babies! He was captivated by her too! He even "high fived" her....

And Marlene paid him another visit.
He's also getting very good at holding up his head!
All and all, it was a very productive and exciting week! I wonder what next week will bring?

Frogger fun!

Just for giggles! Enjoy!

(The frogger paci has a mind of its own...enjoy the tale!)

Hey! Hey you! WAKE UP!

Ha Ha I'm on your head!

Come on lil' dude, play with me!

Hey! Pssst! I'm your paci! Let's play!

Please...wake up!!!!

Come on! I'm your paci lil' man!

Hey, now I'm over here...waaaay over here!

Yes! Yes! The eyes are open!

You're more alert! Now...bite me!

What???!! Thou shalt have NO other paci's before me!!!

Okay, so let's try this again...

Oh no! That impostor paci is back!

Shoo! Shoooo impostor paci!

Ah, just me, now he has to suck on me!!!!

Oh come on!!!!!

Third time is a charm! Look, he's happy to see me!

Wait...what? Who the hell are you?

Look! He's protesting your presence! Scram puppy-paci!

I said Shoo, you mangy mutt!

Don't make me beg!

Okay, okay, I'm begging...please ignore him lil' dude!

No! NO! NO!!!! Don't do it! Don't do it! PLEASE!!!

Put that thing down! Put it down! Do not put it into your mouth! I'm mean it!!!

Hey, I'm not saying it again...put down the puppy paci this instant!

Oh the frogmanity!

Tales, from the titty...

I met with a lactation consultant yesterday. She lent me a super-ubber-mega-mondo-pump, I do believe that is its given name. It's about 35+ years old and weighs about 40 lbs...amazingly, it's the best pump I've ever used. My supply dipped last week so I'm 'power pumping' today with super-ubber-mega-mondo-pump and it's going very well thus far.

It appears William has a 'high' palate and a lazy tongue. His suck...sucks. LOL...pun intended. He sees the Ear Nose and Throat DR next week and I need him to perform a 'suck test' on William, so we're not out of the woods yet.

However I'm pleased to report my blisters have healed and there's minimal to no pain now while feeding him, which is wonderful! We're still struggling with side feeding in bed. Some nights are okay, some nights, ouch...not so much. But it's all going well, little one managed to gain 1 lb in a week last week! He's finally out of size "new born" clothes :-( and is wearing his 0-3 month outfits.

I read an interesting local article the other day (http://www.wlwt.com/news/24301209/detail.html) I must say it's amazing in this day and age that people are still afraid and offended by breastfeeding mothers. As a friend of mine said today, 'we ARE mammals' after all. Not only should women feel free to breastfeed in public, but they shouldn't feel compelled to 'have to' cover up or hide in a bathroom or even move to a less busy area. I see women in 'hooter hiders' all over town, and there's nothing wrong with it. I've seen women without them, feeding their child, and I still see nothing wrong with it.

With every passing week I hope my 'tales from the titty' get better. We'll see what the Dr said next week about 'the suck'. Until then, I have super-ubber-mega-mondo-pump to keep me company.

Making co-sleeping a lot easier...

I got my Snugglenest today! (Thank you SO MUCH Joyce and Sylvia!) I hope this makes the co sleeping much easier. I'll rest more soundly knowing he's safer and it even has a night light! Woo hoo! It also closes up like a little suitcase for traveling, which is nice.

Of course in order to feed him I need to remove him from the 'nest' and usually in the "late" mornings, from 5am-6 or 7am, he likes to sleep with his head 'on' me...he sleeps more soundly longer that way. I hope he likes it!

The dogs seemed really interested...

It folds up for easy use ;-)

Brady is giving it the sniff-inspection

Fits snuggly! Just need to insert the boy now...

The day of milestones! Double digits and rolling over...

Talk about "Roll Tide!" My future Bama alumnist rolled over today for the very first time!

First thing is first...last night he started to wiggle and jiggle like a flopping fish on the changing table, with an adorable look on his face...he was having fun. We captured some of it on video but by the time I got the camera he was tired of having fun.

Today....he reached a major milestone. He's in...the double digits. Yes, he's finally 10 pounds! 10 pounds 4 ounces to be exact. It's wonderful, and a little sad at the same time...he's not a wee little guy anymore and now I have to retire all of his size New Born clothes, but he's wearing one in today's pictures that's still large on him, go figure.

He's 23.75 inches long and is still in the third percentile for his age...but is doing great on breast milk and supplemental formula. As of today he's 16 weeks old..or just shy of 9 weeks adjusted.

He finally LOVES his bouncy seat! So naturally we neglected to turn it off and the four size D batteries died...ugh.

As for his second milestone, without warning, he just rolled over today...and I missed it. He was on his belly, I turned to get the camera, four seconds later, he was off the mat, lying on his back! Wow! I was not expecting that! Thankfully, he did it again for me and that time I was able to video tape it! And then I took a couple of pictures.... ;-)

I do hope you enjoy his documented journey. I'm so grateful that I was here to witness it...even if I did miss the first one...at least I was there for the second and third one!
















Below is a video of him rolling over...ENJOY!

To see the video of him flopping like a fish...click here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcjer7mnHSY