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Sitting here holding my little snuggle bug, I probably should be taking a nap right now but can’t really so I though I would (finally) post for you. Alex is 11 days old already I can hardly believe it. We are doing pretty well considering we are still kinda getting used to each other. He has FINALLY somewhat gotten the nursing thing down. We had kinda a rough start.
In the hospital I don’t think his sucking reflex was fully developed because he wouldn’t suck on ANYTHING (bottle, finger, nipple shield, me, anything 🙁 ) The first few days the only way we could get anything in him was by syringe feeding him, but even then that wasn’t working so well. On Saturday night we finally got him to suck on a bottle, and we nearly jumped for joy. So for the first week my day consisted of trying to get him to nurse for about 10-20 minutes frustrating both of us and making Alex just mad. After trying every time he got hungry Jason or I would give him a bottle of my milk, and then I would pump for 20 minutes to have milk to feed him next time. Needless to say this got extremely tiring especially at night! After a couple of nights we figured out a more reasonable schedule for all of us 🙂 Then 2 days ago I tried nipple shields and he actually totally nursed and was satisfied from me. At some point I would like to wean him off the shields, but for now I am just relishing it!
Alex is really a pretty good baby (so far anyway) He doesn’t fuss too much, unless we give him a bath or let him go too long, but he does have his days and nights mixed up. There have been a couple of nights where he woke up every single hour. Those were rough. But Jason is awesome. I get up with him during the night because of nursing, then since Jason works evenings, I wake him up about 7 am and he takes over while I go sleep till I wake up. Since I still pump some as well, Jason can give him a bottle anytime he is hungry while I sleep. I am sure this isn’t a long term solution, but for now it works well because both mommy and daddy feel rested!
Ok now on to the stuff you really want to see… the pictures…
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Alexander Jayce at 1 day old
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Alexander Jayce at 1 week old
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He does open his eyes!!!!
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Sleeping like an angel, must be day time…
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Tiny little footsy
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Tiny little hand
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Baby feet!!!
