1st Bath!

Ian had his first bath on Thursday night. He's been having gas attacks so he was unhappy when he went into the water. We were hoping that the warm water would make him feel better but it didn't seem to. We got a stern talking to.

Apologies for the brightness of the picture. We're still figuring out the digital camera. We had to get an extra picture of the super cute giraffe towel sent to me by my Fertility Friend shower buddy, Cosmicgirlie.

Feeding continues to be a challenge. His gas pains kept him from feeding as usual, so we were forced to use the S-in-S feeder last night with formula, as we hadn't gotten the pump that Amara sent to us yet. By 10:30 pm, I was very sore and we really needed to pump or feed, so Jon got ready to go to Walmart to get me a manual pump to tide me over. He stepped out on the porch and - voila! - UPS had apparently delivered the pump and put it on our front step instead of inside the covered porch, and without knocking to see if anyone was home *roll eyes*

So the good news is, we got our pump (thanks Amara - it is a huge lifesaver!) I'm still not able to feed Ian myself for whatever reason, but we are pumping and feeding that way, so hopefully our days of formula are over.

The lactation consultant is going to be here soon for our home visit and I'm hoping for some help with feeding, sleeping at night, and gas issues.

The gas keeps him up at night for some reason - it may have been that nasty formula last night - so we are very tired. I do ok with 1-3 hours of sleep at a time, but I need it more often. Jon does better with 4-5 hours at a time, but needs it less often. So we're tag-teaming it for now. I don't know how single parents do it!

We're hanging in there and everyone is doing well :)