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Thursday, September 13, 2007
The Hosea Show!
Posted by Matt
That's right, at least for the time being The Scot Vet is going to be replaced by the Hosea show, all Hosea, all the time! I apologize in advance to those of you who can't stand when new parents suddenly can speak of nothing but their kid, but this is our only method for the next few days of getting pics of the little bugger back to family in the States, so please bear with us for a bit. For those of you who just want more cuteness, the man of the hour won't disappoint!
Today was a reasonably happy and sleepy day. We're starting to figure out what makes him happy and what upsets him. Also, he's started eating in a more serious manner, which may be the biggest difference from yesterday to today.
Jeni is doing great as well. She's getting more mobile with each hour that goes by. I think she even managed to get a few hours sleep in today as I took Hosea out of the room and walked him up and down the hall, or read a book while sitting in the quiet room with him asleep. I'm just shy of halfway through A Prayer for Owen Meany which I'm loving, even though for the first half of the day he only let me read a paragraph at a time.
Any fans of baby feet out there? Hosea's got some pretty cute ones. They're ticklish, too!
The biggest thing we've been dealing with for the last two days is feeding this little guy. Jeni hasn't had the best luck breast-feeding so far, but also by no means near the worst. Her milk has been slow to come in, a problem only compounded by the fact that with his size comes a serious appetite. He's also a bit tongue-tied which makes it difficult for him to latch on correctly. At about four in the morning last night, after being awake and angry for hours I'm told, he got the shakes pretty bad from lack of sugar so we started supplementing Jeni's feeding with formula. The above picture shows me feeding him from a little cup, which interferes less with his learning to nurse than a bottle would. He's taken to eating really well, and the midwives think Jeni should have no problem over the next week or two phasing out the formula and feeding him all herself.
And the best part is that a full baby is a happy, snugly baby:
Today was a reasonably happy and sleepy day. We're starting to figure out what makes him happy and what upsets him. Also, he's started eating in a more serious manner, which may be the biggest difference from yesterday to today.
Jeni is doing great as well. She's getting more mobile with each hour that goes by. I think she even managed to get a few hours sleep in today as I took Hosea out of the room and walked him up and down the hall, or read a book while sitting in the quiet room with him asleep. I'm just shy of halfway through A Prayer for Owen Meany which I'm loving, even though for the first half of the day he only let me read a paragraph at a time.
Any fans of baby feet out there? Hosea's got some pretty cute ones. They're ticklish, too!
The biggest thing we've been dealing with for the last two days is feeding this little guy. Jeni hasn't had the best luck breast-feeding so far, but also by no means near the worst. Her milk has been slow to come in, a problem only compounded by the fact that with his size comes a serious appetite. He's also a bit tongue-tied which makes it difficult for him to latch on correctly. At about four in the morning last night, after being awake and angry for hours I'm told, he got the shakes pretty bad from lack of sugar so we started supplementing Jeni's feeding with formula. The above picture shows me feeding him from a little cup, which interferes less with his learning to nurse than a bottle would. He's taken to eating really well, and the midwives think Jeni should have no problem over the next week or two phasing out the formula and feeding him all herself.
And the best part is that a full baby is a happy, snugly baby:
:: Cheers, Matt, 9:33 PM