1 month old

I can't believe Ross is 1 month today. This month has flown by. I'm still waiting for his sleeping to be "normal" and by normal I mean for him to sleep by himself...not wake up when we put him down.

Alex still loves his brother and tries to help burp him. Alex loves holding Ross and he's a wonderful big brother.

Birth Announcement pictures

So I got the announcements in today so I'll post the 3 pictures I used. Patrick will mail them out tomorrow :)

Strep Throat

For the 2nd time since Ross was born, Alex has fever. I can't recall if I posted about it, but on Mother's Day Alex had fever. It turned out to be a 24 hour thing and he was fine later on that day.

Today Alex had fever and it was climbing after medicine. He threw up, refused to drink and eat, and even refused a freezy pop. So I called the dr., went in, and he has strep throat.

They gave him a shot of penicillin in his leg and said he'd be so much better within 12 hours. So it's 6 hours after the shot and 2 pukes later his temp is 99.4 and he ate a waffle and didn't throw up.

Last night, Ross was not content to sleep by himself. From 2am until 6am when Alex came in our room, Ross was on me sleeping. Every time I would put him down he'd fuss and whine or cry. Patrick and I are exhausted and I hope tonight is better but I fear it won't be. Ross slept almost the entire day and I really really hope Alex doesn't get sick tonight (i.e. puke in bed). At least we have spare sheets.

oh, and Ross's umbilical stump fell off today. Alex's stayed on forever...I think it was close to 5 weeks before it fell off.

How do the boys compare?

I found it so interesting how different newborn Alex was compared to Ross. Though they look alike, their personalities are so different. Here's a little break down.

Alex/Ross

didn't mind diaper changes/screams during diaper changes

ate like a champ/ eats like a bird

loved the bouncy chair/loves the swing

liked baths/screams during baths

slept well at night/has reflux so we have to keep him sitting in his carrier

could put him down and do things/wants to be held all the time

I realize the Ross side may seem negative but I don't intend it to be. I just can't believe how extremely different they are. I love my Ross and he's a little cuddle bug.

Teaser Pictures

Since no photographers that I use had openings this week, I took it upon myself to do my own newborn pictures. 3 pictures will be on the birth announcements (they're on order). These pictures didn't make the cut, but they're a cute teaser. After the announcements go out I'll post the pics!

PICTURES!

My Mother's Day bouquet. The purple irises were in my wedding bouquet!
Fruit arrangement sent from one of Patrick's ships.
My boys!
My beautiful grandmother :)

Happy Mother's Day to me

Alex woke up with a low grade fever. Shortly after, he threw up. Thankfully it has seemed to subside and he's acting normal but he's very mischevious. I guess that can be attributed to Ross as well.

Ross is doing good...during the day. Seems that he has no concept of nighttime. For him to sleep, either Patrick or I have to be holding him. During the day he sleeps for a few hours at a time without being held. He'll sleep in the playpen, swing, or vibrating chair. At night we've tried all of the previously mentioned things and he's not having it. So, we have taken to sleeping in our recliner. I'll take one shift...usually 3-4 hours, Patrick will take another 3-4 hours.

Alex was so different so we're trying each night to figure out what kinds of trick will work to get him to sleep. We've also added a vibrating element under the co-sleeper to see if that would work. It seemed to work for 30 minutes or so.

Tonight we may try to turn on the bedroom lights and TV to see if that will work.

Ross was born on 4/29

http://babynoble1.shutterfly.com/ross after you view these pictures, at the top click "What's New" and there's more.

Enjoy the pictures of our new addition!

My water broke around 5:30am on Friday, April 29th. 3 hours later, at 8:42 am, Ross Lucien was born. He was 8 lbs 14.5 oz, 19 inches long.

I was due May 15 and had a scheduled c-section for May 11. Ross was born at 37 weeks, 5 days.