Little Mister

Well, our little guy turned 3 weeks old this week!  Which is completely unbelievable...it goes way too fast!  Unfortunately, he has had some trouble starting out.  At his first check up after we were discharged from the hospital he became very jaundiced and had a biliruben level of 20, which is very high.  He had to be in a biliblanket 24/7 for 4 days and was having blood drawn every couple of days to check his levels.  His biliruben level on the fourth day came back as 14.5 so we were thankfully able to take him off of the biliblanket at that time.  Even now (over a week later) the whites of his eyes are still a bit yellow, but that is apparently the last place that the signs of jaundice disappear from.  He has also been having a bit of trouble gaining weight.  At his 3 week check up he was still not back up to his birthweight, but he is only a few oz shy of it at 8 lbs 12 oz.  Now we have to take him in for a weight check next week as well, when he turns one month old, and hopefully he will be past his birthweight by then!  We are nursing like crazy to try to get him to gain (and avoid having to supplement with any formula (which we had to do a few times while he was on the biliblanket to try and get the biliruben out of his system)).  

Other than that, little Kason is doing so, so well!  He is a very laid back baby, much like Fenna was.  He is sleeping 4 to 5 hours during the night, so I am one well rested mama!  Fenna has also been sleeping so well, she is currently going to be around 7:30 every night and usually sleeps through the night!  I'm not sure how I ended up with two AMAZING sleepers, but I am definitely not complaining!  We also have weened Fenna from bottles/formula completely...so glad to be done with that!

David went back to work the second week after Kason was born so it has been a bit challenging taking care of two!  There are definitely difficult moments, but overall it is not as hard as I thought it would be.  This week though I do have my sister staying with me to help out with Fenna so I can focus on making sure that Kason is nursing long enough, which will help him put weight on.

I have been so bad/lazy about taking pictures lately (ain't nobody got time fo' that!), but here are a few shots of the kiddos and our lives lately!