3 Months

It's been awhile since I last updated...sorry! Life happened. :) Davis is 3 months old now! His reflux (and feeding) is still a nightmare, and he still wakes up no less than twice every night. Other than that, everything is great! He's much more content, and alert. Just this week he has started using his hands purposefully to touch toys (and already has his favorites) and grabbed his foot once. When he grabbed his foot, he looked at me like, "what the heck...do you see this ma? now wha-do-i-do?" It was really cute. He's very smiley, and LOVES the excersaucer. Yes, I know he's a tad too young for it, but he loves it. We have to put a blanket behind him, but he stands, and even "bounces." This is where he was when he started actually playing with toys. I use the word "playing" very loosely. He just touches and makes the lights/sounds "go" or swats the ones that hang. It's a start. My mom said "he'll be grown before we know it." She's right.

The physical and occupational therapists still say he doesn't need therapy. Yay! He does, however need speech therapy. Go figure...driving me nuts! His feeding is HORRIBLE! He cannot suck. We've been working on it since we came home from the hospital. We now have a dietician we see monthly. The reflux is mostly to blame. When he came home from the hospital, he was eating 3-4 ounces every 3 hours. That was fantastic. However, he still only eats 3-4 ounces every 3 hours. He's much more active, and is now loosing weight. The actual number hasn't gone down, but it hasn't gone up in almost a month either. Doctors say that if the number for a baby doesn't go up, they are losing weight. We have an appointment with a pediatric GI specialist this coming Thursday (22nd). Then we will have a plan...a better plan. He already takes Prevacid and Zantac, both twice a day. Poor baby. All the things we worried about the last 4 months of pregnancy have been non-issues. It's the other stuff...

Many of you still frequently ask how you can continue to pray for us. (Thank you!!) Specific prayer requests:
- His head. So far, still no need for a shunt, but always a possibility.
- His bowel and bladder function...normal right now, but can change at any time as he grows.
- His feeding.
- His parents with regards to his feeding. *sigh*
- Reflux
- His sleeping (or lack-of) - and his mama's sanity!

And now...the only reason any of you check this thing! 26 pictures!! That should satisfy grandparents and Aunt Sha for a day or two at least! :)

Father's Day!

You probably can't really tell because of the watermark, but I love the way he's looking at his daddy here.

Clearly he was through with my photoshoot. :)

Watching baseball. The sock hands...sometimes he tries to suck his thumbs (really, just wants to suck something, and the thumbs are the easiest). When he's persistent, we put the socks on his hands and a paci in his mouth, and he's a happy camper. He doesn't need the socks anymore...thank goodness.

Always happy when he thinks he's going to get in the car.

I got out of the shower one morning and found them both asleep in the floor and D was holding B's pinky finger. He moved about the time I took the picture. So sweet.

Brandon made this onsie. If you can't read it, it says: "Davis Brown's Organic Fertilizer." He's so funny. Given the amount of poo he produces, this is perfect.

Something was clearly, too funny.

Remember this onsie? B made it too.

"Did you see that call daddy? Unbelievable." (They really were watching baseball!)

His first 4th of July. We didn't go see a big firework show this year, but the neighbors behind our house had a pretty darn good one. He watched...briefly.

FINALLY getting to meet Uncle Matt!!

And, clearly he was very comfortable. He loved Matt. :) Good thing. Yes, he's holding the top of Matt's shirt. He does that. He has to have something to hold. And, look at that sweet little foot!

Two sweet boys! I love these 2 boys more than anything! Look at sweet Cannon. He really does love baby "Da-Da" (pronounced like Da, as in DAvis).

While Matt and Vasha were here, she took the night shift! When he woke up, she fed him and held him upright (reflux) for 30 mins, I pumped. It was a great system! I decided I need a night nurse. Having her to do that cut my "middle of the night awake time" down from 2 hours, to just an hour...ish...each time.

Sweet, sleeping baby!

Meeting Uncle Jerry

He's a tough nut to crack when he's tired...but we got a smile!

I love that he thinks I'm so funny! It will change soon enough, I know.

Still thinking mama's hilarious!

He's growing into his Ranger's hats!

First time to go to Daddy's golf course! It was outside, so he loved it!

But, more than anything, he loved the ride in the cart! Trust me...he really did love it.

Stay Tuned...

I know...I know...I'm working on it! Stay tuned! I WILL put up a post FULL of pictures and an update either Friday or Saturday...I PROMISE! I can't seem to find the time to clean the bathrooms, let along blog! If Davis will ever start sleeping in a somewhat consistent manner, I'll have more time! In the meantime, acid reflux, feeding, and sleeping issues aside, we are great!! He's 3 months old today!! I'll be back in a few days!

Walk-N-Roll

https://spinabifidant.myetap.org/fundraiser/WalkNRoll/team.do?participationRef=3676.0.22838310

While I try to figure out why this won't work, click the link above. Ali and I are walking for our boys and raising money for the Spina Bifida Association of North Texas. You can click the link above to find our teams page to donate or find more information. If you want to walk with us, that's great! We would love to have you. Ali is working on a t-shirt for us to wear that day. It's going to be so much fun. It's only 1/2 a mile so just about anyone should be able to join us. Thanks in advance for you love and support!

(I'll be back later in the weekend with pictures!)

2 Months

So, I'm a week late...but we took the picture on the right day! At 2 months, he weighs 11 pounds, 8 ounces; and is 22 1/4 inches long. It doesn't sound like much until you think about the fact that just 2 months ago, he only weighed 5 pounds, 14 ounces. :) We got a new reflux medicine. Now he takes one in the morning and a different one at night. The new one hasn't really started working well yet, but it does seem to be helping some. We'll see. They said it could take up to a month to see full effects. They also have us adding a little bit of rice cereal into his bottles to weigh it down so maybe it won't reflux back up so easily. For the record...we only add a couple of teaspoons of cereal to the bottles. He doesn't realize it's in there, there are no chuncks, and it isn't any thicker, just heavier. We don't want him to think it's in there...food goes on spoons, not in bottles. In a few weeks she said we could start giving him cereal by spoon (about a month before typically recommended) because he's already smacking his lips and acting like he wants food, and because it will help with his reflux. We shall see. On his 2 month birthday he moved from the pack-n-play in our room, to the crib in his room. He doesn't notice the difference. Such an easy transition. One down, many to go. He still thinks he needs to eat EVERY.THREE.HOURS around the clock. The pediatrician said to start making him wait until 4 hours during the day, and start cutting out the night feeding. The four hours work OK yesterday, but fat chance on the no middle of the night feeding. We're slowly cutting that one out...one ounce at a time. Other than the reflux, and feeding issues, everything is great! Here, see for yourselves!

At his 2 month appointment, he got 3 "needles" and 1 oral vaccine. I've never seen him cry like he did when she poked him with those needles...but...I didn't cry. The nurse was suprised. She said "most first timers cry." I told her I was just so happy he could feel them! :) From December - April we worried that he might not walk, now we celebrate when he gets shots...taking nothing for granted.

He was not at all impressed with our photoshoot.

Talking to Mama.

Brandon has started early...raising him right. :) He really does watch the tv when baseball is on.

I found this Monday night when I got out of the shower.

I found this Tuesday night when I got out of the shower. :)

I started back to work this week (the 14th). It was a LONG week. Brandon found this when he got out of the shower Thursday. :)

He LOVES Popper. In his worst mood, he will sit just like this with Popper.

Aunt Sha is practicing...she's babysitting while I work the first week of July. Does she look excited?!

My parents have this big sink in their laundry room. Perfect baby bathtub. Granpa bathed him, diapered him, and dressed him. He's getting good.

Davis LOVES bath time. Thank goodness!

Finally! I caught one on camera! Actually, I caught 4. Look at the next few pictures...he was sitting in my mom's lap, and my dad was standing behind her talking.

Look...he has my dimples! Brandon has one too.

You can almost "hear" this one! :)

Then he decided to talk to us.

Then he let us know he was done.

"No more smiling until the camera is gone."

Look how blue his eyes are! Yay!

The End.

Another Random Picture Post

I really don't have much to report. That's good...things are good! :) Yay! D has his 2 month check-up tomorrow morning. Lot's of shots. I havn't told him yet. Hopefully we can get some different medicine for his reflux and he'll start feeling better! Here is the last week in pictures. They still all look the same, but oh well.

He's been talking a lot more. Especially when we put him down on his back and sit with him.

Last Saturday night/Sunday morning I didn't sleep at all. Not one minute. D was up crying/spitting up, and eating ALL.NIGHT.LONG. He would eat one ounce, cry, spit it all up, cry some more, and about 45 mins later, we'd start all over. It was a long, horrible night. When B got home from work Sunday morning, he said he'd handle everything after he mowed the yard. About that time, D went to sleep (finally!). So, I wrote a note so B would know what time he last ate, and to please wake me up so I could pump. Then, I couldn't figure out where to stick it where he would definitely see it. Perfect place! :) Hey, the baby was asleep, and I hadn't been in over 24 hours. I was taking advantage!

Crazy eyes, but a half smile!

I love this one!

More talking.

"OK daddy...that's enough."

This morning he was smiling, kicking, rolling, and talking for a long time.

Another half smile. We were talking to Aunt Sha on skype. (After his diaper blowout.)

This one is fuzzy, but look at that grin!

More crazy eyes. It looks like he was falling asleep, but he wasn't. He was trying to look out the window (and blink at the same time).

He'll be 2 months old Monday! And, I have to go back to work. *sigh* I'll do a 2 month post Monday night and add his stats from tomorrow. His head is great, and so is his development. Keep praying!