First Trip to the ER

Its been a rough 24 hours...thats for sure. Last night brody was getting more and more congested and as you know, at this age they cant take medication. so pretty much your stuck to home remedies to help them. We were suctioning his nose, beating on his back trying to loosen him up, standing over boiling water to try to break up the congestion...and nothing was helping. Finally about 11:00 last night he was getting to the point that his lungs were caving in, because he was trying so hard to breathe... so we took him to the ER. After a few breathing treatments and getting his nose suctioned out with a high power suction, he really wasnt any better, so they decided to admit him to the hospital. They monitored his breathing all day and kept a close eye on his oxygen levels. He apparently has a virus called RSV...and he wasnt the only baby at the hospital with that virus. its pretty common at this time of year, but babies have a REALLY hard time with it because they cant breathe through their mouths like we can, so when their nose gets clogged up, they feel like they are suffocating. Anyways, the virus normally lasts at least 2 weeks so hes definitely not out of the woods yet. they told us just to bring him back to the ER if he has anymore trouble. so we are home now and hes doing pretty good. Its pretty pitiful to see your little baby in a hospital room hooked up to all sorts of machines.....but he did look really cute in his miniature hospital gown:)

First Cold:(

my poor baby has his first cold:( its so pitiful! Brian has it too...we tried to keep him away from daddy as much as possible, but he got it anyway.we took him to the doctor yesterday to make sure he was ok. his lungs are clear and he doesnt have an ear infection, so thats good! hopefully it wont last long! there is something SO sad about hearing your little baby cough.

Smiles:)

Brody has started smiling so much! its adorable!itscrazy how much one little smile can melt my heart. i love it!

Sleepless nights

well i was waiting to write so i didnt jinx myself. but apparently it didnt help! Brody slept 5-6 hours at night for a week straight! i was so excited..i thought this was the end of my sleepless nights! but the past 3 nights hes back to his old routine of sleeping 2-3 hours at a time...uggg. i was reading in my "baby wise" book that at 6 weeks babies go through another growth spurt and may need to be fed more often. Brody starting waking up more at night at exactly 6 weeks old....so im hoping after this little growth spurt is over, he will back to sleeping good again! oh well, it was good while it lasted! its so amazing that 5-6 hours is considered sleeping good to me!

brodys one month appt.

Today was Brody's one month appointment. its hard to believe hes been in our lives one month already. ANd its hard to believe its been a month since ive slept more than 2 hours at a time!:) Brody apparently had huge growth spurt this week....he gained 10 oz. so now he is 9 lbs 12 oz. hes changing so much already and getting so much bigger every day!

Weight check

We went back in to check Brody's weight today. and hes only half an ounce away from his birth weight! i guess im just not making enough milk for this hungry little monster:)i hate using formula...but hopefully we wont have to use it too much longer!

Back to the Doctor

We went back to the dr. today and brody has gained almost 3 oz. Praise the Lord! we are going to stick with feeding some formula until hes back up to his birth weight.