1 month old

Friday the 13th was lucky for Truman because he turned 1 month old! Our appointment at the pediatrician went well, and we found out Truman's growing great. He weighed 7 pounds at birth, had dropped at 6 lbs 6 oz in the hospital, was 6 lbs 10 oz at our followup pedi appointment, and was 7 lbs 10 oz at his month appointment. She was very pleased with a pound in 3 weeks. She told us (me) that we could start relaxing on waking Truman to eat all the time. I enjoyed sleeping 6 hours straight last night! I feel a ton better because of it! Truman's been struggling with breastfeeding and our pediatrician told me it probably is because he's not hungry every 3 hours, and we need to wait longer. Sure enough, she was right, and already he nursed better last evening than the whole month combined!

I continue to be a dairy farm and have been working hard to keep my crazy milk supply in check. I've had mastitis once and thrush once, so hoping to keep the ta tas reigned in and calmed down. After feeding Truman, I'm pumping between 24-30 oz a day. I plan to donate to the milk bank again, like I did with the boys.

Look for year in review pics of the boys and an update on me soon! Happy 1 month, Truman!

Truman

I have been the worst mom ever. Is this how it always is for the 3rd kid?!? I wanted to post a few hospital pics here of Truey to remember the day...he's almost 1 month old! These pictures are from the surgery. I went to the OB today and will update you soon about what we found out.

the tader tot

Some pictures of the tader tot at 28 weeks. He looks like Summy in the eyes and nose, (and has his ginormous head) and looks a lot like Jack in the lips/chin. (And has his super long legs and fingers.)





He's measuring big... like they estimated 3 lbs 4 oz. Eek.

so sweet

Summy and Jack have been so sweet to the baby. I have to write some of the things down now so I don't forget...

Both of them have been kissing my belly and they think that in order to talk to their brother, they have to talk into my belly button.
Both love to sing songs with their mouths pressed to my belly.
Jack has decided he will do all the feeding bottles, and Summy will carry the baby everywhere.
Both have asked if the baby can sleep in their beds, and someday sleep in their bunk beds with them.
They will take a sibling care class in a few weeks, and both of them are so excited!

I know it'll be tough, especially for Jack, when the baby comes because it'll be another person to share our attention. I can't wait to see how great they are at being big brothers!

baby news!

Things have been going well this pregnancy. I will freely admit that the anxiety has increased as I get closer to the 28w mark, which is when I had the first bleed with the boys. Last evening and all through today I've had some cramping/pain, but I'm just taking it easy, and pretty sure it's because the baby is so active and everything's spreading out to make room for him to grow!

His measurements looked great, if not slightly ahead of schedule. He's got really long arms! He's also extremely active...I've been feeling kicks since 17 weeks!

We were both shocked that "he" was not a "she." For some reason we'd both had a feeling it was a girl this time around, but we've both really warmed up to the idea of another boy...we sure know how to handle boys already!

A slight pang of fear over autism/sensory issues/etc. also haunted me, but I've tried to put it out of my mind.

So...another boy for us!