Jack: Two Months

It is so much fun to watch Jack grow. He smiles at his parents and gurgly goos. I haven't been eating anything for a month now. I live mostly off of smoothies and steak. I have tried some bread and ice cream from the Coop, they tasted funny. I've been adding things back in each week, but really you need it all combined to get anything good. The pediatrician finally referred us to the Gastrointerologist group because after all this effort of not eating, nothing has changed significantly.

We went to the GI doc and Jack instantly won over the nurse practitioner. She thought we should try supplementing with formula, she wasn't satisfied with how small he still was. There was some consideration of admitting him to the hospital, but I wasn't down with that, especially since all we were doing was supplementing. I can do that without the assistance of a nurse. I also didn't want to risk my kid getting RSV while in the hospital.

After supplementing for a week we checked back with the GI NP and Jack had gained 13oz in a week!!! Hooray!! We were all so happy including Jack! Apparently he wasn't getting enough food!
He is still small (I think in the 3rd percentile for weight). However, he is growing sufficiently and happy.

Jack's little face lights up when his Daddy comes home from school, he still doesn't really like tummy time and voices his opinion about it the whole time, he still spends a lot of time whacking himself in the face with his hands, but he is getting stronger and can hold his head up for short periods of time, and his parents love him more and more each day!



{for some reason he doesn't like his monthly photo shoots}


{I love rapid fire, I can get all the shots working up to the screaming}