Week 2

Week 2- 1/24-1/30

How big- At the weight check on Tuesday we are up 8oz in 4 days!!!!!! 6lbs12oz. Go Sammy (and mom &dad too) for the hard work.

Clothing size- newborn

Eating-  We have now moved to supplementing each feed with 1oz of formula or breast milk pumped in a bottle rather then using the syringe or SNS pump (biggest pain in the a$$). I may have contemplated throwing it outside and hiding it in the 10 foot snow pile at the end of the driveway. We are feeding every 2.5-3 hours.

Sleep- we are getting better developing his schedule. He will sleep better at night now and I am having to wake him up to eat rather than him waking me up wide eyed and bushy tailed like what we had happening last week.

Movement- Sam LOVES to have his hands in the way every single chance he can get. He grabs everything, pulls at all the things, and is kicking those long legs all day long (yes even in his sleep)!

Milestones- Gaining 8oz in 4 days. I am sorry to keep focusing on the eating/feeding/and weight numbers but it is a HUGE deal to us.

Hardest Moment- when we (yes it was a joint decision) to get rid of the SNS pump and introduce the bottle to Sammy. This was something I didn’t want to do and kept sticking to my gun that we were not going to “give in” and use a bottle. After watching my little man get so upset and anxious with inserting a “foley like tube” into his mouth to fake him out while he would pull it out himself every time about at least 10 times each feed, we had to develop a better option.

Best Moment- we joke as parents that we will joke about this when Sammy is a teenager, a grown up, and when he brings his future wife home. We had to tape the pump to my camera tripod so it would hang to gravity to allow the formula to go down the tube. I couldn’t keep it close or in his sight because he would pull it out and grab at it. Poor guy hated that thing as much as we did so we know that this son is a Cirillo since he had the same thoughts as us. If you all could only see us taping a pump contraption to a tripod to trick him out that the pump was not being used. We have one smart and observant kid on our hands here!

Highlights- sorry to focus on the numbers and feeding again but my little peanut gained 8oz in 4 days. For this, I am proud of Mom, Dad, and Sammy.