Friday, February 11, 2011

One month... already!

Will is one month today! He's in the 95th percentile for height and a
little over 90th for weight. Definitely 100th for adorableness (wink,
wink). Unfortunately his fussiness has gotten progressively worse. I
love his pediatrician though, and at his appointment he was in full-on
fuss mode - I felt bad for him but I was glad she could see it. In a
way I was hoping she'd say he was a normal fussy newborn, but she said
what he's going through is definitely not normal. She spent close to
an hour talking to us and observing Will and although it's hard to
pinpoint what it could be, she thinks it's just an immature digestive
system and not anthing like an allergy to milk. He eats really
aggressively (like his mommy!) and that's probably causing the extreme
gas coupled with the pain of his inability to poop easily on his own
yet. We've got some new bottles and feeding instructions to try to
help him out - we'll see how the next week goes and check back in with
her. The good news? So far, unlike poor Jake at this age, I can
console him if I hold him. That results in not getting anything done
during the day and not the best sleep at night, but boy it makes a
huge difference for me emotionally.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Oh, poor thing. I had no idea. Sounds alot like Ryan. Gas is no laughing matter in babies. Adults...that's another story. I hope you are able to get some rest. Wish I wasn't so far away. Sending hugs. Miss you.

Kathy