ROLLING OVER!

James rolled over for the first time last night from his belly to his back! He's trying really hard on the back to the belly but that is MUCH harder, he's getting halfway though! I'm so excited and proud of him! A whole new world is about to open up!

Update

I"m so terrible at updating this thing. I'm going to try harder though.

Well James is huge now.. he's over 12 lbs, so we got his crib and put it together and he will be moving to his own room shortly.... WAHHHHHHHHH I don't want him out of my room just yet, but he can't fit in his bassinet for much longer. Big boy that he is! I will miss him being in our bedroom, however I get to access my closet a little easier so that's always nice ;)

We are still looking for someone to watch him when I go back to work, so while you're praying say one for us. I need to go back to work (for many different reasons) so we really need someone to watch him!

He is doing real well, he's eating better and keeping it down a lot better... He is also starting to go a lot longer between feedings at night and pretty much sleeping through the night! He started that at about 6 weeks old! WOOO HOOO!

Check out this video of him moving around... he's getting more and more coordinated!

http://s15.photobucket.com/albums/a372/heartofthelioness/James/videos/?action=view&current=025.flv

Yay for Sleep!

I got to sleep last night! I feel so great! James slept from 8 until 1 and then went back to sleep around 3 until 7! He really went about 5- 5 1/2 hours per feeding. It looks like to me that sleeping through the night is just around the bend! WOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOO!I feel great today, I don't think I'll even need to take a nap! Now if we can get him to go to bed a little earlier it will be nice because once I go back to work we will be getting up at a quarter to 4 because his babysitter (that we hope will have her day care up... last I heard she was waiting on one kid... we'll see, I call her today) is kind of out of the way of work, and it takes him FOREVER to get ready to get out of the house.

His rash is looking TONS better. The sore on it is gone, it's just red and I'm confident that will be gone fairly soon.

We also did 3 week old pictures last week and I finally figured out how to put them on here. So here they are, I think they turned out so good! The last one is my absolute favorite!

Fussy Babies

Fussy babies are ROUGH to deal with. Which is why I haven't updated recently. I'm now doing this by myself, my mom is back home, my husband is back to work so it's just me and James. And while I LOVE my son, don't get me wrong... it's very tiring, I get very little sleep and I can't wait until daddy comes home and I can pass him off for a few minutes of peace.

Anyway on Monday I called the dr back about James' rash. They finally got back to me Monday afternoon and told me to make an appt on Wednesday. SO yesterday I called and made the appt and we went in. His dr saw him this time (the other two times he was on vacation and we were seeing his partners) and prescribed two different creams to be put on 3 times a day for a week. I'm praying this works... we've been through so much with that little tushy!

I also exchanged some of the things we got from when James was a girl. (See our first ultrasound said we were having a girl, we were later told, IT'S A BOY! I had already had one baby shower for a girl) I visited the consignment shop with some items that stores wouldn't take back and hopefully we'll get some good store credit for when James gets a bit bigger and we need more clothes! (right now he has a TON and I'm not sure he will ever wear it all!)

I've put him to sleep for the 100th million time today... pray that he sleeps at least an hour for me... ahhhhh an hour's sleep sounds so wonderful.

And for the record, anyone who has twins, triplets or any more than that... my heart goes out to you, you are a STRONG woman! Keep it up! Better than I am for sure... I'm going crazy with just the little boy!

Another Fun Day Out

So yesterday we took James out for the first time without taking him to the dr first. He went to visit mommy and daddy's work for Employee Appreciation Day. It was so neat to see all the people go gaga over such a cute little boy! He was certainly a sensation and everyone was impressed with how smart he is! Totally awake and aware of what was going on (of course he was! We had just changed his diaper and we know how much he hates that!) It was fun to show him off :)

We also figured out something last night... James does not like to sleep without sound. He has to have some kind of noise (TV, radio, people talking, kids screaming etc) in order for him to STAY asleep. I have now taken to streaming live KLOVE (a Christian radio station) during the night to keep James from waking up. So far its worked, he woke to eat (which is why I'm up this early LOL) and went back to sleep (I always wait 15-20 min after he goes to sleep before I go to bed, nothing like getting comfortable and a baby waking back up LOL)

Saturday we go to get our first family pictures done. I'm so excited! Then I can get his birth announcements put together as well! Wooohoo!

Diaper Rash Solved

James IS allergic to Huggies FOR SURE... those are the ones he got the rash in and definitely allergic to White Cloud... from the dr and all that we're thinking it's the dyes in the diapers... SO our two options are Seventh Generation or Cloth... we're giving Seventh Generation a shot for now. I know when I go back to work I would have a hard time keeping up with the cloth diapers so they are our last resort.
She (the dr) sent us down the the NICU for their diaper rash solution. It's a 3 fold solution, a cleanser, a moisturizer and then the oinment itself. We also are not to use wipes on his tush right now.. ONLY cotton balls. So it takes us about 5 minutes each diaper change... which means I am getting peed on A LOT. LOL
HOWEVER in just one day the rash is down to half it's size and he's looking much better. We will stick with Seventh Generation diapers and keep up with the rash regimen until there is absolutely NO red on that bottom!
The cool thing was when they weighed him last appt (5 days ago) he weighed 8 lbs even... yesterday when they weighed him he weighed 9 lbs even... A WHOLE POUND in 5 days! That is totally insane! He is eating A LOT! My little piggy :) Dr said he was looking good in the weight gain dept and seems to be going through a growth spurt.

Diaper Rash

My poor baby boy. We've been trying this stuff for his rash since the dr gave it to us last Thursday... at first I thought it was getting better... now I'm thinking it's really not. I found a bit of blood on a clean diaper of his and it's really got me worried. Since the dr said if ANYTHING gets worse on his rash to get him in, I will be calling their office when they open at 7:30 and getting him an appt!

I feel so bad for my little guy... :( I can really tell he's hurting everytime I change his diaper. It was getting so much better and then it took a sudden change for the worse. I feel like such a bad mommy... I just don't even KNOW how this rash happened. He's so little...

I keep praying for him... he hurts so bad... he's been fussy all night and I just can't blame him one bit. Hopefully they'll make me an appt that I can make it to (will take us an hour and a half to get there at the earliest) and we'll figure something out for the poor guy.