Three months old
Today marks three months since William's birth and if we were not so worn out, we would surely reflect even more on the wonder of his life so far.
We are tired because his feeding is a major problem at the moment. He has started to refuse feeds by bottle or breast which leaves us the option of the nasogastric tube only. He has been vomiting a fair bit as well.
A typical night entails starting a feed at 10:00pm and then stopping the pump just before eleven, up again at 1:00am then stopping the pump at two before yet another feed at 4:00am stopping the pump at five then up at six to shower, dress and get the other kids sorted before racing off to work. There are usually one or two extra wake ups to clean up vomits.
Liza and I are taking turns to attend to William as needed through the wee hours for a couple of nights while the other sleeps downstairs to get some rest and rejuvenation.
William has become quite a vomitty baby (I'm sure that word doesn't exist but it should) He has some reflux which is contributing to his vomiting and seemed to be causing him pain to swallow. We started him on some Losec and discovered that the granules do not fit down a size 5 nasogastric tube. His tube has been changed a few times this week.
On top of everything, the entire family has had symptoms of a viral infection. William and I are the best off so far. Liza, 'Liv and Tom are croaky and feverish. Liza is also still expressing breast milk for William through this all.
In the midst of all this though we have so much to be thankful for. William is growing and developing. His smiles are not frequent yet but they are just amazing and have the power to keep us going for ages. He is beginning to goo and ga a bit which is just lovely. I cut his nails yesterday - they are growing again. (He has a break across his nailbeds where his finger nails obviously stopped growing during his operation and the days after.)
We have been very blessed with an amazing little boy for the last three months. His heart function has not been a major problem and his cardiologist remains happy with his echocardiograms and overall clinical picture. We will continue to cope one day at a time and will continue to enjoy out little boy.
We are tired because his feeding is a major problem at the moment. He has started to refuse feeds by bottle or breast which leaves us the option of the nasogastric tube only. He has been vomiting a fair bit as well.
A typical night entails starting a feed at 10:00pm and then stopping the pump just before eleven, up again at 1:00am then stopping the pump at two before yet another feed at 4:00am stopping the pump at five then up at six to shower, dress and get the other kids sorted before racing off to work. There are usually one or two extra wake ups to clean up vomits.
Liza and I are taking turns to attend to William as needed through the wee hours for a couple of nights while the other sleeps downstairs to get some rest and rejuvenation.
William has become quite a vomitty baby (I'm sure that word doesn't exist but it should) He has some reflux which is contributing to his vomiting and seemed to be causing him pain to swallow. We started him on some Losec and discovered that the granules do not fit down a size 5 nasogastric tube. His tube has been changed a few times this week.
On top of everything, the entire family has had symptoms of a viral infection. William and I are the best off so far. Liza, 'Liv and Tom are croaky and feverish. Liza is also still expressing breast milk for William through this all.
In the midst of all this though we have so much to be thankful for. William is growing and developing. His smiles are not frequent yet but they are just amazing and have the power to keep us going for ages. He is beginning to goo and ga a bit which is just lovely. I cut his nails yesterday - they are growing again. (He has a break across his nailbeds where his finger nails obviously stopped growing during his operation and the days after.)
We have been very blessed with an amazing little boy for the last three months. His heart function has not been a major problem and his cardiologist remains happy with his echocardiograms and overall clinical picture. We will continue to cope one day at a time and will continue to enjoy out little boy.
posted by Adam Hodgkins | 10.7.06
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