Settling in

Its been about a week and a half since we have all been under one roof.  We have made our rounds at the eye doctor and the pediatrician's office. I am tired. Matt is tired. LJ is tired...but we are together and that is what matters. Today at the doctor he weighed 7 lbs 15 oz and was 20 inches long...I would be 38 weeks now. He would have been a 10 lb baby, easy.

Last Thursday we went to the eye doctor for his bi-weekly checkup. His eyes are still premature (surprise!), but they are getting better. While we were in the hospital, they told me not to be there for his eye exams because "it looks worse than it feels" but now that we are taking him to the office, I had to hold him while they did the exam. They clamped his eyes open and stuck a metal rod behind his eyeball to move it around...horrible, awful, and we will do it again every 2 weeks.

Over the past week and a half LJ has had major tummy troubles...we are narrowing down the cause. I am ruling gas out...he has been on medication for it and it does nothing. I took him back to the doctor today to see what I could do, and they finally gave him reflux medication. We will see if that helps. I don't want to fill him up with meds, but he is so miserable. He spits up now every time he eats and then his tummy hurts so bad in between feedings, he just cries and squirms until the next one.  Last night him and I were up until after his 5 am feeding. He does not sleep at night...they attribute this to colic. We slept from 6 am to 8 am this morning. Matt was a wonderful help this weekend alternating night time entertainment with me so that I could get a little sleep too. It has also been mentioned he might have his days and nights mixed up...in the hospital it didn't matter...whatever it is, we will figure it out eventually!

We took LJ to Mom and Dad's house over the weekend because we needed to get out. We are looking for excuses to leave the house and their house is about the only place we can take LJ. It was nice to hang out with them and my sister's family. It has been a long time since things have seemed so "normal" around here!
We are looking forward to Thanksgiving...Matt's parents will be here Wednesday...we are so excited for them to see Georgia, meet LJ, and spend time with us for a few days!