You'd think since I already have a 2 year old that I would remember all things newborn. Well, I don't. Actually, I hardly remember anything about Tuff's NB days. Sad I know. But I'm SO busy with my 2 year old and 7 week old that I don't have time to remember that far back. And most of the time, I'm too tired to even try.
I know I've mentioned in my last few posts that Gunner had been dealing with a stomach virus recently. Well, let me go into a little more detail about that. The poor babes was miserable for 9 days. YES friends! 9 DAYS of steady vomiting, diarrhea and rash! All we did was wash clothes, wash him and lysol everything. It was horrible. Stomach viruses usually lasts somewhere between 24-48 hours with an adult or child but not with an infant. Around day 7 you better believe this mama was calling the DR back asking "What in the world is the deal? Is it normal for this to last this long?" Well his answer was yes and he told me to keep doing just what we were doing. We were ALL relieved when he finally got better. I'm sure his little tummy was most relieved. So about a day or two before his virus was gone he started getting a runny/stuffy nose. (Tuff has been dealing with this too, for going on 3 weeks now.) All I could think was "Geez, he can't catch a break." Well this was last Thursday. A week later, he STILL has the runny/stuffy nose. I've been keeping it flushed with saline and sucked out as much as possible and I've been putting him in the bathroom when we take showers for the steam. It seems to be drying up some but I'll be SO glad when it completely dries up. We all know it's not fun trying to sleep with a stuffed up nose.
So where am I getting at with all this? This is where my "trial and error" title comes in to play. Before Gunner got this stomach virus he was eating 4 ounces of milk every 4 hours. While he was sick, DR said not to give him any more than 2 ounces per feeding hoping that would help him keep some of it down. So we did what we were told. Well every since he's been better we've been back to 4 ounces per feeding. But lately he's been acting like he's starving by 2.5-3 hours and he's been extra fussy. We just knew he couldn't still be hungry... We both (Jordan and I) thought 4 ounces was alot for his age. Well I finally decided to use my ole trusty friend google yesterday to see what other moms were saying. Once I got done googling "how much a 7 week old baby should eat," I had my answer. We were starving the poor guy! Haha. About 95% of every website I went to said 7 week old babies are eating anywhere between 5 and 6 ounces every 3-4 hours, IF NOT more! WOW! I had also been adding a little bit of rice cereal to his bottle before bed time at night and that wasn't helping him sleep either (this worked charms with Tuff when he was this little). So I also found out while googling yesterday that I wasn't putting enough cereal in his bottle. I was putting 1/2 tsp and they say to add 1 tsp for every ounce..... SO, last night at Gunner's bed time bottle (which was earlier than usual because he was STARVING at 6:30) I made him 5 ounces with 1 tbsp of cereal mixed in. THE CHILD SLEPT UNTIL 1:30 THIS MORNING!!!!! That was 7 hours of sleep without a bottle. At 1:30 I made him a 6 ounce bottle with only milk and he sucked it right down and went right back to sleep until 6:30 this morning. WOOOO HOOOO!!!!! I got 8 hours of sleep last night. I think that's the first time I've had 8 hours of sleep since I was 5-6 months pregnant with him. I've never felt SO good. :) :) :) Now all I have to do is get his night time bottle a little later than 6:30 pm and we'll be set!!!
After his night of rest and having a full belly, he was all smiles this morning. Here is a picture of our sweet happy boy this morning.
Sweet boy.
I could just eat him up!!!
It's ALL about Trial & Error!
Happy Thursday friends!
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