4 Months

Brian is still sleeping through the night with no problems. He is up to about 3 jars of baby food a day, mainly fruits and veggies. His favorite foods he liked this month are carrots and peas. Brian is up to about 16 pounds and is about 27 inches tall! He has finally accomplished sitting up. I laid him on the floor to play and walked out of the room for something only to come back and find him sitting up on his own! He kinda looked at me with this "your not supposed to know about this" look and fell over! I couldn't be happier! He is now trying to crawl. He gets on all 4's and rocks back and forth. I can't wait for him to start crawling! 

3 Months

Brian is finally sleeping through the night. I finally am getting some much needed rest. Brian is up to 14.11 pounds and is 26 inches tall! We are doing about 6 8oz bottles a day and a jar of baby food each night. Some of his favorites are peaches, apple sauce, butternut squash, and mixed apples and cereal. Brian has discovered his grasping abilities as well as his feet. He loves to suck on his toes. He also has discovered looking at himself in the mirror. Brian is rolling around everywhere and trying to get the stance for crawling. I think he might crawl before sitting up. Brian is sleeping in his crib with no problems and is finally teething! 

2 Months

Brian is waking up every 5 hours now. He is in his own crib as of July 2, 2009. While awake he is eating 5oz every 3 hours. We are having to mix his formula with cereal too. This has been a very testy month. Brian cries for hours on end at times and sometimes will eat like there is no tomorrow. Im pretty sure he has colic and GERD (acid reflux) but we can't get him tested until next month. I just found a pediatrician that will listen to me rather than tell me Im a frazzled mom. I know there is something wrong with my baby and I just want to make him better. Brian now weighs 12 pounds 4oz and is 24 inches long! He has discovered his feet and is starting to coo when he is in a good mood. He likes to play with his toys and is trying to laugh. He is now smiling and it is the cutest thing ever! 

1 Month

What a month! There is something wrong with Brian, but I can't figure out what it is and the pediatrician won't listen to me. Im co-sleeping with Brian as I was trying my hardest to nurse him. I had to stop because I wasn't making enough milk for him and he isn't latching on right. This all started in the hospital with the nurse that had him keep latching wrong. Im really bummed out that I had to stop, but Brian needs to eat. He wasn't gaining the proper weight as a breastfed baby should as well as not having enough dirty diapers. Brian doesn't really sleep. He screams all night. Im pretty sure it's colic, but the pediatrician won't say. He is eating 4 ounces every 3 or 4 hours. He now weighs 8 pounds and 13.5 ounces and is 21 inches long. He has discovered his hands and loves to suck on them. What little bit he sleeps is getting longer and he is smiling, holding his head up, and eating more. 

A Homecoming For All

Monday, April 20, 2009, we got to come home! I was released first, at about 7am and so we just needed to wait for them to release Brian. Brian had his circumcision done that morning so he had to be watched for a little bit before they would release him. I guess because I had him on a weekend I wasn't allowed to have the hospital do pictures of him. I was told as we were getting things ready to go that in order for them to do them today that we would have to pay the full amount, which was like $300, right then. No thank you. After much hussle and bussle we were finally able to leave. It was hot outside for it only being April. It was 87 degrees outside. We brought Brian home in an overall set that I had got before we had it confirmed he was a boy. I knew deep down he was a boy so we went ahead and got it. It didn't really fit 100%, but it was cute none the less. It was white, brown, and blue plaid with a creme colored onesie underneath. When we came home our room was still being worked on. The paint was drying and the carpets were being cleaned. Brian didn't have his own room so we just set the Pack 'N Play up next to the bed and he slept there. He had his little wall hangings over it so it was his own little spot. 

Please Welcome....

Brian James Leander Wilson was born April 18, 2009 weighing in at 7 pounds 15oz and is 20.5 inches long. He was born at 9:30Pm after a long labor. He has blue eyes and tons 

This Is It!!!

So last night I went into L&D because I was having contractions and the stupid nurse said that I was pretty much faking the contractions and to go home that I wasn't in labor and she didn't see me going into labor in the next few days. Well I went to my dr's appt today and I was really discouraged because I haven't been dialating and Im having all these contractions. Well she checked me and Im offically a 1!!!!! I told her about last night and that I was still fully closed at 12am and she said that I was in early labor! They hooked me up and Im having contractions that are 3-4 minutes apart, but not strong enough for them to keep me there at the hospital. My dr told me to walk as much as possible and that would help me dialate. She also said that she honestly thought that we would have a baby by tomorrow, but no later than this weekend! Im so HAPPY!!!!! Im about to go and walk and see if we can get these contractions to get STRONG!!!

So I am on labor, but we haven't went into the hospital yet as this is my first and I don't want to be there for hours and hours... although I know that I will be anyways. Anywho, my contractions picked my overnight last night and I had some that were waking me from a dead sleep and then my body would get used to them and I could sleep again. I got up this afternoon (labor is exausting and Im only like 28 hours or so into it) and went walking with my MIL to try and get my contractions more intense. It worked! We then went and ate and by the time I was done I felt like a pig lol! I had 21 pieces of butterfly shrimp, 2 full house salads, 1/2 of a fondue thingy, and a 2 biscuits... and I still wasn't full! We went to wal-mart and picked up some stuff that we needed and walked every isle to help with the contractions. By the time we left the store I was having to lean on the shelves and basket when I would have a contraction because I was in so much pain. We came home and I went to bed because I was so tired. I woke up around 12am because my contractions were so strong and they were hard in my back. I called my hubby to help me turn onto my other side and discovered that it hurt too much to even move so my hubby went and got my MIL and she came in and helped me turn and then rubbed my back to help with the pain of the contractions. They are about 2-3 minutes apart and hurt bad, but Im just not ready to go in yet. I really hope that we will have a baby by the end of today or tomorrow!