Today we took Little Andrew to the pediatricain on the Spangdahlem base for his 2 month check up. He is a little more than 22 inches long and is 9.9 pounds! I am so proud of him! So they are happy with his weight! So I don't really have to give him anymore formula which is nice! So the next time I have to take him in is for his 4 month check up. So we will be in the States for that one. I will have to take him to Fort Gordon for that one.
Yesterday I went thru his clothes and packed them. I am probably going to go thru them again though. I am going to try and pack as lite as possible for him since I have ALOT to pack for him. When he out grows his clothes and if they are still in good use-able condition then I am going to box it up and send it here to Germany. I don't know if I will send it while I am in GA or if I will send it at the end right when I am about to leave to come home. If I send it while I am still in the States then I will probably send the boxes to Robyn or someone who will still be living here.
I want to go to the States while Drew is gone, but then again I don't want to go. The reason being is family issues. I mean, I won't even be able to be around everyone at once because no one can get along. And it hurts me on the inside so bad! My heart is like so heavy because of it. I just want to cry! I wish people would just GROW UP and act like an adult. And realize how much people have helped them out and what not. I feel like I have NO ONE to talk to. I don't like crying in front of people at all, or letting people know how I feel. So it like totally limits me. I mean I can talk to Drew about ANYTHING but I just let stuff build up and bother me on the inside because SO MUCH is going on right now I do not want people to know how scared, annoyed and frustrated I am with stuff right now. Everything that has been bothering me is just stuff in the States. I mean, people want me to go and see them but they don't want other people to be there. Or me travel to see people, I mean, who is going to come and see me? Drew and I have been married 4 years, next month, and NO ONE has ever come to visit us, at either of the places we have lived! I am not complaining because I understand that people have situations and what not but people think I can do EVERYTHING! People don't understand my husband is going to be gone for 6 months and we never know what will happen while he is there! So I have enough to worry about without having to worry about what everyone else wants me to do.
Okay well writing this down in here has helped me to vent some! :) Anyways, I better get going. Tomorrow is my little sister Caroline's birthday, she will be 15 and she is so excited about going and taking her test at the DMV to get her learner's permit. Friday, the 30th is Gina's birthday.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Saturday, April 24, 2010
7 Weeks Old
On Thursday April 22, 2010, Andrew turned 7 weeks old! We also took him in to get weighed again. The previous week he weighed 8.7 pounds and they wanted him to gain a little more. So when we took him in to get weighed on Thursday, a week later, he weighed in at 9.1 pounds! So they were happy with that! (finally!) But she went ahead and scheduled him for his 2 month appointment which is next Wednesday.
He started one of the coolest things on Thursday also! Smiling like crazy! I love it! Drew was naming off schools like ASU, Florida Gators, and then he said BYU and thats when Andrew put the biggest smile on his face that I have ever seen! (We'll have to work on the BYU thing though!)
Wednesday April 21, 2010, he slept all day! I knew something was not right. So the next day for his appointment I told the head nurse that he has not been feeling well. Honestly that day I would not have been smiling if I felt as bad as he did! I don't know how he pulled it off! His face would get really warm for a while and he was just so clingy, which I do not blame him. So I pretty much just held him all day Thursday. But the head nurse, which was a nice lady, wrote out a prescription for him for some nasal spray. She told me to put some in his nose then suck it up with the surrenge. I told her that shouldn't be a problem because I had been up since 4:30 that morning surrenging his nose so he could sleep. Now it is Saturday and he is still not feeling well at all! He has a stuffy nose and is conjested and caughs and sneezes and gets warm every now and then. Oh and another thing he does is like throw up the milk he drinks. I was telling Mama about how he was feeling and she said he is probably throwing/spitting up because it is probably the only way for him to get the mucus out of his chest. So this weekend we are just going to stay home and take it easy.
He started one of the coolest things on Thursday also! Smiling like crazy! I love it! Drew was naming off schools like ASU, Florida Gators, and then he said BYU and thats when Andrew put the biggest smile on his face that I have ever seen! (We'll have to work on the BYU thing though!)
Wednesday April 21, 2010, he slept all day! I knew something was not right. So the next day for his appointment I told the head nurse that he has not been feeling well. Honestly that day I would not have been smiling if I felt as bad as he did! I don't know how he pulled it off! His face would get really warm for a while and he was just so clingy, which I do not blame him. So I pretty much just held him all day Thursday. But the head nurse, which was a nice lady, wrote out a prescription for him for some nasal spray. She told me to put some in his nose then suck it up with the surrenge. I told her that shouldn't be a problem because I had been up since 4:30 that morning surrenging his nose so he could sleep. Now it is Saturday and he is still not feeling well at all! He has a stuffy nose and is conjested and caughs and sneezes and gets warm every now and then. Oh and another thing he does is like throw up the milk he drinks. I was telling Mama about how he was feeling and she said he is probably throwing/spitting up because it is probably the only way for him to get the mucus out of his chest. So this weekend we are just going to stay home and take it easy.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Just Updating
I guess I am just going to do a little update on here today...
On Friday, April 16, I went to my 6 week appointment checkup. Everything was good and I was able to get 3 months worth of birth control pills. And I started taking them then. I have to wait like 1-2 weeks for them to work. We have a month left til we go to the States, I just REALLY DO NOT want to get pregnant before he leaves! Because I do not know if I will be able to handle being pregnant and taking care of baby Andrew and the stress of Drew being gone serving the Country! But seriously, whatever happens, happens. Its all in the Lord's hands!
After my appointment we took Andrew to get weighed at the pediatric clinic on the Spangdahlem Base. And the RN guy told us it had been 22 days since he had been weighed last and he should gain 20 grams a day. So to make it easier, he just did 20 days.... So he was saying that he should have gained 400 grams since then. So I undressed Andrew and took his diaper off to prepare him to get weighed. And I noticed that he had a messy diaper! "Awe Man! He just pooped out some of his weight!" hehehe... But I layed him on the scale and the RN turned it on and weighed him. Just a reminder, the last time he got weighed, 22 days before, he weighed 7.11 pounds. Well the final weight came up, 8.7 pounds!!! I was so happy that he gained! And I was hoping the RN would say that all was good and we didn't have to being him in til his 2 month check up. But the RN was impressed with the 300 grams that he gained but he had to run it by the Doctor on duty. And it was a lady Doctor. (We didn't see her, he went to another room to see her)
And she told him to tell us to keep feeding him formula after everytime I breast feed and to bring him in again next Friday to get weighed again. Well I honestly only gave him formula like 4 times during those 22 days. I had told people what the Doctors have been telling me to do and everyone said to just hang in there and to ONLY breast feed! Everyone said that breast fed babies gain weight slower than formula fed babies. The reason the lady Doctor was concerned about him is because he is only in the 5th percentile. I think that is how you say it. I don't even know if it is spelt right either! He has been eating like crazy though! Seriously he eats like every hour! I think he is going through a growth spurt if you ask me!
Andrew is so sweet! I love him so much! Last night Drew layed down with his son in between his arm and his side and Andrew fell righ to sleep! He loves his Daddy so much!
On Friday, April 16, I went to my 6 week appointment checkup. Everything was good and I was able to get 3 months worth of birth control pills. And I started taking them then. I have to wait like 1-2 weeks for them to work. We have a month left til we go to the States, I just REALLY DO NOT want to get pregnant before he leaves! Because I do not know if I will be able to handle being pregnant and taking care of baby Andrew and the stress of Drew being gone serving the Country! But seriously, whatever happens, happens. Its all in the Lord's hands!
After my appointment we took Andrew to get weighed at the pediatric clinic on the Spangdahlem Base. And the RN guy told us it had been 22 days since he had been weighed last and he should gain 20 grams a day. So to make it easier, he just did 20 days.... So he was saying that he should have gained 400 grams since then. So I undressed Andrew and took his diaper off to prepare him to get weighed. And I noticed that he had a messy diaper! "Awe Man! He just pooped out some of his weight!" hehehe... But I layed him on the scale and the RN turned it on and weighed him. Just a reminder, the last time he got weighed, 22 days before, he weighed 7.11 pounds. Well the final weight came up, 8.7 pounds!!! I was so happy that he gained! And I was hoping the RN would say that all was good and we didn't have to being him in til his 2 month check up. But the RN was impressed with the 300 grams that he gained but he had to run it by the Doctor on duty. And it was a lady Doctor. (We didn't see her, he went to another room to see her)
And she told him to tell us to keep feeding him formula after everytime I breast feed and to bring him in again next Friday to get weighed again. Well I honestly only gave him formula like 4 times during those 22 days. I had told people what the Doctors have been telling me to do and everyone said to just hang in there and to ONLY breast feed! Everyone said that breast fed babies gain weight slower than formula fed babies. The reason the lady Doctor was concerned about him is because he is only in the 5th percentile. I think that is how you say it. I don't even know if it is spelt right either! He has been eating like crazy though! Seriously he eats like every hour! I think he is going through a growth spurt if you ask me!
Andrew is so sweet! I love him so much! Last night Drew layed down with his son in between his arm and his side and Andrew fell righ to sleep! He loves his Daddy so much!
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