11 Days Old

Jacob is now 11 days old. I can't believe that he's arrived. After a long 9 months he's finally here. I'm so glad too. Pregnancy is overrated, in my opinion - ha ha ha I’m glad to have him home. He’s been to the dr. twice now. His first visit was on 10/25/2005. He had already gained his birth weight (8.8 pounds). Then we went back yesterday (10/31/2005) b/c he was experiencing some really bad gas pains from his formula. We’ve switched him to soy based formula which I’ve noticed a huge difference. He still gets some gas pains but not as badly as before. I could count the exact time after each feeding that he’d experience them and he’d go into a screaming crying – not fun.

For those who do not know – Jacob is not being breastfed. He’s a formula baby. He would not latch on and had an aversion to the breast. Last week we saw cranial sacral specialist and a lactation specialist which did not help with his latch. I know that other breastfed mother had to try for several weeks but this mother was at her wits ends by the end of last week. A hard decision to that I sometimes wonder if I should have stuck to it longer but in the end I’m a lot happier right now and really enjoying my time with Jacob.

Jacob is now 9.2 pounds – as of yesterday’s visit. He’s growing, very healthy, and happy. I am also feeling a lot better. Moving around easier and starting to “itch” which means I’m healing. I love not being controlled by my hunger anymore. I love not overeating like a crazy mad person, even when I was pumping I was driven by food.