Friday, March 21, 2003

The Most Beautiful Baby in the World...7 Weeks





Little baby Jack turned seven weeks old on Wednesday. Paul took him to the Pediatrician's office to be weighed, as I have had some major concerns about Jack. He cries a lot (just about all of the time unless he is sleeping or eating). He is only awake for approximately 30-40 minutes at a time without crying. He wants to eat every two hours (which may sound normal...but he is nursing for @ 45 minutes...and then wants to eat again about an hour and fifteen minutes later.) I am pumping while at work...and he is drinking 3-4 4-5oz bottles while I am at work. I can barely keep up. I have gone to pumping four times a day during my work day in order to help increase the breast milk. It is exhausting...and I am worried about my baby. The Pediatrician said to stretch out his feedings to every 3 hours and to only nurse for 30 minutes at a time. I have been trying this, but Jack wakes up an hour early and screams for food. He is mouthing his hands and gets very frustrated. I don't know what to do.

He weighed in at 7 weeks at 12lbs 8 oz. I am not sure if this is great, but it is certainly an adequate weight gain. (He weighed 10lbs 14oz. two weeks earlier...so a gain of 1lb 10oz in 14 days). So I guess he is getting enough food. Could he have colic?

When he is alert and not crying he is sooo cute! People stop us everywhere we go to comment on how beautiful he is. I know that all mothers feel that their babies are the most beautiful in the world, but we have received so many comments from people (ie., "I am not just saying this, but that baby is the most beautifully striking baby I have ever seen. His features and complexion or so perfect." etc.) A nurse even got on the phone immediately to call her husband to tell him about the "most beautiful baby that she had ever seen." He photographs very well too. He is so photogenic. We took him to a modeling agency (at 6 weeks) and they have accepted him as an infant model. We will see what happens with that.

I can't get over how beautiful our baby is and it is so thrilling to have so many other people stop us to say that they see something special in him too! Our beautiful Baby Jack.


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