Well, my little guy weight 8lbs 13oz and is 22" long, so tall and thin, just like his daddy! He's gaining weight and growing fine, but he gotten a really bad case of baby acne over the last week and a half, and the doctor today suspects it's more than just baby acne and could potentially be a reaction to something. We use fragrance free/dye free laundry detergent and dryer balls instead of scented sheets, so it's not that, so the fun process starts of cutting foods out of my diet to see if that helps. He is also colicky (spelling?), and the doctor said that it could just be his nature, or it could be linked to a food. Either way, it is very draining right now. He will eat, takes about 45 minutes to nurse, will be calm/sleep for about an hour, and then wake up crying for the next hour in which I can hardly get him calmed down. I change positions, rock him, bounce him, put him in the swing, in the bouncy/vibrating seat, use the pacifier, etc, nothing seems to work for any length of time. I am hoping it could possibly be linked to my antibiotics (which I finally ended a few days ago) and I started cutting out chocolate the last few days so we'll see if that works, but I am exhausted.
I am handling it well (as well as can be expected), but Mark is not. He will try and give me a break in the evenings and he just can't seem to handle it, so it's back to work for me.
I am praying that this will pass sooner than later as I am starting to get emotionally and physically exhausted. Hoping we turn a corner here soon!
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Hey girl... YES!!! It IS intense and it IS hard right now! I remember just closing my eyes for a brief second every once in a while to breathe and remind myself not to think of "how am I going to do this forever??" to "I can handle this for the next hour" and take it bit by bit.
ReplyDeleteSo so so great to see you, your mom and little Cole at the shower!!
Good luck with the rash/acne or whatever it ends up being. If you go back and look at pics of Ro at that age he most certainly had a ton of baby acne! Hazel didn't have any so it caught me by surprise (what's funny is that I had a ton of acne while pregnant with her and almost none with him, so it's a total flip flop)
You've got this!! I know I'm far but hope I can at least provide encouragement from long distance!!
I'm with Laura. It won't last forever! - I know, easy coming from me since #2 isn't here yet, but be encouraged. You're doing such a great job!
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