Joshua Feeds Himself Cheerios

Joshua learns to feed himself by picking up Cheerios and putting them in his mouth. He even plays a little shell game with two pieces of Cheerios.

Things I can do by myself

Look I can hold my own bottle!

I can (almost) sit up! Don't let me fall, Daddy.

Giggle and Laughter

Tonight while Mommy was burping J after the 21:30 feeding, we heard his first giggle. He was smiling after he let out a big burp and then we hear the giggle. It was just for a moment but we feel ecstatic. Of course, efforts from us to coax a follow-on performance are unsuccessful, but we will be on the lookout for when it happens again.

"Full Month" Dinner

For Josh's full month dinner, we went out to O&B for dinner with Grandma. It was our first time out in a restaurant together and thankfully, Josh behaved. Daddy even fed him at the table.

GERD... or no GERD?

You make the call...



It seems that he makes these funny grunting sort of noises especially at night. J is especially bothered if we try to lay him down shortly after feeding. He would tuck his legs up to his chest and make a fist with his hands. It looks as though he is in pain. He has thrown up on Daddy three times already (and not once on Mommy). As soon as we prop him up or sit him up, then he seems to be much better.

Lactation Consultant (Part Two)

Yesterday, we brought J back to Mt Sinai for a follow-up consult with the lactation specialist. At our first visit, the specialist was worried about J's lack of weight gain. As it turns out, J has started taking off and has put on a little more than an ounce per day, which is on the high end of the spectrum. We are greatly relieved that he is nuring well and that he has regained all of the weight loss since birth (It typically takes a week or two to regain the ~10% average weight loss).

Once of the things which the specialist had recommended during the first visit, that we should supplement each feeding with either expressed breast milk or formula via a bottle, did not work for us. After about a day of supplementing, we noticed that J was exhibiting "nipple confusion". What happened is that he got disinterested in feeding from the breast, mostly attributed to the fact that flow from a bottle is much easier. So, in essence, he got lazy. It took us a few feedings for him to realize that he was no longer getting the bottle and now he is happily feeding from the breast again. We now limit bottle feeding to once or twice a day (at night when mommy is extremely tired and wants a few extra winks).

Lactation Consultant

Today we returned to Mount Sinai Hospital for a follow-up with the lactation consultant. Letty feels that breastfeeding is the most difficult part of preganancy, labour and raising a child. It requires a lot of energy and dedication. Josh has old gained 0.5 ounce in the last 5 days and that is causing some concern. It is discouraging because we have been feeding him 8 to 9 times a day (for 40 minutes each). So now, we are going to have to supplement Josh with expressed breast milk or formula.