Liam was such a sweet baby. He was quite hungry all the time, and constantly needed a new diaper. In fact, the first night we were home was quite interesting. We put Laney to bed and watched a little tv. I fed Liam and we were about to turn in for the evening. I went to change his diaper and as soon as I took it off he pooped explosively. As I cleaned that up he pooped again! So as I begin to wipe up the poop, he begins to pee and it fountains all over the changing table. I don't know what to do, so I end up shielding it with my hand it just floods all over him and fills up the table (the detachable table portion of the port-a-crib). So, I now have to give Liam his first bath impromptu in the sink while Patrick cleans up the messy changing table. No pictures to remember the event by, just a disastrous clean up! After a day of leaking diapers, we finally realize that folding the band down for LIam's belly button is allowing pee to escape so we stop doing it. He really only wears newborn diapers for a week before we switch him to size 1 in order to stop the pee from escaping. His scrotum is still so swollen that his penis points up and he pees toward the waist band of hte diaper still, so a bigger diaper really fixes the problem.
For the first month Liam is getting up every 2 to 3 hours to eat, and Patrick and I become zombies as we are up all night feeding him. At least he goes back to sleep relatively easily. After 1 week we have him start sleeping in his room so we can get some rest in between feedings. At 3 weeks he stops wearing newborn clothing and is in 0-3 month clothes. He is growing really fast and gaining weight at a fast pace. When we give him bottles, he is drinking about 4 ounces a time already (at the most Laney only drank 4 ounces and that was when she was 10 months old). Laney is learning to be a good big sister, helping me with changing diapers and sitting on the couch with me while I feed Liam. She has been learning to be a little more independent as I need to spend more time with Liam. I have her pick an activity to do while I feed him so that she is kept busy.
At just shy of 4 weeks I realize that Liam has acid reflux. He only really sleeps in the swing or his car seat and cries and cries when I lay him flat in his bed. He officially was diagnosed with Silent Reflux since he never threw up and would do a reflux in his throat only. Dr. Schmottlach started him on Zantac, but it didn't really help. We switched him to acid reflux formula and that seemed to help some. Then we got Liam on Prevacid. That changed our life. He became a happy baby who could sleep. My mom brought home a Nap Nanny and the first time I put Liam in it he fell asleep 5 minutes later. We moved it to his bed and sleeping became a welcome activity for him. I also found that if I pumped milk and mixed it with formula then he was happier after a feeding than if I just breast fed him. This was fine with me because I never really loved breast feeding and found it to be a nuisance to me. I loved spending time with Liam but breast feeding left me feeling sticky and wet all the time, not to mention uncomfortable when I was engorged which often resulted in a blocked milk duct which is sooo painful.
At 4 weeks Liam was able to bat at his toys on a playmat. He smiled at me for the first time right around 6 weeks. He has such a happy smiley face and it was just so stinking cute when he smiled at me! Still, the sleepless nights were really getting to me and I was having a hard time taking care of my kids and funcitoning like an adult. Liam was gaining about a pound a week and I was hoping that this meant he would sleep through the night soon!
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