Week 1

I am sorry that I haven't updated much, but as you can imagine, things have been a little busier than normal around here. Yesterday, I was lucky enough to have a wonderful babysitter so that I could get some house work done. It is amazing how much I got done when I thought I only had 3 hours to do it.



The first week was a little rough with the reflux issues. The first day his spit up/vomiting was terrible. It got a little better as the week went on, but it was still more than the average child. We did learn that it is worse when he is nervous and it stains everything! Because of allergies and reflux, we were only allowed to give him formula the first week. This gave us a good point of reference for what normal for him. He is on prescription formula ($50 a can!) and it makes his poo smell awful and not so solid. We went through lots of clothes and I was doing 1 or 2 full loads of baby laundry everyday.



On Christmas Day, Reese got to meet cousin Lawson who is about 5 weeks older. Reese loved it! He was so excited to have a playmate. It was really sweet to watch him inspect Lawson. I am looking forward to them playing together.



Monday we were able to start feeding him cereal. He was so excited. He must have been starving! The first day there was no spit up at all, YEAH!!!! We had a Dr. appointment on Monday and it went well. We are a hefty 19lbs and 7.5 oz. The Dr. said that he looks good and is doing well. Both he and the other Dr in his office are adoptive parents and they specialize in treating internationally adopted children. This was a recheck from a previous visit. We will see the pediatrician next week for shots. I am not looking forward to that.



Tuesday, Reese had his first day of work. He got to go with Bryan and stay with Ms. Tracy in the nursery. Yesterday, he stayed with a friend for a few hours while Bryan worked and I do some house work. He is loving cereal and the spit up is almost non existent, YEAH!!!! He is also having solid poo with a lot less smell. (I am so sure that everyone wanted to know that.)



Things are going well, and we fall more in love everyday. I never knew that I could be so in love with anyone in such a short period of time. I am probably biased, but I have the cutest and best baby ever!