So having three kiddos is more work than I kinda expected. Foolish of me, I know. It's not necessarily hard, it's just constant. And, it never fails that all three kiddos get hungry at the same time - so I will admit that breakfast and lunch can be a little tricky around here. I rarely have a moment to pick up anything other than my phone to snap a quick picture, but the other day the two older kiddos were out for the afternoon and I did remember to take a few pictures of Porter. Mostly sleeping since that's what he mostly does. He's 7 weeks old TODAY, but he still sleeps most of the time. Hard to believe he was
officially due just two days ago. We are still trying to figure out his exact "adjusted age" - he's not doing everything a 7 week old should, but he's close on most things so it's not like he acts like a two-day-old baby. Make sense? If not, just smile, nod, and Bless My Heart b/c Porter still gets up during the night like a two-day-old. :)
Sweet Porter has GERD (gastro-esophogal reflux disease), and unfortunately it's bad. He is either in his swing, car seat, or held in my arms all. day. long. It's not his fault, and I am honestly not trying to spoil him rotten - but when I see his sweet little face all bunched up in pain and he's screaming an ear-piercing scream that you don't want to hear from any little baby, I don't mind giving him all the comfort that he needs. It just makes it difficult to do much of anything else. If he's in the swing, I am tending to the needs of my other two babies. Needless to say, once Porter goes down for the night, so does Mama!
This is the first time I've been on the computer since Monday, and even now Porter is sleeping in my arms and Ella Beth is hanging out next to me while Landon is outside with Scott. Ahhhh, life of a mother with three small children. I wouldn't change a thing!
I don't know what on earth we would do without this swing. It's great for holding multiple burp cloths (a fresh one and
one that needed a little drying out), and of course it's great for holding a sweet, tiny, reflux baby. ;)
Porter is wearing one of Landon's preemie outfits. It's still a tad big, but he's so snuggley in it. :)
Porter will take a bottle if he has to. I don't exactly want him to, but since he hasn't gained weight as quickly as our pediatrician would like we give him one bottle of Alumentium formula every couple of days. It's supposed to help with reflux, it's NON-milk based
(have I mentioned that Porter also has a severe milk-protein allergy???), and it is supposed to have a few more calories than breast milk to plump him up a bit. Scott gets to feed Porter his bottles, so that makes it sweet for him. And that's a 4 oz bottle that's as big (bigger?) than Porter's head. ;)
Tired, probably un-showered, but I still want a picture or two with my baby. But black-and-white, of course, to help hide the many imperfections of sleep-deprivation after baby #3.
Have I mentioned that Porter sleeps mostly in his swing?
And, not to be outshined by his baby brother, Landon decided to get a shiner of his own.
Did you catch that? Landon and Scott were playing, and Landon didn't stop running when Scott told him to. Landon slipped and landed on the corner of our side table in the living room with the corner of his eye. Instant black eye, screams, and praises to God that he didn't hit any further to the right or there could have been serious damage. Poor fella.
Back to the swing. But this just makes me chuckle. His head doesn't even fit in the head rest, and he looks like he's swimming in there...but it's where he's most comfortable. So when I put him down, that's where he goes. :)
Other than that, things are quiet around here. Not quiet as in noise level (hello THREE kiddos!), but quiet as in there's not much more going on. I really need to take more pictures, apparently of Ella Beth. I'll work on that!
