He also has his first photo album, courtesy of his aunt Janan! We've placed some of our favorite photos from his first few months in this Shutterfly album:
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Photo Book
James has a new pediatrician and a new diet to bulk him up. So far, his appetite hasn't increased but his behavior has improved. The fussiness from last week is gone, and with the new antacid medication to calm his stomach, he's once again our little sweetheart. He visited Central Park over the weekend, brunched on the Upper East Side (no coffee for him) and escaped the city to take a hike in the woods.
He also has his first photo album, courtesy of his aunt Janan! We've placed some of our favorite photos from his first few months in this Shutterfly album:
He also has his first photo album, courtesy of his aunt Janan! We've placed some of our favorite photos from his first few months in this Shutterfly album:
Thursday, September 13, 2012
2+ months
It's hard to believe James is already 2 and a half months old... so much has happened in this time, yet he still seems so new to us. His personality is forming and changing. He wants to talk and play and watch things move all the time. Sitting in his chair no longer excites him unless he has a video to watch, or a mobile moving and playing music, or one of us in his face interacting with him. We try to give him lots of things to look at to keep him engaged. He 'stands' on his legs when we hold him up and he can usually, although not always yet, hold his head up on his own now.
He is finally nursing properly, although we still alternate with bottle feedings so that we can give him all of his vitamin and calorie supplements. It's so hard to decide between the immunity benefits of nursing and the calorie/weight-gaining benefits of formula. His heart slows him down, so the formula helps him beef up a bit, but nursing helps me by leaving fewer bottles to wash!
He is finally nursing properly, although we still alternate with bottle feedings so that we can give him all of his vitamin and calorie supplements. It's so hard to decide between the immunity benefits of nursing and the calorie/weight-gaining benefits of formula. His heart slows him down, so the formula helps him beef up a bit, but nursing helps me by leaving fewer bottles to wash!
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Conversation with James
James loves to play the imitation game: we make faces at him and he tries to make them too. He's not very good at it yet, but he is getting pretty good at the audio version! He is learning to exercise his voice, and he cracks up when we repeat his sounds back to him. The more we repeat, the more he talks. We made a video of one of these 'conversations':
Families like ours
When I heard the Democratic National Convention was looking for speakers to tell their story, I thought about sending them ours: the Affordable Healthcare Act, if upheld, will help ensure James gets the healthcare he needs. Under the previous sysytem, children like James can be denied insurance due to their 'preexisting condition'. We battled our insurance all summer over this...
However, the DNC got there on their own :) The convention highlighted another family who has experienced nearly the same ordeal. Their child has HLHS - Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome - the same condition we initially thought James had. His actual diagnosis of DORV with hypoplastic left heart is very similar, and he will have the same series of surgeries. The worry they expressed to the DNC was one we hadn't even thought about - lifetime limits - which hopefully will never be a concern for us.
We are grateful every day that we chose to keep our baby boy and continue the pregnancy in spite of all the fears and uncertainty over his future. We are also glad that he's insurable and can have access to these otherwise unaffordable surgeries that are saving his life! I'm posting the link to the speech here because it's a great speech...and regardless of political beliefs or party affiliation, this is an important issue to know about and an important clause in the Healthcare Act to keep.
In more light-hearted news, we have discovered that James loves watching tv. Sesame Street and Winnie the Pooh episodes on youtube keep him riveted. He's also started 'talking' much more and has 'conversations' with us. He makes a range of noises and is delighted when we repeat them back. My next post will be a video of what our baby has to say :)
However, the DNC got there on their own :) The convention highlighted another family who has experienced nearly the same ordeal. Their child has HLHS - Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome - the same condition we initially thought James had. His actual diagnosis of DORV with hypoplastic left heart is very similar, and he will have the same series of surgeries. The worry they expressed to the DNC was one we hadn't even thought about - lifetime limits - which hopefully will never be a concern for us.
We are grateful every day that we chose to keep our baby boy and continue the pregnancy in spite of all the fears and uncertainty over his future. We are also glad that he's insurable and can have access to these otherwise unaffordable surgeries that are saving his life! I'm posting the link to the speech here because it's a great speech...and regardless of political beliefs or party affiliation, this is an important issue to know about and an important clause in the Healthcare Act to keep.
In more light-hearted news, we have discovered that James loves watching tv. Sesame Street and Winnie the Pooh episodes on youtube keep him riveted. He's also started 'talking' much more and has 'conversations' with us. He makes a range of noises and is delighted when we repeat them back. My next post will be a video of what our baby has to say :)
Friday, August 24, 2012
Wedding time...part 1
Vaccinations were administered today and James has been squalling for hours. He's got the normal side effects of low temperature and swelling around the shot sites, so we have a very unhappy baby on our hands. Since sleep is out, photo uploading is in!
We don't have our wedding pics back yet, so don't expect anything from the wedding events just yet :) But, some fun photos from the rest of the week... James was on his best behavior and put up very well with meeting lots of relatives while mom and dad focused elsewhere and lavished less attention on him than usual. Also, Rochester is beautiful in August!
We don't have our wedding pics back yet, so don't expect anything from the wedding events just yet :) But, some fun photos from the rest of the week... James was on his best behavior and put up very well with meeting lots of relatives while mom and dad focused elsewhere and lavished less attention on him than usual. Also, Rochester is beautiful in August!
Reading time with Daddy:
Outdoors amongst the sunflowers, and napping through a walk at the park with mom, dad, aunt Claire, and his grandmas
etc.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Welcome to Rochester
Visiting Grandma, meeting more family, and experiencing the Rochester effect of an increased appetite :)
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Wedding wardrobe surprise
James tried on the wedding outfit we bought a few months back, in anticipation of his potential size and a lack of time for shopping post-birth. Obviously, we overshot a bit :) His wedding wardrobe will thus have to be a surprise...
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