I discovered a feeding problem!

AHHHH!!! I discovered a feeding problem that I have been having with Landon, but I am on a mission to get that fixed. I dont know how long it has been going on, but Landon has not been getting enough to eat when I have been breastfeeding him. I have milk but he must not be sucking enough out, which leads him to trying to punch me in the chest and him freaking out. Sometimes if you take him away too soon he squeals like NOOOOOOOOOO...I'm not done! Poor little guy. I just wish I knew about this problem before and then he probably would have gotten more sleep, wouldn't have had to eat every 1 1/2 hours and probably wouldn't have had as many trips to the doctor. I think what I thought was a gas and colic problem was a lack of getting enough to eat problem. I do admit that some of the time I think he did have gas but now I am thinking that part of that time he was just trying to tell me he was still hungry. Now that I have pin pointed the problem I will be forced to pump more, which I am ok with. He is now eating about 4 or more ounces every feeding and stretching his feedings, on average, to every 3 hours. I guess I can't get too upset at myself because I am still learning but I just wish I would've known so I could have helped my son sooner.

Goodbye turtle...hello fishies

Let's play ball!
Take me golfing, Daddy!
I love this little guy and his big smile so much!
Landon's cool new aquarium.....

After the poor turtle took on a horrible murder by our dog, Daniel decided it would be cool to get Landon a little Aquarium for his room. Now, Landon has 2 lullaby soother aquariums on his crib...but its not real! We had a huge 77 gallon fish tank and as bad as it may sound, we were letting it go. It had a ton of algae growing in it and it was in a spot where we would not always remember to feed the two fish living in it. So the other day Daniel and his mom went to the store and found Landon a small fish tank that we could put the two fish in and then Daniel and I went to the pet store and got Landon 3 more little fish. Landon loves his new fish tank from daddy! He will look at it and all the neon colors as I stand near the fish tank with him. I use it as a night light in his room because he is now crib trained!!! Yay! I would hate to just put him in a dark room because I know as a kid I needed a hall light to light my room, plus Landon has always slept with some sort of light on.
I feel that Daniel and I are finally getting a good handle on parenting. Landon is going longer between feedings and sleeping more. This is a much needed thing for our growing boy. When he needs to sleep, I just let him sleep and I realize that even if he does sleep during the day he will still sleep during the night. I am finally getting to sleep in a real bed and just waking up when Landon needs me in the middle of the night. What a transformation from a month ago! The nights where I would have to angle myself on the couch to have Landon comfortable and safe on me while we slept and then walking down the hall to his room to change him in the middle of the night. I am seeing that Landon eats a lot more! He can suck down about 5 to 6 oz before bed, so now I have learned that I will need to pump every day so I can feed him a big bottle at night in order for him to sleep better.
All in all, Landon has been happier lately, and I know that that is partially because Daniel's parents have been keeping him entertained while they are here on their visit, but I think its also because we are finally getting the hang of things and it is getting so much easier!

Good ole Zoe

Daddy and his little cutie!
Landon with Grammy during tummy time.
My mom holding Landon during his really good nap.
So Precious!.......................

Friday, Daniel's parents were coming in from Colorado to meet our sweet little boy for the first time. They were so excited to meet their first and only grandchild! So, Daniel and I were really busy, before they arrived, trying to get things cleaned and put away. Daniel went outside on Thursday to work on the lawn in the backyard and when he moved the lawn mower he found a wonderful surprise :P. I was inside working on crib training Landon for his nap and he came in and got me. He was like can you come outside?... I walk outside and he goes "so you'd think we live in Florida" then shows me that where the lawn mower was...there was a little turtle! Weird...so he put the hissing turtle in a box and we were going to keep it...at least for a little while. I would go out and feed it some lettuce and I told Daniel that the turtle because of our little Landon. Well, the days are flying by and Daniel's parents arrived we have been enjoying our time with them. They have been helping us so much with Landon and have been enjoying all the little faces he makes.
So Saturday Daniel's mom went outside and was helping us with the upkeep of our pool. I said Daniel why don't you have your mom come inside?...she shouldnt be doing our work for us. He went outside and came back in and says "Evy, Zoe (our dog) ate the turtle!" Now, Daniel jokes with me a lot...so I didnt believe him at first. He then said, No Evy, I am serious there is blood on the patio and pieces of turtle shell out there. I didnt even want to look so I just asked him to clean it up because I knew that it would be sickening for me to go out there. Daniel was so sweet to clean up the whole mess and then last night Good ole Zoe decided to throw up the only thing she had eaten all day.... TURTLE!!! There was spit and turtle throw up in our kitchen and once again Daniel kindly cleaned up dead turtle mess. Ever since the incident Zoe has not been living down eating that poor little Turtle. You gotta feel sorry for a poor little turtle being eaten by an 80 pound American bull dog. :(

Saying "I dont know what to do"

Lately Landon has become extremely fussy! I just did not know what to do. It seemed to have started a few days ago when I started crib training him. It's almost like whenever he is awake now he is fussy. He gets his moments where he decides to be happy and smile (which I love) but most of the time he is scream/squealing and crying. I figured it was from his lack of sleep since he hates crib training but I couldnt be sure. Maybe he wasnt feeling good?! What do I do? I hate seeing him unhappy. He had cried so much this week that his voice started sounding raspy... my poor little guy.
I tried crib training him the whole night last night. He ended up calming down and falling asleep but he would only stay asleep for probably about 1 1/2- 2 hours. So I was going in his room all through out the night. It was almost like sleep on an actual bed was just a tease to me. The good thing is we made it through a night of crib training and I think he did pretty well, especially since this has been the first night home where he has slept alone. I know I spoil my son and maybe that is why he has been so fussy lately. He went from being with me constantly to me setting him down a lot more and now crib training on top of that. My poor little guy! :(
So today I told Daniel, I'm calling the doctor. I wanted to see if they could tell me something I could give him over-the-counter to help him sleep since I figured his fussiness was from a lack of sleep. They didnt tell me I could give him anything for him to sleep, but that they wanted me to bring him in to get him checked out to make sure he didnt have an ear infection or something. So I took him to the Doctor and she looked over his whole body....basically checked everything. She checked his eyes, ears, gums, tongue, skin, pee pee and said she didnt see anything wrong. She asked me some questions and thought that maybe what he is dealing with is acid reflex after talking with me. She told me to give him small doses of Maalox. I made sure that this wouldnt hurt him (considering we dont know if he really has acid reflex) and she said no. I kind of doubt he has that...he only spits up on me about 1 time during the day, but if it doesnt hurt and could potentially help him feel better I thought we could try it. So tonight I have to go get that for him.

Please pray for my baby boy. I hate seeing him unhappy and I just want him to be happy Landon again! :( The baby days get so hard sometimes because you just dont know what exactly to do for your child when they cant talk. I want to be able to reason with him if the fussiness is because he wants me, but I guess its just not exactly that simple. So I ask for your prayers...I know that Jesus can make him a happy little guy again.

Landon and Gracie

A long nap after a long, rough day! :(
So this is my cousin Gracie, huh? I think we'll be good friends...:)
Gracie was checking Landon out. Looked like she was going to give him a kiss.

I can't quite hold myself up like Gracie can, mommy.

Landon has met his cousin Gracie before but never really took a good look at her until today. We didn't have the best day today. He was super fussy during the day, but when Gracie came over he seemed to stop fussing for a little bit. Amanda and I had fun watching them together.

Great Progress!

Crib training....... DAY 1


Crib training....... DAY 2

Today we had to take Landon for his Cardiology appointment to find out what the results were, regarding his heart, one month after birth. While there they managed to bruise his arm with the blood pressure cuff ..my poor little guy :( ...and then told us that they couldnt get a correct reading from it because after a while he started to cry. Well...duh...you bruise my baby and I think he will cry. He was a tough guy for a few minutes of it but then he didnt want to take it anymore. They also weighed and measured him and we found that he is now about 13 lb.s and 4 oz. and is 22 3/4 inches!!! I thought that was cool. He may end up one of the tallest of the family!
So, for the really good news....his heart news!... The doctor came in and started talking to us about it and it was sounding like he was saying that when he checked him at the hospital he had 1 out of 3 irregular heartbeats which he would consider worse than something benign. He continued talking to us and it sounded to me like he said...those symptoms are almost all gone. But then I clarified a couple minutes later and said...so their almost all gone? He said no, they are all gone! So, that was our really good news all of his irregularity is gone! The doctor said he heard what sounded like a normal baby heart murmer so we will just check when Landon is 6 months on that. The doctor tried to explain that the reason for the murmer on babies is that their heart hasn't completely developed and expanded yet but by about 6 months they are developed enough where it should be gone. These are things that I wouldnt have thought to even check on before he was born!!!
On another note, I decided to try to conquer the "Crib Battle". Yesterday, I started working with him on it. I only try 1 time per day. I dont want to bother him too much with it at first...and I dont want to wear myself out too much either. I tried yesterday and of course he probably cries more than he sleeps but I hang around and listen for his sounds. He will only sleep about 15 minutes but he is learning and that's progress to me.
So, that is the latest! I am so in love with my little boy. I tell him that he is my special baby...my only one :). For in the future he may be my only baby...

Happy guy!!!

WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY?!? I'M A HAPPY GUY,MOMMY?
REALLY?.... ME?!
YAY, LANDY POO IS THE WINNER FOR HAPPY GUY AWARDS!
I'M SO TICKLED, MOM!
..... AND THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF MY CUTE OUTFITS....