Gaining

Last week, Mimi and PopPop came up for a visit! They arrived on Sunday, and Mimi stayed all week (for the record, they're Devin's parents). Besides just being an extra pair of hands to care for Micah while I took a shower or we ran to the store in the evening, she vacuumed the house, helped make dinners and made beautiful curtains for Micah's room! Now that they've gone home again and Don is back at work for the second week, I'm home alone, and it's not at all what I expected it would be...though I'm filled with love for this little boy, I am, at the same time, filled with a tremendous amount of self-doubt and loneliness. I long for a day when either we live around my family or they live around us (don't worry, Don knows of this....I think!).

At Micah's two-week appointment, I discussed with the nurse practitioner his tremendous sleepiness and the fact that he didn't seem to be eating a whole lot--at that point in time, he had also only been getting up once or twice a night to eat! Well, when she put him on the scale, we quickly learned that he was getting all he needed. Micah gained 1lb, 1oz in just one week!! So, as of last Friday, our tiny baby already weighed 8lb, 7oz :o) I can't wait to see where he's at on Good Friday at our 4-week appointment! On the same day, he lost his umbilical cord AND got his first bath that night, which he loved more than life itself ;o)

On another note, Sunday began a less-enjoyable time in Micah's short little life so far. For the last three nights, from about midnight to 4:30 or 5am, he has been extremely fussy. He'll eat well, but either be wide-eyed and awake after, or wake up as soon as we go to burp him or lay him down. It's been an extremely frustrating, trying few nights. The doc's office thinks it's his "3-week growth spurt", and he'll get back into a schedule soon.....here's hoping!