Noah is a great baby...except for his sleeping. I'm pretty sure we've mentioned that a couple times in his short little life. :) But he had his one month well baby check-up at the pediatrician today, and we are ready to turn this boy around! First off, we got a script for Zantac to help his reflux (yay!!). The poor boy is so uncomfortable and has some periods of intense crying that we're hoping this will help. Next, we were told to start giving him some prune juice to see if we can get him pooping a little more often so he is more comfortable. I'm also going to do a little bit of a re-vamp on my own diet (bye-bye chocolate and Sonic Happy Hour!) And last, we are starting the "Ferber Method" to get help with sleeping--a different night time routine and a little bit of "cry it out". While he seems a little young to start this, his sleep has just been getting worse and worse (last night he only slept 20-45 minutes at a time and the pediatrician says he should be able to do 4-6 hours in a row at night by now) and if we don't do something soon, he is going to be controlling our behavior! Let's face it...he already is! So the next few nights are going to be really rough in the Sampson household, but we're hoping it pays off. Daddy is NOT excited about this--he hates to hear Noah cry--so pray we can both be strong for the better good of our family!
But the good news is Noah is growing GREAT--he's 21 3/4 inches long, and is up to 11 pounds and 9.2 ounces. A little chunker. :) No wonder my back hurts by the end of the day!
After his 2nd round of Hep B vaccine, our pediatrician visit was complete. Just a few tears later, Noah settled into a 3 and a half hour nap (and I said he didn't sleep well!!)... we should have had that vaccine at 10:00 pm....
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| Showing off his battle wound (the bandaid covering his vaccination spot on his left thigh) |
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| Waving to the camera...and almost a smile! |
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| His Sesame Street bandaid. |
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