Billy Graham's daughter, Ruth, has been praying for Jim Beau and visited Capitol Hill last week! Check out her blog post.
Ruth Graham Visiting Capitol Hill
Monday, May 24, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Eating
I'm thinking that it is really time for Jim Beau to start enjoying his first foods. He still really loves his milk and I'm not sure I'm ready to cut back on that until I think he has the eating thing down a little better. We had a cardiology check up today and he is gaining weight, just not enough. Tonight I gave him cereal and sweet potatoes. It is so funny. He doesn't open his mouth, but instead I put the spoon up to his lips and he sips it off of the spoon. Very messy!
He has reverted back to waking up every three hours at night to take a bottle. He nearly takes four ounces at a time at night, which is really good for him. During the day, however, I think he is distracted by the things around him and he won't take that much and so it seems like he is eating all day long! I would LOVE to get him on a better schedule, but right now I'm just going to feed him when he's hungry. Eat Jim Beau!!
He has reverted back to waking up every three hours at night to take a bottle. He nearly takes four ounces at a time at night, which is really good for him. During the day, however, I think he is distracted by the things around him and he won't take that much and so it seems like he is eating all day long! I would LOVE to get him on a better schedule, but right now I'm just going to feed him when he's hungry. Eat Jim Beau!!
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Well Baby Check Up
We had Jim Beau's 4 month Well Baby check up today. He is really 5 1/2 months old, but he could not get any immunizations until 8 weeks after his heart surgery, so we are a little behind. He is 25 inches long and weighs 12 lbs. It makes me laugh because Jim Beau's cousin Alexa who is about 6 weeks old, already weighs 12 lbs!
I asked the doctor to figure out what percentile Jim Beau is in because Paul is always wanting to know that. Turns out he has been in the 0 percentile for weight the past three times he has been weighed!! Let's hope he really catches on to the cereal thing so that he can gain some weight. Doc put him on a bigger dose of Zantac to help with reflux, so maybe it will start feeling better to him to eat more. He is in the 44% for head circumference (shocker!) and 14% for length.
Jim Beau wasn't too excited about the rice cereal so I went ahead and tried the oatmeal and I think he likes it! I'm also already trying pears and apples. Yesterday and today he actually opened his mouth for me to put the spoon in, so that is good! Here is a picture from a few days ago!
I asked the doctor to figure out what percentile Jim Beau is in because Paul is always wanting to know that. Turns out he has been in the 0 percentile for weight the past three times he has been weighed!! Let's hope he really catches on to the cereal thing so that he can gain some weight. Doc put him on a bigger dose of Zantac to help with reflux, so maybe it will start feeling better to him to eat more. He is in the 44% for head circumference (shocker!) and 14% for length.
Jim Beau wasn't too excited about the rice cereal so I went ahead and tried the oatmeal and I think he likes it! I'm also already trying pears and apples. Yesterday and today he actually opened his mouth for me to put the spoon in, so that is good! Here is a picture from a few days ago!
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