Weekend update

It's been such a joy having Jonas home for now 4 days! We are feeling the exhaustion and sleep deprivation, but there is a new level of appreciation for it.

We took Jonas to the pediatrician on Thursday (Christmas) and she said he looked like a great, healthy baby and now we need to just focus on him and forget all that went on in the past. He also needs to work on putting on some weight! We got a baseline weight (3.49 kilos = 7 lb, 11 oz). She told us to just nurse him every 3 hours without any supplements and come back in 2 days to see where he's at with only nursing. Then on Saturday we went back for a weight check and he weighed 3.42 kilos = 7 lb, 8 oz. so now we are having to try to give him pumped milk after each nursing session every 3 hours because it's easier for him to suck out of the bottle. So far he's not really taking much, usually anything at all, from the bottle and it's taking him f-o-r-e-v-e-r to nurse because he falls asleep so easily and we have to spend half the time waking him up. Then Bruce tries to give him a bottle while Morgan pumps, and in a few hours the cycle repeats. Phew! We have another weight check on Friday.

Jonas is sleeping like a champ (of course, they all do at this age....infact, they sleep too much where they don't eat enough!) except for a few times when he gets cranky because he wants to suck on something --- this always seems to happen in the middle of the night, too. Why is that?! He's found his fingers a couple times, and loves to suck on them but we are highly encouraging and favoring the pacifier (which he has tried a few times and loves!) It's much easier than the fingers to get rid of at about 6 months when the suck reflex isn't as strong and overbearing.

We are so thankful for each of you and how you've carried us in your hearts these past few weeks. We really couldn't have done it and kept such strong faith without you guys. More to come soon...