3 Kgs!

Dear all,

Sorry its been tough for me to post. As I mentioned before, Isaac learned very quickly after coming home that he likes being held all the time. If we want to put him down, we have to wait till he falls into deep sleep and then do it very gently. Since he is making up for lost time, we don't mind too much but it also means that I don't get a lot of computer time. He also really doesn't like the Moby Wrap I got and the Baby Sling I got is still too big for him. So for now, I am not able to wear him and free up my hands. Despite what I said before, I can actually move to other parts of the apartment because we do have very long tubing hooked up to Isaac's O2 machine. However, most of the time, its just easier to stay in our bedroom.

My entire family was here last week right after Isaac came home. I think its the first time for my parents, my sister and I to be in the same place since probably 2000. I was so out of it last week though it kind of went by in a blur. My dad left mid week last week and my sister left on Saturday. And then my mom got sick again on Sunday (she has been struggling with Meniere's Disease). Jong also left for a trip to Korea on Sunday and our helper Remy has Sundays off so I was basically all alone with Isaac on Sunday! I guess it was trial by fire! ^_^

Anyway, Jong just got back from his trip today and Isaac is now soundly asleep on daddy's soft belly - which is why I am able to post tonight.

My father in law was supposed to visit this coming weekend and we were really looking forward to it as he hasn't met Isaac yet (my mother-in-law met Isaac in NICU during his really early days). However, his trip got cancelled last minute so we are all very disappointed.

In any case, my days are quite busy. Isaac seems to be eating all the time as he feeds quite slowly. I am still pumping and bottle feeding him as he gets frustrated nursing because he is not suckling hard enough. I am buying a Nursing Supplement System called Lact-Aid and am hoping it would work. So apart from feeding him, I am also still pumping. And then we try to let him sleep on one of us during the day and we play with him during his awake times. In between all that, I am still trying to keep up with emails at work. I suspect the 6 weeks of leave I have is going to disappear before I know it!

When Isaac was at the hospital, the hospital gave him 50% breastmilk and 50% formula because they thought there were certain nutrients in formula that are not in breastmilk (however, they were just feeding him regular formula and not special formula like Neosure). In any case, Dr. Kawase said we didn't have to feed him formula when he got home so I have switched to almost 100% breast-milk. Jong did buy some Neosure from the U.S. but I still haven't really figured out how much of that I want to give Isaac (he doesn't seem to like it too much and it might be making his bowel movements (bm) more difficult but I am not completely sure). In any case, after he switched to almost 100% breastmilk, his bm's are less frequent. Although I have read everywhere that with breastfeeding, babies can have bm's from once a day to once a week and as long as the bm is not hard and Isaac's tummy is not distended. However, we still worry when he is not having bm often enough so it seems like we are always praying and hoping that Isaac would poop. LOL.

Anyway, when we weighed Isaac on our home scale last night before his bath, Isaac got to 3 kgs! Yippee!

Here are some videos from the past few days.







Take care and God bless,

Sonia