Micah is 11 days old already. It's so hard for us to believe, it has gone so fast!
He had another check up today and there was good news and not so good news.
The not so good is he's still pretty yellow, so they want another bilirubin check in a week.
Also not so good, he's only at 9 lbs 5 oz, and the goal is to be back at birth weight by 2 weeks.
Lastly, he has reflux.
But, this is actually the good news as well.
Hopefully, now that he is on meds for the reflux, he will start eating better which will take care of both the jaundice and the lack of weight gain. And also allow the rest of us a little peace and quiet. He has been having a lot of trouble nursing, and just wants his pacifier all the time. So we have had to take the paci away, at least for now. Therefore, he spends a lot of time somewhere between fussing and screaming. We now understand why he always wants to sleep on someone and wakes up within 5 minutes of being put down.
God-willing, the Zantac will help ease his misery- and ours!
On a similar note, they used the silver nitrate to cauterize his umilical cord area since it seems to be having a little trouble healing. Hoepfully this means it won't still be there at 4 months like Selah's!
This will probably be an all-time favorite of mine.
I'm not touching him, see?
I'm at least a half inch away from his head!
Hanging out in my new gym from Santa!
Mom and Dad were so relieved to be able to set me down for a few minutes to get a couple of things done!
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I hope the zantac helps. We tried it with one of ours and I swear it made her fussier. Hope his coloring improves, too.
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