it’s not about you

Killian is five weeks old today. He had his one-month visit at the pediatrician’s office on Tuesday, where I found out that he now weighs 11 pounds and 14 ounces. He’s gained a pound and 10 ounces in a little over two weeks. Wow. The doctor asked if the nursing was going well. Apparently, it’s going fine. He’s officially outgrown all his clothes. He was wearing a six to nine month onesie this morning - and it fit. Thanks to Kyle and Lacey, Granddad, and Nana and Papa, he is set now.

So, without further ado…

Oh yeah. I realized I never blogged about the result of his tongue-clipping. As you can see from the above picture, we did go in to have it done and the doctor did agree that it could and should be clipped. A little lidocaine, one snip later, and we were done. We tried to get him to nurse right after in the office, which was kind of funny. Between his newfound abilities and the lidocaine, he couldn’t quite do it. He now had a long, floppier, and completely numb tongue.

Things have been much better and I am now nursing pain-free, which is very important. He seems to have adjusted quite fine, if His Chubbiness is any indication.

Joshua has decided that Killian now has three awake phases: eating, wanting to eat, and showing us what he ate. I think he has forgotten how much babies spit up. Judah could lob it right over your shoulder and onto the floor without ever hitting your clothes. Killian doesn’t have her aim, but he can certainly hold his own in that department. As one Mr. Thames says, people who have babies live on the edge of wetness.

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