Dr. Office: My new home!

West is a little over 2 weeks old, and boy has life been crazy!! Last saturday night, Jack started feeling sick, he had a fever of 102, a rash all over his body, and a little blister the size of a pea on his thumb. We gave him some medicine and finally got him to sleep about 1 in the morning. Aaron and my room is in the basement, and Jack shares a room with Kyle upstairs. Their bedroom is right across the hall from grandma and grandpa's. Sunday morning about 7, Maga (Grandma Hayes) woke up that morning to Jack saying "What is it, What is it?" She went into the bedroom to find that Jack had thrown up all over his bed, and was wondering what it was.

That afternoon we noticed that the blister on his finger had grown, and by the next morning it was covering his whole thumb. I called our doctor and took Jack in to be checked. The doctor checked Jack and discovered that he had a staph infection. She told us it was very contagious and we needed to keep him away from West. She also popped his blister, gave us a prescription and set us up to come back and see her in a week. Well we were successful in giving Jack his meds the first two days, and then he decided he did not want them. Every time we tried to give them to him he spit it out. We even had two people holding him and one shutting his nose so he would swallow. We tried putting it in chocolate syrup, yougart, ice cream, and even his drink, but he would not take it. We finally tried putting it in an otter pop, and it worked!

While all of this was happening with Jack, we also had problems with West. West is a sleepy boy. I have to wake him up to eat every time. We have to put our hand in the freezer then on his stomach, and then sometimes this does not work. I took him in for his 3 day appointment and he had lost weight, which is normal, but she wanted me to bring him in one week later to make sure he was gaining. He weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces. Three days later he was circumsiced and they weighed him and he had dropped to 7 pounds 4 ounces. I brought him back in two days later and he was down to 7 pounds 1 ounce. So I have had to give him formula. I want to keep breastfeeding, but not sure if I will be able too. I am switching between the bottle and breastfeeding. Monday I have to take him back in to see if he has gained weight. If he has not gained weight we will discuss what needs to happen next, hopefully he has though. All in all I have been to the doctor's office 6 different times in one week. And I am going back monday, and tuesday. I hope this is the last time I have to take them in for a long time!