Par's One Month Birthday!!!!

Above is a very special poster made by Par's Aunt Sally (sophmore in college)--as people may know--Joe (my brother) brought it to our attention that naming our son "Par" was like naming him "Average"--so in an effort to clear everything up--Sally gave us this great sign. Amen, Sally--you said it girl!

Today we celebrated Par's 1 Month Birthday with 13cc's of breast milk every 3 hours! He had a little trouble because he was pretty much asleep during 2 of his feedings--his final feeding at 9pm he was zonked out and he didn't drink any. We tried waking him up--but that seemed to do absolutely nothing--he was tired from such a big birthday!



In celebration, we (Rusty & I) gave him a swing--he loves it! He sat in it for about 30 minutes today--just happy as can be--very content sucking his pacy and swinging back and forth.





Dr. Kays came and spoke to us today--we had a few questions for him and our nurse was kind enough to request a meeting for us. He was very impressed with Par's eating progress and said that he can try breastfeeding any time now. At Par's 6pm feed he got a little cranky after his bottle and so we decided to hold off on trying--then he was asleep at 9pm--so we are going to just wait and try breastfeeding tomorrow. I'm really excited--I'm praying he'll latch on correctly--a few people (with CDH babies) have told me that although breastfeeding can be more work for babies--they seem to do better with it--so we'll see. Either way--we are so happy that his feeds are going well. But Dr. Kays cautions that we still don't know if he is refluxing--sometimes it can be silent--he'll do an upper GI study a little later and then we will have a better idea on what is going on.

Par had some special visitors today--his Great-grandfather, and his two great-aunts (Lissy & Virginia). Unfortunately, Par slept through their visits and has no idea they were even there (although Aunt Lissy tried to pry his eyes open with her fingers in an effort to wake him up). Anyway, my point is--there is still an even playing field when it comes to the coveted "favorite great aunt spot"--so aunts, continue to send flowers and gifts please. :)

We are so thankful for everyone's continued prayers. I know this blog is just a glimpse of what is going on here--but your notes, emails, comments always come at the perfect time and say just what we need to hear/read...so I guess the "glimpse" you are seeing is accurately depicting our emotional/spiritual needs--so thank you.

Love, Liz, Rusty & Birthday Boy Par!