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When Maddox was born we purchased a Boppy Travel Swing, and a Bjorn Bouncy Chair. Up until recently we primarily used the swing. Now that Maddox is more aware, and has better muscle control, he seems to really dig the chair.

While I was in with the dentist being tortured, Dallas and Maddox waited patiently.

Here are some crappy (but cute) iPhone photos of Maddox. 

As is the tradition, we headed up to Auburn, CA to celebrate Thanksgiving with the whole Kashuba family. It was Maddox’s first visit and I think he did really well.  8-)

It was fun to be able to spend some time in nature and enjoy the simplicity of it all. From the couch you can see deer wandering by the large picture window. Many of them had a fawn in tow. 

The baby was checked out and is in full working order! No UTI, no nothing - just big growing baby. He now weighs in at a whopping 16.5 lbs.  He turns 12 weeks old tomorrow. Yay Maddox.  8-)

Better be safe than sorry! Guess I jumped the gun on that one, though its nice that I now know where to go and what to do, should something more serious arise. 

Maddox now fits into his cute little onsie that Georgina embroidered for him. Very crafty! The label says it is for 12 month olds! Guess we have a big boy.  8-)

Yeasterday Maddox woke up super cranky and remained that way for the entire day and all last night. He is generally a pretty happy baby and all this fussiness is uncharacteristic. I took his temperature…normal.

Yesterday he would wake from his cat naps screaming and crying. During a nice lunch outside in Berkeley he totally lost it. Usually nursing fixes everything, but not this time. .

Last night he didn’t get to sleep until 9pm, then woke at 1:45, 3:30, 4:30, and 5:30 (AM folks!). Much crying ensued. During the 5:30 session I finally figured out what was causing his pain - I think. It seems as if it hurts when he pees. He was screaming so hard when I was changing his diaper that I just slapped it on and hussled to the couch so I could soothe him with some boob. He refused it and kept crying. Then almost as suddenly as the crying started, it stopped, and he smiled and started cooing. Weird! Then I noticed that my whole lap was wet. The diaper had come off during his fussing. It became apparant that he was in discomfort during urination, and fine when it was all over. Calling the pediatrician now…

I read some scary things about urine retrival in infants involving cathetars and needles, hopefully we can avoid those things. 8-/

{Photo by Margo}

This week Maddox gained a ton of weight. Last week at his pediatrician appointment he was 12.5 lbs., and when I weighed him at a baby center 7 days later, he was a touch over 14 lbs! You can totally see the chubby in his cheeks, thighs, and even his wrists. It’s pretty cute.

As you may be able to see in the photo, the new concern is face scratching. It primarily occurs at night and seems to be when he is waking up with gas or general digestive goings on. He’ll squirm and make his baby dinosaur noises, then THWAP, up goes the hand to the face. He just grabs the flesh and claws his fingers down his forehead and into his eyes like a crazy person. Some sort of straight jacket would solve the problem, at least until he could control his arms better. So what better than a good swaddle? Also we now put little socks over his hands to buy us a few extra seconds when he is waking up.

Did I call it or what? That was the longest night since we came home from the hospital (Night 2 of his life at the hospital was very long also). By long, I mean I no sleep. Though last night was long, it was not filled with wailing and too much unpleasantness. Mostly Maddox was just awake and refusing to go to sleep. Then I’d finally convince him to fall asleep and place him in his bassinet - then poof, awake again. Or he’d stay asleep in his bassinet for 20 min then wake up. Eventually (about 6 am), I decided screw that and let him just sleep on my chest. This waywe both could get a little rest. That lasted about 45 minutes, and then it was officially morning.

Basically during the night Dallas and I would both wake up. Dallas would change a diaper, I would prepare a bottle of lovingly pumped breast milk, Dallas would feed the baby, I would pump more milk, Dallas would go to bed, I would convince the baby to fall asleep, then I would wash all the bottles and nipples etc for the next round, climb into bed for 20 minutes and we’d do it all again. Surprisingly I’m doing okay today. I’m tired, but I can manage. I must be running on adrenaline or hormones or something. I’ll probably crash in a few hours - and either fall apart or fall asleep.

I’m hoping all this nonsense was just a result of the vaccinations and life will go back to normal soon.

The stats from yesterdays peds appointment…

Weight - 12lb 4.5 oz (5.570 kg) 75%

Height - 22.5 inches (57 1/4 cm) 50%

(Some cute unrelated photos)