Keegan is now 6 weeks old, so I should put up his one month post before he is TWO months old. Holy moly. Our new pediatrician doesn't do a one-month well visit so we don't really have any stats. He did get a weight measurement at 5 weeks for his first 'sick visit.' And weighed in at 10 lbs 11 oz - between the 50th & 75th percentiles. He has the chubbiest cheeks and is starting to get some leg rolls. We love him to pieces!
Although, somedays I feel like he should have come with an instruction manual. Seriously, this kid keeps throwing curve balls and likes to keep us on our toes. First there was the whole "I'm coming out hand first" and making me have a c-section thing. He was slightly jaundice when he was born but it was gone by 2 weeks. Also around 2 weeks he developed his "Irish temper" to match his Irish name. All of a sudden he was a fussy baby and always seemed uncomfortable. So I followed ANYONE'S advice & tried removing chocolate, beans, etc. from my diet to see if that would help with his fussy/gas/tummy troubles. Nope. And then we noticed he seemed more yellow again & took him to the doctor & confirmed he was jaundice again. This time instead of newborn jaundice, he was diagnosed with breast milk jaundice (his bilirubin level was 5 times the normal limit for a 5 week old baby). Something in the breast milk made it hard for him to get all of the bilirubin out of his system & he needed a "reboot." So Keegan got formula bottles for 3 days while I had the wonderful job of pumping and storing breast milk for 3 days. Also known as the LONGEST 3 days/nights of my life. Whew. Not much sleeping those days. Keegan also had some trouble with the formula so his tummy trouble was even worse. The current status on that is all up in the air. His jaundice seems gone and he's back to nursing. Currently we're trying: a dairy free diet for me & soy formula when he gets a bottle. It seems to be helping him, he's a much happier baby these days. :)
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