Noah is supposed to be born today. Yup, today. As of yesterday, he was 12 weeks old.
Whenever Wil and I see a baby, just any newborn, we think that the baby is huge, which is to truly say that Noah was that small. Even though 3 months has already passed its hard to remember that he was born 1lb and 5 oz at 12.5 inches.
Noah right now is a giant compared to when he was born. He should be shooting around 6 lbs and was last measured at 17 inches. At this weight, he’s off his 4 hour feeding schedule and on an as needed basis; we feed him whenever he’s hungry.
Now at this weight and age, he’s getting “fussy.” Noah will cry. Then his face gets flushed followed by a strained face of constipation and then… he passes gas. Then our little milk baby will smile. The relief is short lived as this repeats quite often and generally it happens more at night. So he seems to sleep all day and stay awake at night (like college life), which results in very little sleep for Wil and I. Wil and I needed to find a way to relieve his gas build up. We went out and bought an expensive fancy bottles with their “venting” systems stating that use is “proven” to reduce colic (or gas).
In the end of it all, we reverted him back to the hospital nipples (Abbott brand), which we can purchase through our company. Good thing was that those nipples could fit on other bottles (evenflow).
Here is a picture I took of him. Wow, he’s a giant now!
