Happy Three Week Birthday Jacob!

Well it's hard to believe that our little boy is already three weeks old and still has one week until his original birthday. He's doing well and while we still face a few challenges on the nursing front, he is thriving and is already at seven pounds. He eats like a champ but has his nights and days mixed up.

Here are a few highlights from the last three weeks:

• Tuesday, March 23: Obviously, this is the biggest one! His arrival was quite a surprise but wow! What an amazingly handsome boy we made and we are instantly in love with him.
• He's a nosy one: Even though he's considered a premie, he's lifting his head and looking around. He's been doing this since he was a week old and we continue to be amazed at how strong he is.
• Daily christening: Almost on a daily basis, just when I think I have the diaper thing figured out, he pees on me. He hasn't pooped on me yet...Roger had the pleasure of being peed and pooped on when we did his newborn photos last week.
• Hitting the bottle: Because he was born a premie, we've had our challenges on the nursing front. First he was "tongue-tied" and then there is the latching problem. We were using a supplemental nursing system which basically had us finger-feeding Jacob, and because of the latching problem this is how we fed him exclusively - a nightmare for my carpal tunnel. It was causing a lot of anxiety for both of us and with the help of a lactation specialist, we are making progress on the latching thanks to the introduction of a bottle. The bottle has also given us more flexibility.
• Diaper marathon: They weren't kidding when they told us we would be changing upwards of 90+ diapers a week at our baby prep class. I think we probably hit that number in the first week...you lose count when you're sleep deprived.
  

Everyday we look at this little guy and are so thankful for the opportunity to be parents to such a strong, healthy, happy baby! Happy Three Week Birthday Baby Boy!!!