Bringing Baby Home

    I wanted to give more frequent posts about the baby, however beside being busy with him, our modem was out for over a week, my mothers been in the hospital a couple times and my dad is dying of cancer. The baby is the one spot of light in my life right now.

     LM doesn't realize what a good baby she has. He cries pathetically softly when he's hungry, has gas, or needs to be changed. Once his needs are met he stops and just goes to sleep.

     I do admit that at times burping can be a problem so we've found other ways of getting him to burp. Once he does he's fine. Here's what we do for burps...

• Try for a burp after every couple of ounces or at least twice a bottle
• the usual pats on the back
• a pattern of patting on the back from the waist to the neck area in that order
• changing burping position to sitting on our laps
• laying him down flat for two or three minutes
• waiting a few minutes then a gentle circular massage on the back

     If he still doesn't burp, we lay him down but not flat we prop him up on a high pillow and on his side, because if he doesn't burp he will spit up. If he's flat on his back he starts to choke. Making sure we get the burp has made for a much more content baby.