Today Jacob had his 2 week check up. He actually turned 2 weeks yesterday (Wednesday). I guess I should have been more prepared. I did not realize that he was going to have his HEP B shot. Poor little guy. He cried so hard and held his breath for so long that he turned every shade of red and purple imaginable. Thank goodness Brent didn't have to go - he doesn't handle that kinda thing very well. They also poked his foot so they could redo the PKU testing. So little guy got stuck twice today. Dr. Mac said that everything looks good. The only thing he is really concerned about is his lack of weight gain since birth. When we left the hospital he had gone from 10 pounds to 9.7 pounds. He hasn't gained any at all. According to the dr, Jacob should be passed his birth weight by now. So, we have to feed him every 2 hours now and he has to take at least 3 ounces at every feeding. We have to take him back next week for a weight check. If he has gained weight, we don't have to see the dr. If he hasn't gained weight or has gained very little, then we have to see the dr. and try to find out why he isn't gaining weight. It's not like Jacob doesn't eat....kid never stops eating it seems. He has been eating every 3-4 hours and taking at least 3 ounces each time. So far we have noticed that between the hours of 9:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m., he is fussy. Not really crying, just more like whining and restless. After that he goes to sleep and sleeps pretty good. Usually 3-4 hours at a time. He wakes up, we change him, feed him, and he usually goes right back to sleep. Other than that our boy looks good and healthy.
Josh is still doing very good with him. He kisses him goodbye every morning before he goes to school. He is still wanting Daddy to come and eat lunch with him quite a bit and still acts out occasionally to get our attention, but for the most part he seems to be adjusting well. We did have to take him to the dr. this week as well. Seems Josh is having problems with acid reflux. Dr. Mac said that it could be some of the foods that he eats (mainly pastas, spaghetti, pizza) or it could be from stress. Stress can apparently cause acid reflux and he said possibly the baby could be stressful for him right now. Anyway, he has to be on Prevacid for a month and see how he does. I think it really has to do with his food. We went through this during the summer too. Of course then we were both on a huge Sonic kick since that's the only thing that didn't make me sick with this past pregnancy.
Below are pics of Jacob as a 2 week old. On a side note, Josh wanted us to post pics of him riding his electric scooter he got for Christmas.
Anyway, that's about it for the Kovar household this week so far, but there's still 3 more days left in this week so who knows what could happen!
Josh still loving his baby brother
Jacob at 2 weeks
Jacob at 2 weeks
Josh riding his new scooter
Thanks for the scooter Memaw and Pepaw!
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