These are Roy's official pictures for his 1 month birthday. Scott and I made the bear for him at Build-a-Bear with a gift card Aunt Jill had gotten us (she got the outfit to go with the card) and I figured he would work good for our monthly pictures. I wish I would have brought him to the hospital so we could have started with his birth, but I guess starting at 1 month is pretty good. My little guy is eating well and growing a little each day. He's at the odd point of newborn clothes being a little snug and 0-3 month clothes being a lot baggy, but no matter what he's my handsome little man.

I don't know why I always post my pictures in the reverse order, I guess I'm a smidge computer illiterate. He started on the left right side of the bear and started crying, so then I moved him to the left and he was more content.

First Bath

All clean and shiny!

Getting dried off is not as good as getting being in the tub!

Oh, this feels nice!

So Roy actually did enjoy his first bath. He only cried when I first put him in the water, but then settled down right away, so don't let his face fool you, he liked it.

THREE WEEKS!!!

Our baby is three weeks old today! We celebrated by getting out his Baby Einstein play mat. Roy didn't cry so that's a good sign. Scott showed him all the stuff that he had to play with, but Roy seemed a little more interested in staring off, I think he may have been watching TV. Plus we also for another treat for the little man, we went to the credit union today and opened his cub club account. Grandma Terry had us leave his Bear Bank on her desk so she can have somewhere worthwhile to put her change. We'll see how long before it's full!

Tongue Tied

You would think that Roy has been through enough in his first few weeks of life, but not my tough guy. He's conquered one feat after another. Since he wasn't back up to birth weight at his two week appointment, Scott and I had to bring him back in a few days later for a weight check. Well what was supposed to be a quick little task turned into an afternoon excursion. First Roy wasn't even close to being back at birth weight, he had actually lost an ounce weighing in at an even 7 lbs. So the advicd nurse had us stay for an appointment with our pediatrician who would be available all afternoon once she was back from lunch. So we went and had his blood drawn for his second PKU test while we waited, then we checked back in for our appointment. Dr. Mehta and the advice nurse decided that we should see the lactation consultant in the mean time. When we finally got in to her she weighed Roy again and then gave him a once over. The once over was when she informed us that our little man was tongue tied and that's probably why he wasn't back up to birth weight, his tongue was keeping him from being able to really suck when he was nursing. So I fed him and she gave us 2 oz. of formula to also supplement him. Then we met another pediatrician who was able to take of his tongue by snipping his frenulum (the piece of tongue underneath that holds it in your mouth). So after facing down a circumcision, a case of thrush, Roy had his tongue clipped. He handled it like a champ, hardly crying. And now he is eating great, he nurses and then has a small bottle of formula, and he's up to an amazing 7 lbs. 11 oz. Our little buddy is getting big!!!!

THRUSH

My poor baby, at just over a week old he was put on his first antibiotic. His tongue looked like it was covered in cottage cheese, plus there were spots on the roof of his mouth and inside his cheeks. But don't let the pictures fool you, the thrush didn't seem to bother him much, I had to snap these when he was hungry so you could see inside his mouth. Plus after his nystatin it's almost all cleared up.