Big things are happening in the Egan house!

Our little man has started smiling at us. We've yet to be able to catch it on film but the frequency grows each day.

Jack had his first day of daycare on 9/27. Mom enjoyed having the day to herself to enjoy everything and run some errands. He'll continue going to daycare Monday, Wednesday and Friday till mom finds a job and then he'll go full time. We figured it would be a transition and we were fortunate to be able to ease him into it. We are also able to be there if he does get sick or have a rough time the first few weeks. So far so good. The teacher said he had a hard time sleeping which isn't suprising given he's use to sleeping at home. I did pull him out for a few hours to go to a playgroup and put him back in. Wednesday he'll be in there all day.

Our little man is 1 month old already! My how time has flown. We've come from 5-10 mL of formula at a sitting to upwards of 6 oz (180 mL) per sitting!

Dexter and Stimpy are adjusting too, begrudgingly on their respective parts. Stimpy is still Stimpy and is more or less indifferent to Jack. He still needs and wants his cuddle time when he wants it though. Dexter love his little brother. He rushes to Jack's side when he's crying and lays in front of his room in the evening to protect him. He is, though, having a tough time adjusting to the amount of attention we can give him since Jack has commanded so much this first month.

Mom and Dad are doing better now as well. The first few weeks were certainly challenging, but also very rewarding. Once we discovered Jack had acid reflux and got him medication to help, he's felt much better. We're up to periods of 4-4.5 hours of sleep at a time but 2-3 hours is more consistent. Next month let's see if we can't get 4 consistent hours little man!

Jack has already been to a baptism (Reid Huling's where the picture with mommy below was taken) and to a first birthday party where he got a kiss from the birthday girl! Soon enough we know that'll be us taking Jack through some of his life's first milestones.

Weight: About 11 lbs 6 oz (on our home scale, which given our weight we know is WAY off)

We're still here!

It's been about a month since I posted last so I will fill you in what's happened since then.

Here is my 39 week picture


Here is what happened by 39 weeks 1 day



So you can see why the blog hasn't been updated.

We've gone though a ton of changes. We've had to adjust with waking up every 2 hours to feed Jack. I had a terrible recovery once we got home but thankfully Jay did almost everything so I could heal. I'm pretty sure he's a better mom than I am. Once we finally started to get use to the schedule Jack had us on we had to switch formulas and that completely threw us all over since he decided to become all backed up. After a few days and a trip to the pediatrician it finally resolved. Finally we have our latest test as new parents. During Grandpas visit Jack started to become really fussy and got progressivly worse as the week progressed. After some research and a few conversations from friends I realized he'd developed acid reflux. After taking him to the pediatrician once again he agreed with me. After spending a few evenings dealing with the worst crying I've ever heard come from a person his medicine finally started working and we have our little man back. He's been such a good baby since then.