A Cold

Dominick caught a cold from Cecilia. It's so sad. When he breathes heavy through his sweet little nose. Or when he coughs. Or when his nose runs. I feel so bad for him.

And what do you do for a one month old with a cold? Do you give him anything? We are cleaning out his nose with a bulb syringe, but other than that what should I be doing? Any tips??

Thanks in advance!

Dominick's One Month Check-up

We went to the pediatrician today and learned a few things about Dom.

1) He has grown to 10 lbs. 4 ozs. so he is a big boy already! He is in the 75th percentile for weight.

2) He has also grown to 22 1/2" long and is in the 75th percentile for height.

3) He does NOT like shots. :-(

This is going to be a contradiction to my "reflection" post. Dominick had to get his 2nd Hep B vaccine today. The nurse told me I could either hold him or lay him down for the shot. I opted to lay him down out of fear that he'd squirm when getting the shot and make it difficult for me to hold him. I tried to get as close to him as possible while he got the shot. When she stuck the needle in, his face contorted with fear and he let out one of those horrible horrible cries. The kind where he couldn't catch his breath and didn't make any noise at all for a minute. Then it was so loud and clearly he was in pain. It completely broke my heart. I got tears in my eyes and as soon as I could I picked him up again. Sweet baby boy. I love him so much.

Our next appointment is April 10. He is due for a whole bunch of shots. I might try to see if Nick can come with me because I don't know if I can watch that again.

My little angel. So big already! One month old. My goodness it's scary how time flies...

Happy Birthday Dom!

Today Dominick is exactly one month old. I can't believe it. Everyone says times flies with a newborn and I never believed them, but it's so true. He seems so big already!

Tomorrow is our one month check up with the pediatrician. I can't wait to see how big he's gotten!

I'll update tomorrow with his height and weight and tell you about the appointment.

Bath Time

I finally took a few pictures of us giving Dominick a bath. He does not like it at all!






Hopefully he will start enjoying bath time more soon! Until then, we continue bath time with lots of screaming and crying!!

Baptism!

So like I mentioned in the last post, we have Dominick's baptism scheduled.

It will be April 26, 2009 after 11:30 mass. So around 12:45 p.m. I'm very excited about this.

Here are a few pictures of Dominick and his godparents!


Here is Dominick with Mike, his godfather.


And I can't believe I don't have a picture of Kate and Dominick together!! This is Kate, his godmother, with her daughter Sophia.

We are very excited for this baptism and very excited about his godparents. We know that they love him almost as much as we do, and we couldn't ask for more.

So family - mark your calendars! April 26!!

A productive day

Today I got a lot accomplished. I'm very proud of myself so I'll post about it here!

First off, I've been second guessing myself with the whole breastfeeding thing. Dominick always seems so hungry that I'm afraid he's not getting enough from me. Also, I don't have very much milk saved up for when we are out and about. So I've been meaning to call the doctor for awhile now and see if we can add some formula. Well today I finally called and got a hold of her. She said to absolutely supplement with formula. She told me what kind, how much, and how often. So we are ready to start trying that. One thing down...

Next, I got an email from the day care we were planning on using and I found out that there are 5 infants ahead of us! Holy cow! So I called around and found another day care one street away and on the same block as us! Even closer! And it's cheaper! Score! Two things down...

Finally, I called St. Joan of Arc and scheduled Dominick's baptism! I gave them all the information and they will be sending us forms to fill out. Nick and I are encouraged to attend baptism class as well, so we will be doing that. Awesome. Three things down...

And that is all the energy I have for today... :)

A few pictures

Here's just a few pictures that I had that I thought I'd share. They aren't all that recent, so I apologize. I'll get some newer pictures up soon!