Update!

I took D in for his appointment yesterday afternoon to check out his poor bottom. 


First, my boy is growing so much! Last Monday he weighed in at 7lbs 11oz. Yesterday he was 8lbs 9oz! Only 2oz shy of gaining an entire pound in one week! He still seems little to me, especially for only being 8.5lbs at 3 weeks old but his weight gain has been awesome. I'm hoping we don't have another doctor appointment until his 2mo check, but I'm going to be so anxious to see how much he weighs by that point. 


Diaper rash ended up being a severe yeast rash. We got a prescription for that so that should clear up nicely. Dr. G thinks his rash might be contributing to a lot of his crankiness, so fingers crossed that it's that. Obviously I don't want him to be crying from pain, but at least it would be something we can fix and not just his personality at the moment.  I was also told not to worry about the excessive amount of spitting up he does since his weight gain is so good. I guess I'm just going to have to deal with vomit in my hair, in my bra, and down my back for the foreseeable future. ;) As for the milk sensitivity, for right now there will be no change in my diet or in the formula. I'm to watch his diapers closely (should be fun) and if I see anything that gives me pause I just bring it in to be tested.


We are ending Day 3 of me being a single parent to 3 kids. It hasn't been too bad as of yet, but that's probably because my parents have taken one of my kids (the two older ones, I'm not ready to send my littlest one away from me, no matter how grumpy he is ;) ) every day since Monday. Tonight will actually be my first night with all 3. As of right now, it's C's bedtime but Declan is wide awake so I'm not even going to attempt it. Em cried last night over missing Daddy which made me feel a mix of sadness (because come on, that's sad) and relief that we don't have to worry about year long deployments anymore. Something that didn't seem to bother her at 2 would be devastating to her now.