1 Month New

March 1, 2013

We celebrated Jase's one month milestone by getting his kidneys checked for the first time since birth.  He proved, yet again, how good of a boy he is by not making a peep during the ultra sound and actually falling asleep while she checked him out.  I was such a proud mama :)

We got a call from Dr. Proehl's office on Tuesday, Jase's kidneys are a normal size...WOO HOO!  The nurse also told us he has what Dr called "mild bilateral pelvictasis" which refers to the thickness of his kidneys and affects the flow of urine.  Basically the walls of his kidneys are a little thick.  She assured me it was a mild case and nothing invasive would need to be done going forward.  At most, he could be high risk for UTI's...not ideal, but we can handle those.  They were giving us a referral to a urologist in Peoria who would call to set up an appt.  Not long after I got off the phone with the nurse, I received a call from Dr Rhea's office in Peoria.   I was pretty taken aback when she told me our next step would be a VCUG which requires a catheter to be inserted into his penis to inject dye into his kidneys so we can watch his urine flow.  I'm not sure if my mom instincts kicked in or what, but that was a HUGE red flag for me.  Why are we talking about inserting a catheter into my 1 month old son's penis when my doctor's office just told me his kidneys are a normal size and nothing invasive would need to be done?  Instead of setting up the appt to do the VCUG, I requested an appt to sit down with the urologist to discuss how necessary this procedure is.  Considering we didn't get scheduled for that until May 1st, I don't think it's a big emergency.  Jase has his 2 month check up with Dr. Proehl on April 1st and you can bet his sweet little butt we'll be discussing this.  I feel like, now that his kidneys are normal, we're just coming up with new things to check out on him.  Granted, Dr Proehl had to bring this to our attention since she saw it in his ultra sound pics, but I'm wondering if this is really necessary or if we're starting to run tests just to run tests.  It's not about money, Jase has great insurance, but I'm not willing to put him through all this crap unless it is 110% necessary to ensure his well being.  I'm 30 years old and was petrified to have a catheter when I gave birth and I had an epidural...why in the world would I put my child through that unnecessarily?  Needless to say, I wasn't a happy camper when I got off the phone with Dr Rhea's office...will be sure to come back to this when I know more.

How did we get to March already?...my maternity leave is dwindling.

3-1-2013  - Milestone:  Turning 1 month 

                   Aunt Lindsey & I went out for dinner while daddy stayed home with Jase, but we had to cut
                   the night short when we got a call about an hour & a half later with nothing but screaming on the
                   other end.  Jase seems to have taken up a "witching hour" around 7pm every night and it's hard
                   to get him calmed down.  Not even mama's scent seemed to make things better.  Just one of
                   those phases babies go through I'm assuming.  Fingers crossed it's short lived...

  3-2-2013 - Mommy & daddy went car shopping so Jase spent the afternoon at Aunt Amy's.  Brought
                    home a 2011 GMC Acadia...LOVE IT!!!

  3-3-2013 - Jack is going to be such a great big brother (happening October 2013)!!
                    Milestone:  Jase slept in his crib for the first time!!  He set a record, sleeping 6
                    hours and leaving mom & dad feeling a little lonely without their boy next to them...but what a
                    relief that it went well!!

3-4-2013 - Since Lindsey was in town, we had the opportunity to get all the boys together at Jill's.
                  Considering the 3 of us went to school together, it would be pretty fun to see Jack, Owen,
                  Oliver, and Jase grow up and become friends.

3-5-2013 - FEED ME!!!

 3-6-2013 - The J man loves to sleep curled up on his stomach on my chest so during nap time we break
                   the rules and he gets a blanket too (don't worry I check on him regularly)...scandalous!
                   Lefty like daddy??!??!?
                   "Grandpa, you hold Jase, I hold his feet" - Bevin

Happy 7th Birthday Henry Douglas!!!!!!!

3-7-2013 - Grammy came over to babysit while mom got her hair done so of course we busted out the
                  Harley gear.  Thanks Grammy!!  Mama really needed a haircut, but I have to admit...it's still
                  hard to leave him even if it's only for a couple hours.

Always discretely flashing the peace sign

Sidenote:  I might have my mama's hairline & nose, but I got more then just daddy's flat feet :)
                Those eyes & chins are identical! 

 
The transition from pack-n-play in our room to his crib in his room went flawlessly.  He's consistantly gone to bed between 9:30 and 10pm each night this week and slept until 3:30 or 4am.  Since he's sleeping for a longer period of time, it takes a little more then 2 min to get him to fall back to sleep after a feeding, but once he's back to sleep he sleeps until 8 or 9am and then we're up for the day.  He obviously loves it because he isn't napping as well during the day if I keep him in the living room.  He nods in & out for 10 or 20 min at a time in his bouncy seat or on the floor, but if I put him in his crib for a nap he'll sleep for 2 or 3 hours.  Baby boy has preferences!!!

I got on the scale with him the other day and I think he's just under 12 lbs...I can't wait to get him weighed April 1st.  My favorite development this week is all the smiles we get!  It might still be gas, but he's really starting to smile when he's focusing on us when we talk to him.

Upcoming goals :
Narrow down & order newborn prints (seems impossible)
Figure out baptism

-Nicole