Baby Jack

So I'm sure most of you know I had a baby. My sisters have more pictures of my kids than me, its sad. But I'm going to get the hang of this. So I had a precious little boy on June 19, 2008 the pregnancy and delivery went fine. He was born with a cleft in his soft palate which is in the back of ur throat. He was also born with no uvula (the dangly thing in ur throat) that helps the liquid go down. So in the hospital he couldn't latch on so they gave us a special bottle that was supposed to help with his cleft. They still said I might be able to nurse just work with him. So when I got home I was using breast shields to help him get a better suction. It seemed to work. He also had jaundice and had to be under the lights, but with him not eating so well his jaundice level just seemed to stay. The pediatrician finally wanted me to come in for a weight check on him. He was 9 days old. He was born 8lbs 4oz and weighed in at 7lbs 3oz. I went home and was "nursing" him every 3 hours and had continually on the lights. 5 days later was his 2wk appointment and he dropped down to 7lbs. The doctor was worried about his rapid weight loss and was contemplating whether to hospitalize him or not. He decided not to and for me to come in after the weekend. The next day was the 4th of July and we were at a family gathering. After many attempts to wake and feed him we decided to take him to the hospital. We were admitted and he was down to 6lbs 9oz. We stayed in the hospital for 5 days where he had a feeding tube and I would pump every 3 hours. I worked with feeding nurses trying to figure out how to feed him. I saw a plastic surgeon about his cleft and he said surgery wouldn't be for a year. So now I have a 4wk old who now is on oxygen and still a feeding tube and I pump. But the good news is today he was 8lbs 1oz and is slowly getting better with a new bottle the feeding nurse gave me. But he is doing great and is cute as ever. The girls are having a blast being big sisters.