careful what you pray for

I only asked for dirty diapers and boy did we get them. The ped said his intestinal tract was a bit immature leading to a huge diaper once every few days. She said it would improve and to try out caffeine. Never got to the caffeine because we have turned the corner. Friday night there was a huge explosion as I was putting him to bed. Huge. Sounded like a bomb going off in his diaper. Much easier to catch it right after it happens is the lesson here. Then he did it one more time in the next hour. Last night in 2 hours he did it 3 times and then woke up with one more that Mark got the pleasure of changing. We've already had one more this morning and also a pee "out". Loads of laundry on tap for today and a bath on the fly.
It's also time to do some diaper homework. I have two types of pampers. One came as a gift and has this grid type mesh to it. They are not my favorites because they stick to his little boy parts and he cries when I change him and pull them off. Its really weird how that happens. The other pampers are dry max and don't have it. Very odd to have different types of pampers. This will take some trial and error. He is between the new born size and size one. Definitely using the size one's at night time to catch all the explosions!

one week and counting

one week old - 12/10/10

snuggle time with dad - love snuggle time with him!

just for grandma - enough pictures already

This week has been spent trying to get Lane to sleep in his bassinet or pack-n-play down stairs. He much prefers to sleep on mom or dad. Wrapping in the Halo sleep sack last night seemed to help a lot along with a bottle of formula before bed. I've also been given the go ahead to drink some caffiene so he will give us a few more dirty diapers. One every three days does not cut it and after the explosion last night I would prefer one a day. The doctor said caffiene gets the intestines going and will help him get the poop out. So do I have a real tea, some Diet Coke or a Peppermint Mocha?

diapers surprises

Probably should have taken some pictures of the diapers that my friends created at my shower for changing Lane at night - they were very cute and we are almost to end of them. They mostly had cute little sayings like "mommy ate beans", "mommy loves diamonds", "pray for mommy". "specially for daddy" and even drawings by Kelley's children. Found those last night and had a good laugh. Those were the fun kind of surprises. The other fun kind that require lots of wipes were just not happening. The doctor suggested sugar water and of course he loves the bottle and it worked the first time we needed to get it all out. The second time was yesterday and it didn't work so we had to get little baby suppositories. He hated that and kept pushing it back out. Sort of funny. The finally time he actually pooped while pushing the little thing out and that was a much easier diaper to change because I held his little butt up and Mark got the wet towels. A diaper wipe just isn't enough.
Also discovered that all Pampers are not created equal. Not sure what happened there, but some of the Pampers that I got are not exactly good soakers and they keep the wet on him. Those won't be used at night time for sure. We have several brands to test out before we buy any more.

Pictures with Grandpa & Grandma K

Grandma & Grandpa in front of the Christmas Tree ... to be decorated this weekend...

Lane is doing great! Wasn't quite getting in enough dirty diapers so I put on a brand new unwashed outfit. It worked! Good thing he will out grow it fast and the pants cover the spill out. No newborn outfits here. His little froggy legs don't exactly stay in the legs of the pants, but oh well they are still cute.

Just having fun with the camera.

He's Here!

Lane Lawrence - 12/3 at 3:33 pm

8lbs. 7 oz. - 20.5 inches long

First picture with Daddy

First picture with Mommy

Grandma & Grandpa Sens
The next morning with Mommy

Time to go home!

Grandma Koenig comes to visit... pics with Grandpa to follow

Hanging out with Daddy

It's been a few days, but at last here are the details and some pictures from those first few days.

Lane Lawrence was born on December 3rd at 3:33 pm weighing in at 8 pounds 7 ounces and measuring 20.5 inches. He's doing just great. My water broke the night before as we were getting ready for bed and we took our time going to the hospital. By the time we got there I was finally feeling it a little. By 3 am it was time for an epidural as they were saying he'd be there by 7:00 am and the doctor was not so fond of my throwing up. He can't deal with puke - go figure. At 7:00 am a new doctor came on - one of my favorites and he could handle it all. He took way longer to arrive than 7:00 am. It was a very busy day at the hospital with 23 new babies - typically there are about 10 a day so when my epi pump broke the nurse kept it very quiet and worked to fix it fast. Not fast enough for me! He arrived sideways after being in the right position the last 2 months. Lane is doing great and enjoying being held by all. More pictures soon.

11 days to go!

Hopefully not more! Spent the day off of bed rest! woohoo! I went shopping to pick up a few last minute items and then out to lunch at Olive Garden. Soup, salad and breadsticks. Just about died when she brought me the whole stinking bowl of salad that normally serves 4 people at dinner. She thought I was anxious to get my soup which it turned out they had just run out of. The replacement was just as good however - something with kale, potatoes and spicy sausage. It was very good.
Looking forward to another quiet weekend now that we have most things done. Mark is working from home tomorrow and we have some errands lined up. Yeah. Maybe lunch out again?