Elliot is 4 weeks old today! We are heading back from a weekend at Gingy’s. Let me see if I can catch y’all up on the past few days…
Thursday we had Aunt Linzy’s graduation crawfish boil. Turns out, 20 lbs. of crawfish is a lot of crawfish. Elliot took his first dose of the Zantac that evening which he did not like. I don’t know how much of it he actually got down. He was pretty fussy that evening, but Gam Gam and Aunt Linzy took turns trying to console him while I learned how to eat a crawfish.
We had another rough night and then after Logan took care of some things in the morning we got on the road to Tullahoma. We stopped by the Food City pharmacy on the way to see if they could flavor Elliot’s nasty prescription. They said that the compound we too unstable to flavor. So, I called Elliot’s pediatrician and they suggested that we get the medicine flavored… We ended up stopping at Target and they were happy to add a grape flavor to the medicine.
We got to Tullahoma without incident. Well, I guess there was one blow out diaper. I also gave him a dose of the medicine while traveling which went a little better since he swallowed while he cried. Gingy and Grandpa were so glad to see him! They got him talking and doing all kinds of baby tricks. It was sweet! Gingy even helped me give Elliot a sink bath, which was cute. After the bath, Elliot demonstrated his excellent bladder pressure by peeing on Gingy’s bathroom door and floor.
That night Elliot woke up every 2 hrs to eat.
Logan and Gingy let me sleep in some the next morning. Gingy and Grandpa went to Uncle Art’s graduation and we stayed at home with Elliot. Logan went to Hastings that morning for free comic book day. Then the 3 of us went out to try to find some Mexican food for Cinco de Mayo. Not surprisingly, the Mexican restaurants were packed so we ate Subway.
We went for a walk to Great Gingy’s house. Elliot slept on the way there and back but got a bit fussy while there. Marm and I diapered him and I fed him. Marm came in to check on me and related a story about when her youngest was a baby, she and her husband and another couple went on a boating trip and she got left on the dock all day with the baby. She tries to keep the mother in mind after that experience, which I appreciated.
We came home and watched An Idiot Abroad marathon on the Science network. Later we watched the Kentucky Derby, which Elliot seemed to really like. He watched it live with Logan and again later that evening with Grandpa.
Uncle Art came to Tullahoma that evening after his graduation and got to hold Elliot for the first time since Elliot’s birth day. Art brought him a custom made onesie with Squirtle’s face and some pointy sunglasses to match!
Later that evening we were all watching TV and I realized that I was breastfeeding un-drapped in front of every male in my immediate family… Whatever…
Last night Elliot went 3 or more hours between each feeding!!! Logan went ahead and got up with him at 4:45 and let me sleep. That was nice.
That morning Elliot took a long nap on Uncle Art.
We had a graduation party for Art and a birthday party for Great Aunt Mary for lunch. Elliot wore a special outfit with turtles from Gam Gam. We had to turn Elliot upside down to get him into it which surprised him.
Mary showed us her special swaying technique which calmed her oldest when he was colicky. She also had Elliot perform some more baby tricks for us! Mary’s advice to us: “Do whatever it takes to survive these first few months!”
Victoria and Elliot!
We got on the road after Elliot had a couple of lunch breaks. I got Elliot to take a pacifier finally, which made me feel like Super Mom! We stopped on the way to visit a classics professor of Logan’s, Dr. Sutherland, who kindly gave us some neat baby and toddler toys! Now we are home unpacking and snacking.
Abby said, “Aw, he’s so sleepy. He’s a sweet (sweety).”