'One month' Appointment

Frankie had his one month appointment today at six weeks because they didn't want us coming in with H1N1, go figure! He is good on all his milestones and got his shots today, which has him mostly tired but he was not happy about it!

He weighed 11.5 lbs and was 21.5 inches long. Pretty good growth especially with all the weird sickness and extreme spitting up that he does all the time. He is 90% weight and 50% height but he doesn't look too chubs, so not sure how that works. His doctor was very happy with his growth, and he showed off his skills at holding his head up during tummy time for her too.

Evie weighed in at 37.5 lbs and 41.25 inches, so she is about average for weight for her age and a bit on the tall side, but we kind of had that figured out. She is still loving being a big sister and has been a good helper:). She did not like getting her regular flu shot--but good news Evie, since we had H1N1 no need for another vaccine this year. What a favor, right?

Other news since last post:

• we are all healthy--hard to believe but true!
• Frankie is very aware of his surroundings and has started to smile
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• I am allowed to try eating milk/milk products again per Mr Man's doctor. It has been kind of nice eating dairy free because I can always share with Evie...but I miss cheese. And cream pie...and ice cream...and all that other good stuff. Hopefully his stomach can take this better than it takes everything else. He is such a spitter!

We're just excited to be back on track health-wise so we can all enjoy this time--before it is gone since it goes so fast! Here are more fun pictures:

visiting with Great Grandma Tin cutie bear ear coat that Evie picked out for him
listening to Evie read him a story

Can't catch a break!

It has been a crazy week at La Casa Treboni. Last weekend, mommy contracted swine flu of all things and was out for the count for a great part of the week, then when she finally started to get better, Evie got it. Daddy and Frankie have dodged the bullet on this one--you go gentlemen!

As a result, I was housebound for a week and didn't have Frankie with me for quite a bit of that time to keep him from getting sick. My breast pump broke while Frankie was at nannygrandpas but I managed to borrow one from work and order a replacement one for myself for cheap, so that wasn't the tragedy it initially looked to be. Every surface in my house has been sanitized and cleaned multiple times and I have done more laundry than I ever would have thought possible. Not terribly relaxing but my understanding is that Evie and I are now safe from getting H1N1 again since we already had it. Small favors, right?

We had to miss my first family wedding ever, which was a total bummer, but giving this to other people didn't seem right. Frankie will have to meet his peeps a little bit later on in life. We also had to cancel his one month appointment so no clue how much he has grown but my spidey sense says he has grown lots! He is such a cutie and a really good-natured baby even when he spits up--which he does a lot. He just sits there and looks at you while stuff pours out his mouth and nose, poor little guy.

Today was my first day out and about since piggy flu hit and wouldn't you know, I was at the pharmacy to pick up Evie's prescription and there was a problem. Apparently, when the insurance company added Frankie to my health insurance they thought Evie should get a new birth date--instead of listing her as April 11, they had her in their system as June 11. So anyway, Evie is fixed (insurance and personal health wise), I am better, and we can finally move on from catching pandemic flu. This has been the weirdest!

In Frankie land, he slept 4 hours in a row/5 hours between feedings over the weekend which was amazingly awesome! He also is starting to show an interest in checking out life around him and I think he is starting to get the hang of smiling...he is super gassy so we get the pre-gas smiles lots but he has been smiling other times too which is very fun. I ordered a sling and we went for a short walk around the neighborhood with it and he did great. I think that's it for now?!

One month old

Frankie is already a month old and is a great kid! He is super smiley due to extreme gas:) and very easy going most of the time. He is doing an ok job of sleeping through the night and hopefully that will continue to get better soon! Big sister Evie LOVES him. She is very gently with him and a great helper.

His one month appointment is on Tuesday but he has had many milestones already! The most notable is taking a bottle this week in preparation for mommy teaching a class at Newark one night a week for Autumn Quarter. Daddy gave him his first bottle, Evie and mommy gave him his second, and nanny gave him the third one.

He also went to the zoo with the Fishes and went to the Sabs for his first football game party.
Allison and Evie preparing to mooch Frankie at the Zoo.with Bethpile-on with big sibs, Katie and Bryn
startle eyes with Bryn!

Daddy's back at work

Daddy went back to work this week, which means less sleep for me. I am trying really hard to let him sleep from whenever he drops Frankie off to me (Frank usually eats his last meal by 9 or 10 and then daddy lets me sleep until he gets hungry again) around 11:30-1 and when he gets up for work at 5:30. There are usually two feedings, at least, during that time period each lasting at least 60 minutes. This often results in mommy getting 4-5 hours of sleep total in a night. I guess I should be thankful? I know Max is getting about the same but he usually only sleeps 6 hours a night routinely.

Poor Frank has had gas and 'reflux' really bad. He wakes up just sort of writhing around and then toots and falls back to sleep, or spits up (comes out his mouth and nose poor guy) and wants to eat again. Right now I am not eating: dairy, nuts--tree or peanut--and have limited my salsa intake to see if any of those are the culprit. He is having a really bad day today and I am not 100% sure what I ate but I am guessing he cannot handle any spice, as I had black bean chicken for dinner. I feel so bad that we have to go through this extensive trial and error process :(. I really hope that I can go back to dairy and nuts at some point because finding good proteins with those out of the mix has been interesting.

He is an awesome little guy though! He is very snuggly and must be going through a growth spurt because he slept almost all day yesterday and had a decent night last night. I tried weighing us today and I think he is nudging the 8 lb mark. He is so tiny! He also is a peeing machine. Yesterday he marked a good portion of the doctor's office (exam bed, floor and a cabinet) and the wall behind his pack-n-play. I don't know where he stores it all but he is crazy hard to keep dry. On Monday after his bath I had just wrapped him in a brand-new white towel and he came at me from both ends. So we did a second bath--that'll learn him!

Evie still loves being a big sister. We let her sit with him on her lap/boppy and she just hold his hands or kisses he feet and loves all over him. It is very cute and she has been really good overall about being gentle. Still working on patient but you can't have everything.

Hoping to send out the announcements soon, they should be coming in the mail this weekend:)

One Week Old!

Frankie is officially one week old today! At his doctor's appointment this week he weighed in at 7 lbs even (surpassing birth weight in just a few days, yipee!) and with a 13.75 cm noggin'--thank goodness he came out with a 12 cm head at delivery! His head appears to have un-smushed nicely. He is slightly jaundiced but the doctor said it was nothing to worry about.

Evie is doing a really good job adjusting to being a big sister. The first few days we had lots of melt-downs but now she has hit her stride and is usually a great helper getting things for us, throwing away dirty diapers and holding Frankie's hand or giving him kisses. She even made up a song for Frankie about how much everyone loves him. It is very cute and she has done a good job holding him (sitting with much supervision) although she is ready to pass him off if he poops or cries. We are very proud of her!

Frank is a pretty awesome little guy. He sleeps all day long and is up all night long, but we are figuring out ways to trick him into napping at night--including tight swaddling and pacifiers. I have been getting some rest by snuggling with him on our guest bed--he slept for 2 hours that way last night, which brought my total sleep time up to...3.5 hours. I know, folks are probably jealous that I slept so much with a newborn (don't worry I nap :)).

He was really alert this morning and we got some good pictures of him in his birth announcement onesie so I just need to pick one of the poses, print them, and send them out to folks at some point in the not-so-distant future. He is a pooping machine, so we change diapers often--usually right after we just changed one and got him all dressed/swaddled again. He has impeccable timing. He also is really gassy and has a touch of reflux--I feel so bad for him when he can't get comfortable. It breaks your heart and he hasn't gotten his tears in yet, so his little cries are all dry and sad.

Second kid is definitely just as cool as the first--he is the most amazing little person and I want to kiss and cuddle and love him forever! He is very cute and handsome and is the perfect addition to our family--I couldn't be happier or prouder. He is just so much fun, even sleeping or fussing!

I also think the two kiddos look a lot alike as babies--Frank has lighter hair and a less prominent chin dimple than Evie did but they have the same eye, nose and face shape. Frank also has some pretty different ears from big sis--they are a bit more prominent but do lay flat against his head.

Can you tell which is which?

Nerdy Tbone kid fact: Evie's birthday is 4-11 and Frankie's is 8-22...exactly twice that of big sister's!

And here are Frank's hospital pictures--they did a great job so we ended up getting lots of poses: Hospital Pictures.