Let me start by saying that Boaz is the easiest baby we have ever had, hands down. As in, it's almost unreal how easy and predictable he has been, since day 1.
That being said, the last couple of days have been rather challenging for both him and I, due to the fact that he had to have a simple, quick, but sadly not entirely painless procedure done to "loosen" his severe tongue tie. As far as I remember, all of our kids except Isaac have had various degrees of being tongue-tied, but in Boaz' case it was not only causing me extreme pain, but he was not gaining weight like he should. Until he had the procedure done this past Thursday, I would nurse him, weigh him to see how much he had taken, and then "top him off" with pumped milk to make sure he was getting enough. Between nursing, pumping, bottle feeding, and the severe pain it was causing me, after consulting with a reputed local lactation consultant, we took him to a specialist who "cut" his tongue tie with laser.
It's been 48 hours, and I finally have my happy baby back, mostly anyway. He still gets a little crabby every time he starts to nurse, but quickly relaxes as he can take much more milk now, and do so much easier. I will write in more detail about the whole tongue tie issue, in case anyone else out there has to make a decision in that regard and wants to hear about our first-hand experience.
My apologies for being slow to post comments, and even slower to respond to them. Plus, I am still writing up the birth story, too!
For now, I will leave you with a couple of sweet photos. These are all from last week, as I have not yet had a chance to download the new photos off my camera this week.
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