Ready, Set, Go!

Mom leaves kid #1 alone for 5 minutes playing in his crib. What could possibly happen? Mom returns. Ok, what did you do with your NG tube? Kid not even pausing to look away from his mobile, NG tube in his hand. That’s my boy! Caught red-handed. I’m getting good at re-inserting it. That my friends slows down the whole getting ready process by approximately a half hour. But alas, I decided to try feeding him without that pesky tube tickling the back of his throat.

Whew, that’s better. The applesauce is back in favor though. We also tried a wee bit of milk from a preemie bottle. Lew is digging his pacifier a little more too (only when he’s asleep…but I’ll take anything). Whilst mom isn’t paying enough attention to kid #2, the entire contents of his toy chest get dumped out on the floor of his room. So there you have a brief glimpse into another day in paradise. Luckily, Didi was there to help wrangle Nate in.

Unfortunately there wasn’t much time and we had to get ready for a doctor’s appointment. Darn NG tube had to get put back in. (Nate reluctantly went to school with Didi)

We met with the ENT doc (I know, perfect timing). He told me that fortunately Lew’s little sinuses aren’t fully developed yet. This means I shouldn’t be afraid of doing any damage each time I have to put in a new feeding tube. He was also quite pleased with his voice box J (guess LJ cried a little cuz it feels weird to have a pointy, cold plastic thing inserted in your ears) All in all, he was and continues to be a very good-humored baby.


THIS is progress


Feed me!


I don’t get it, why does mom put me in this bumbo seat thing?


and just because I thought it was a sweet picture...