Jan. 6, 2012: Windham update at Tio Byron's request

Dear family,

You all have Byron to thank for this Windham update.  He's very diligent about reminding me to send them.  :)  And more photos will follow in a few days thanks to Gram and her persistence.  :)

Windham is 4 weeks and 1 day old today.  His 1 month birthday is this Sunday.  Pretty soon we won't have a newborn anymore.  :( 

We just got back from the pediatrician, and we have lots of good news!  Windham weighs 9 lbs. 11 oz. and will probably have either hazel or blue eyes.  Yay!  His eyes right now are lighter blue than when he was born.  A medium blue on the outside with a lighter blue on the inside.  It can take up to 9 months for the final color to settle in, but since they're so light now, the pediatrician said they probably won't be brown.  I hope he gets either his dad's or Aunt Jessi's eyes.  But of course he'll be just as handsome and loved no matter what color his eyes, skin, hair, etc., etc.



And the best news of all--drum roll, please xxxxxxxxxxx: (That was a drum roll.)  It turns out his constant crying is NOT normal, but is acid reflux which causes colic.  So the poor guy has been in pain these past 3 weeks.  (That's the bad part.)  But the good news is that now we 1) know what it is, and 2) can actually do something about it.  We have a prescription for baby zantac which we'll fill and use only if we need to.  For now we're using Gripe Water, (like a homeopathic version of zantac,) and it's been working great.  He cries waaaay less, and when he does get fussy, I can actually calm him!  He goes to sleep after feedings rather than staying awake crying for an hour or more.  It's like we have a whole new baby!  Or a less fussy version of Windham, at least.  It's wonderful!

 As a bonus, it was pretty fun to hear every single nurse and lots of people at the doctor's office "oooo" and "aaawww" as I walked by with adorable little Windham.  2 strangers came up to me commenting how cute he was (but not touching.)  One was a couple that's expecting, and you could tell the wife was thinking, "He's so cute!  I can't wait to meet mine!"  The other was a lady with teenagers.  I heard her say, "I just want to go over there and squeeze him!"  I said she was welcome to come over and take a look, but that I didn't want to get up for fear of waking him up.  It was pretty sweet.  You could tell she was reminiscing, and I was glad Windham could bring those happy memories to mind. 

Anyway, this has been a much longer update than I intended, but suffice it to say Windham (and his parents) and doing much much better than the previous 2 weeks.  

If you haven't seen them already, here are some photos on facebook of the little guy:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10100272843646119.2500544.17824879&type=1&l=9dfb8a0987

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10100273434307429.2500687.17824879&type=1&l=c9056f8f61