Only 2 weeks old and...

I've been hoping to update this for several days now, but things have been a bit crazy around here! Our poor lil' Griffin is only 2 weeks old and he's already experienced trouble nursing/feeding due to a tongue tie, a double eye infection, and then he had a frenulectomy (cutting of his tongue tie). He sure is a tough guy though! Through it all, he's been pretty mellow and content for the most part.

My friend, Molly encouraged me to take a picture of Griffin each week. This is my goal and so far I have the 1st two weeks down! :) I think it will be fun to put them all in an album and look back through his every week of his first year. He's already changed and he's only been here for 2 weeks!

So, last Friday we noticed green gunk in Griffin's left eye. I called our family doctor and they just figured it was a blocked tear duct. They encouraged us over the phone to just put a warm compress on it. Well, later that evening the green gunk was now running down his face and his eye was pink on the inside and outside. So, luckily we got on the phone and talked with an on-call doctor who said it was an eye infection from what we described. He called in an antibiotic and thankfully there was one pharmacy still open at 9:30 on Friday night. He said it would clear up very quickly. However, we got up the next morning only to see the infection had spread into his other eye. Poor guy. So, he's still on antibiotics.

From the get go, we have had a hard time nursing. One of the lactation consultants at the hospital noticed Griffin had a tongue tie. So, yesterday we met with an ear, nose, and throat doctor to get it clipped. My mom has worked for an ENT for about 22 years and explained how their office did the procedure (parents stay in the waiting room). Well, Nate and I were in for a real shock when we learned we had to help hold Griffin down and experience it all right along with him. First they put some numbing gel under his tongue while Nate held him and then they brought in a board and strapped him to that. That ticked him off right away, rightly so. The doctor then gave him 3 injections under the tongue to numb the area which broke mommy and daddy's hearts. His poor little mouth was full of blood and he was screaming like we have never heard him scream before. Then the doctor clipped the skin and put 2 stitches in...all while I was helping hold Griffin still and crying over him as I was holding his hand talking to him. Thankfully, he sacked out shortly after the procedure. We then headed to the hospital afterward to work with the lactation consultant, but Griffin was too exhausted to work on that, so we were unsuccessful and will go back next week. As soon as we got home, I snuggled with my handsome lil' guy for as long as I could.

Today he seems to be doing well though both stitches already fell out. Anyway...here are a few pictures and I really really really hope to share the birth story very very soon! It's amazing how much longer things take these days. Of course, we are loving every minute with Griffin. He brings us so much joy and we love love love him! Enjoy the pictures!

Love,

Joy, Nate, and Griffin

1 week old1 week doctor check up weighing in at 7lb.8oz.

2 weeks old

1st trip to McDonalds :)
Mommy's favorite...McDonalds Coke
(Nate and I realized we are having way too much fun with this baby boy!)