He's a bruiser

That is what Finn's doctor said today after weighing him. Finn now weighs 8 pounds 4 ounces. Yup...EIGHT pounds! He gained one full pound in two weeks. That is really good and puts him just above the 10th percentile for weight on the preemie chart (if you remember, he was at the 7th for a long time). Jim and I were concerned about his weight gain because he has been spitting up more than usual and sometimes just doesn't want to eat. I guess we worried for nothing!

Side note: when our friends Darren and Nicki's baby was born (two days ago), he was EXACTLY the same weight and height as Finn is right now and Finn is four and a half months old! It is all in the perspective, I guess.

Finn's doctor said that if he can stay above the 10th percentile "for a while" we can reduce (or maybe eliminate) his fortified bottles! Oh, that will be a happy day for me...not so much for Jim. Jim likes the time he has with Finn when he feeds him his bottles. But it is SO much easier for me not to coordinate when he needs a bottle, feed him, burp him, pump and then clean up. But, even if we don't do bottles regularly, Jim will still feed him when I have other plans (not that I do very often!!). Anyway, we'll see how that goes.

We've also been fairly concerned the last several days about Finn's intestines. He seems to be grunting and pushing very hard and not getting anything out (we weren't sure if it was gas or constipation or what) and his tummy has been pretty hard and large. Plus, he is really fussy, which isn't like his normal self. So, just to be on the safe side, Finn's doctor ordered an x-ray to see what is going on in there. The preliminary results were that it looks good (no blockage or air pockets that she could see), but since she doesn't review baby x-rays very often, she is sending it to the specialist at North Memorial to review. We'll have those results on Tuesday (because of the long holiday weekend). In the meantime she said to keep him on the Miralax (we were trying to eliminate that since he isn't on iron any longer) and to up his prune juice to 30 mLs...we were giving him FIVE! I hope we haven't created a poop bomb! I guess we'll see. He loves prune juice, so I'm sure he will like the extra amount.

On a different note, Jim took today and tomorrow off, so after Finn's doctor appointment, I was able to do something I've been needing to do for over a year and a half...drop my wedding dress off to be cleaned and preserved! What's the rush, right?!?! (in case you don't remember, we were married in October...of 2007!) They said it would take a month and I was like, "um, that's fine!" It feels good to have that sent in. Thanks Lynn for "making" me do it. I just needed a push and a reason to do it, I guess!