The Porcaro Family: Happy 1 Week Birthday Cash!

Greeting from the Porcaro house! We can't believe that our sweet baby boy is already a week old! We have had a pretty good week overall. For two people that have never done this before, I have to say that Jeff and I are holding our own. As I said to Jeff this morning, we must be doing good since Cash is still alive and so are Jeff and I! The first few days were of course a lot of trial and error. We had to try to figure out what would work for Cash and how to read his cues to us. We had a pretty difficult night on Sunday and Monday. Cash was nursing for what seemed like hours, then he would cry and scream and couldn't be calmed down. We could hear his belly gurgling and thought that he had some gas, so we used the gas drops. It would initially calm him down and then he would get going again. Finally, we came to the conclusion that although Cash was nursing, he was probably suckling and not actually getting any if much milk at all. This would also explain his weight loss from the hospital discharge to our doctors visit on Monday morning. Thank goodness we had some formula at the house...I had been given some samples at my OB's office, received some in the mail and also got some in our goodie bags we brought home from the hospital. We gave him a two ounce bottle and it was gone in about five minutes! He calmed down and was like a completely different child. Since that night, we are giving Cash breast milk and supplementing with formula. Tuesday was a great day...he was so much happier and ate well and slept well. Jeff and I said we weren't surprised...poor little boy was probably starving! We went for a weight check this morning and from Monday to today (Thursday), Cash had gained 11 ounces! Dr. Liou, our pediatrician, was very happy with his weight gain and asked what we were doing different. We explained and he said "good job mom and dad for taking control and trying something. It obviously worked and you have a thriving little boy on your hands!" This made us feel great! Jeff and I are very happy with our decision to go with Dr. Liou. He is great with Cash and he is just so laid back and friendly. He gave me a hug before he left the room today and said that we were doing great and to keep up the good work.

Here are some new pics of Cash from the week. Right now he is pretty much eating, sleeping and pooping! We can already see that he is a very independent child and that he will do things on his own time! Jeff and I love seeing his facial expressions and are both loving our cuddle time with our sweet baby boy. We can't wait for our family to come visit and meet Cash so they can share in the excitement and joy that is our little Cash!