Wednesday, October 31, 2012
1st Halloween
On October 31st, 2012 - This was the first Halloween for Emerson. Chuck and I decided that Emerson was going to be Cookie Monster since his daddy loves to eat cookies. We also dressed up as well with T-shirts that said Milk (my shirt) & Cookies (Chuck's shirt). I had fun taking Emerson's first pictures!!
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Announcing Emerson Louis Jenks
I finally got the Announcement card completed!! We are proud to announce the arrival of our son Emerson Louis Jenks.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Emerson's First Walk
On October 25th, 2012 - Emerson and I embarked on our first walk. Needless to say it was kind of a disaster. It was beautiful outside but the wind was ridiculous. I covered him up with a blanket but the wind kept blowing it off and us around. We only made it a block and I had to run home because he was so upset.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Monday, October 22, 2012
Follow-up Ear Appt
On October 22nd, 2012 - We went to Hinsdale Hospital for our follow-up hearing test. We got to see how they administered the hearing test for the first time. They do two tests when checking hearing in infants. The first one is called Otoacoustic Emission which measures the inner ear and the second is called Auditory brainstem response (ABR) which test the neurological function of the ear. We were told not to worry as most infants will pass this test. When we went Emerson did not pass this test. The Otoacoustic Emission test was coming back that there was fluid in the ear. We were told that we needed to follow-up again a month from now. Again we were told not to worry as a majority of babies pass the month test.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Emerson's First Bath
On October 17th, 2012 - Chuck and I gave Emerson by ourselves. He absolutely loves the water!!!
Friday, October 12, 2012
First Night Home
The first night my mom came and stayed with us. It was no picnic that is for sure!!
Diaper Changing Debacle: My mom showed us how to change his diaper which was a little challenging as we had to put a gauze pad smeared in Vaseline over the stitch that he had. The first diaper change was a success. Can't say that for the next one though. Upon trying to change his diaper the 2nd time the Vaseline must have not be smeared enough on the gauze pad because it ended up getting stuck. When my mom pulled the pad away there was blood everywhere. I totally lost it. I was so freaked out that he was bleeding all over the place. We called the hospital and asked them what to do. They said to put a folded up wash cloth over the gauze pad and then to close the diaper over that to put more pressure on it. If it didn't stop bleeding then come back to the hospital. Thankfully this worked!! But it was definitely mommy meltdown number 1.
Sleeping: The first night home Chuck and I really didn't get much sleep. He was a hot mess no matter how much I tried breastfeeding him he wouldn't stop crying. We called Joan (our DR) and she suggested to supplement feed him since maybe my good milk had not come in yet. After that bottle he finally fell asleep a couple of hours!!! That was the best sleep Chuck and I had!!
Putting On Clothes: I don't know who designed onesie's but our first encounter changing Emerson was a huge challenge for us. Emerson thankfully was not a floppy kid (meaning he could pretty much hold his head steady right when he was born so his neck didn't need much support), but man was he strong. Our adventure of putting on his 1st onesie probably took us about 1/2 hour. The poor kid probably wanted to kill us!! Getting it over his head was easy but trying to get it through the arms was not an easy task. Both of us were to scare to really move him around and he was all tense on us trying to put his arms through the arm holes. So we would wait until he relaxed to try to get them through the arm loops. Boy was it a pain!! After this debacle we decided we liked the onesie's that didn't have to go over his head but instead had buttons or zippers!! ha ha
Diaper Changing Debacle: My mom showed us how to change his diaper which was a little challenging as we had to put a gauze pad smeared in Vaseline over the stitch that he had. The first diaper change was a success. Can't say that for the next one though. Upon trying to change his diaper the 2nd time the Vaseline must have not be smeared enough on the gauze pad because it ended up getting stuck. When my mom pulled the pad away there was blood everywhere. I totally lost it. I was so freaked out that he was bleeding all over the place. We called the hospital and asked them what to do. They said to put a folded up wash cloth over the gauze pad and then to close the diaper over that to put more pressure on it. If it didn't stop bleeding then come back to the hospital. Thankfully this worked!! But it was definitely mommy meltdown number 1.
Sleeping: The first night home Chuck and I really didn't get much sleep. He was a hot mess no matter how much I tried breastfeeding him he wouldn't stop crying. We called Joan (our DR) and she suggested to supplement feed him since maybe my good milk had not come in yet. After that bottle he finally fell asleep a couple of hours!!! That was the best sleep Chuck and I had!!
Putting On Clothes: I don't know who designed onesie's but our first encounter changing Emerson was a huge challenge for us. Emerson thankfully was not a floppy kid (meaning he could pretty much hold his head steady right when he was born so his neck didn't need much support), but man was he strong. Our adventure of putting on his 1st onesie probably took us about 1/2 hour. The poor kid probably wanted to kill us!! Getting it over his head was easy but trying to get it through the arms was not an easy task. Both of us were to scare to really move him around and he was all tense on us trying to put his arms through the arm holes. So we would wait until he relaxed to try to get them through the arm loops. Boy was it a pain!! After this debacle we decided we liked the onesie's that didn't have to go over his head but instead had buttons or zippers!! ha ha
The Hospital Stay
Our hospital stay was a nice experience overall. The nurses did a wonderful job taking care of all of us. Chuck was such a wonderful husband. He stayed with me the entire time even though the couch wasn't long enough for him. I told him to go home and get some rest on the second night, but ended up chickening out due to worriment over Emerson.
On Thursday October 11, 2012 - We were informed that he had failed his hearing test twice. We thought everything was fine with Emerson after worrying about his heart during pregnancy and delivering what to seemed to be a healthy baby boy. So now we had to worry about our little guy's hearing. We were told that we needed to make an appointment the following week for a followup check. This is all that we could think about for the next week. We were also informed that our little guy needed a stitch during his circumcision due to the amount of blood there was and he wasn't clotting. They ran some tests to see what his blood count was and other blood work to make sure everything was ok with him. The tests results showed everything was just fine. Due to Emerson having a stitch the nurses informed us they were going to change his diapers. That didn't bother Chuck and I one bit!!
On Friday October 12, 2012 - we were ready to leave the hospital and make the journey home. We were very nervous about going home, as both Chuck and I had zero experience with babies. Both of us had still not changed a diaper yet, IN OUR ENTIRE LIVES. So that was scary enough!!! We had to ask our nurse if we had Emerson in the carseat correctly as well!! Man I thought we are in trouble when we get home!!
On Thursday October 11, 2012 - We were informed that he had failed his hearing test twice. We thought everything was fine with Emerson after worrying about his heart during pregnancy and delivering what to seemed to be a healthy baby boy. So now we had to worry about our little guy's hearing. We were told that we needed to make an appointment the following week for a followup check. This is all that we could think about for the next week. We were also informed that our little guy needed a stitch during his circumcision due to the amount of blood there was and he wasn't clotting. They ran some tests to see what his blood count was and other blood work to make sure everything was ok with him. The tests results showed everything was just fine. Due to Emerson having a stitch the nurses informed us they were going to change his diapers. That didn't bother Chuck and I one bit!!
On Friday October 12, 2012 - we were ready to leave the hospital and make the journey home. We were very nervous about going home, as both Chuck and I had zero experience with babies. Both of us had still not changed a diaper yet, IN OUR ENTIRE LIVES. So that was scary enough!!! We had to ask our nurse if we had Emerson in the carseat correctly as well!! Man I thought we are in trouble when we get home!!
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Picture Time at the Hospital!!
Bella Baby took pictures of Emerson while we were in the hospital. They turned out really nice despite him crying and being very difficult during the shoot!
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
The Delivery
I was excited the day had finally arrived. Chuck, myself and my mom checked into the hospital on October 10th, 2012 at 8:00 am for my scheduled induction. Our baby was already like his mom, scheduling everything. I was ready to have this baby today, being I was 7 days overdue as it was. They hooked everything up to me around 9:00 am and we were ready to roll. The waiting game began. Around 10:00 am Chuck's mom arrived. I was very blessed to have such a great support team (Chuck, my mom and Chuck's mom) in the delivery room. Until today I had never felt a contraction. Around 1:00 pm the contractions started to get unbearable. I called for the nurse to get my epidural. I thought I would get it right away. Oh no they wanted me dilated at 3 and to finish two more bags of the iv before getting the epidural. So my mom cranked up the bag to my iv so I could get it in faster. Around 2:30 pm I was in better spirits as I received my epidural. Thank god!!! I know for sure that I could never go through labor naturally. Joan came and checked on me around 4:45 and she said I was dialated at 10. We were finally ready to push. She went and got dressed while the nurses prepped me. At 5:00 pm I was starting to push. I got our little guy out in 20 mins, only 12 pushes. I could not have done it without Chuck even though I thought I was going to have to at one point because he looked a little green. We were happy to announce that Emerson Louis Jenks had ARRIVED!!! 8.2 oz, 21 1/2 length and 34 inch head at 5:22 pm. Many people came to visit use that night. Uncle Kyle, Auntie Krissy, Evan, Molly, Auntie Devin, Sydney, Auntie Alexis and Uncle Wayne we all there to welcome Emerson into the world.
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