Gram comes to visit

Here are some more pics of our little guy. Gram came down to visit for a week and had great Tommy time! He started to smile while she was here...coincidence??!! It is hard to capture his smile on camera since they come and go so fast but we got a couple! We go in this Friday for his 8 week checkup and shots. Should be an adventure! Maybe he'll be so worn out afterwards that he'll sleep through the night???!!!

Ryan's first post to Tommy

After looking at my baby pictures, I have some insight to T-Bone, so here you go. You are officially a Bauchiero male. For the rest of your life, the first place you will gain weight and last place you will lose it will be in your face. When you are heavy, you will really have 3 or 4 chins, but at least 2 of them will be buried below 1 really big one. Don't worry though, as you get older and active, you will thin out and eventually be ripped. Because you will always be so active, people will tell you that you won't follow the Bauchiero trend, this is a lie. College will come and go and you will fall in love with a smoking hot woman, just like your daddy did. Life will happen and so will "dunlaps disease", where your belly dun laps over your belt. The only saving grace is that you will still look way younger than you are, and older women will still want to pinch your cheeks. If you are in sales, let them, it is the best closing technique your daddy has. It is for this reason that I no longer diet or exercise. Oh the sacrifices I make for the good of the family and work.

I think the verdict is out, Tommy officially looks like me. Thanks to Grand Nan for the pictures. We will try to keep updating his pics with mine to track the correlation between my youth and his. We hope everyone is doing well and look forward to the coming months when you get to meet Tommy.

Reflux strikes the chunky monkey!

I know it's been a while since I posted some pics but things have been a little crazy around here! We took Tommy to the doctor this week with suspicions that reflux had left it's mark on another Bauchiero baby. Although his case is not nearly what his cousin Carter's was like, it was definitely taking a toll on all of us in the Bauchiero household. Tommy had not been sleeping and his peaceful demeanor turned to fits of crying and screaming when he was laid down or when he was eating. The doctor confirmed that reflux was most likely the culprit so our little buddy is now taking Zantac and we are all sleeping better (although not yet through the night, but hey, he is only 6 weeks old!)

The funniest news from the doctor is in regard to Tommy's weight! When we took him in for his mysterious diaper rash 3 weeks ago, he weighed 8 pounds 12 ounces which was an impressive pound and a half over his birthweight. We could tell that he had gained weight since he has developed a second chin which you can clearly see below, and is working hard on a third, and since he is filling out his 0-3 month clothing perfectly. Ryan and I were taking bets on his weight as the nurse took him away. My guess was 9 pounds 10 ounces, Ryan guessed 9 pounds 12 ounces. Well, our little man weighs 11 pounds 9 ounces now!!! He is gaining weight at about twice the normal rate. Perhaps I should start a milk production business?? So he is QUITE healthy and growing FAST! Here are a few more pics of our biscuit now that he is back to his happy self!









About a week and a half ago, Aunt Gina came for her visit! She was so tired of hearing all about Tommy from everyone else! She helped me out a lot with her motherly wisdom and we had a great visit. She and Tommy definitely bonded. We can't wait to bring him up to Nashville in March to meet everyone else!

Phototherapy

OK, I know this is not current, but my mom sent me some pics of Tommy during his phototherapy. I wanted everyone to be able to see what the contraption what like that he was on! It fit right in his crib which. You can see by the look on his face that he really didn't mind it! It was harder for us than him since we couldn't hold him except for nursing every 2 hours. We haven't had any lasting complications or damage from the jaundice...he is quite the healthy little guy!

Tommy loves his grandparents!

Gram and Grandpa came down right after Tommy was born and will be back soon I'm sure!!






Tommy had lots of fun with Grand nan and Pops when they came to visit at the end of December! You can see that New Year's Day was busy for Tommy. He wore his UT outfit for our bowl game and then Grand nan put him in cardinal red for the USC game. Tommy is doing great! During his awake time, he is a curious, sweet and bright eyed little guy. We are making progress with day time naps and night time sleeping which is great for everyone! We can't believe he is already 4 weeks old!