Well. Hudson made it through month one. The reason I say this is because we had a couple scares this month. While I was at the hospital Lily caught a bug and we all got sick, including Hudson. For our ailments, we were able to take some form of medicine to alleviate the symptoms. But for poor Huddy Buddy, since he was just a couple weeks old, we could not give him any type of medication for his symptoms.
He got very congested which made it more difficult to feed. I did not know this but newborns only breathe through their noses even though they have their mouths wide open most of the time while they are sleeping. With that said, during a feeding he choked but couldn't catch his breath for a brief second. Gave me a scare that I called nurse triage and based on his symptoms (flared nostrils, super rapid and erratic breathing) they suggested I take him to the emergency room (it was 3 in the morning). So I did and they took a chest x-ray and thankfully they looked fine. The only thing they said I could do is put a few saline solution drops in each nostril, one at a time, and suction the snot he had in there before every feeding. So back at home that is what I did.
A few days went by and things appeared to be better and Ed and I were watching a movie (I think it was Paycheck) in the evening after Lily went to bed and I was feeding Hudson while watching it. Well, he then goes and chokes while drinking his bottle but this time he couldn't catch his breath because the congestion had gotten a bit worse. I say a bit worse because the only time you heard the congestion was during feedings and he appeared fine when he was not feeding. Anywho, so he couldn't catch his breath and both Ed and I begin to slowly panic. I'm patting Hudson's back, raising his arms and he still couldn't breathe--his lips began turning blue. Ed calls 911 and as he is talking to the operator, I lay Hudson down and use the booger sucker and suction each nostril as fast as I could and finally he was able to breathe again.
Going through this was rough. Watching your newborn turn blue and not breathe is very stressful to say the least. I'm glad we got him to breathe again and am glad that Ed acted quickly on calling 911 in the event he didn't catch his breath. Hudson still has the occasional choke and it still makes my stomach sink every time. I hope this gets better with time.
You're probably thinking, "Wait, didn't you go through that with Lily?" Well, surprisingly, no, we didn't. Maybe the occasional choke but nothing like this.
Other than the choking issue, it's been pretty cool seeing Lily interact with him. I mean, he's just a lump at this point so there's really no "real" interaction but you know what I mean. She is very sweet with him and when he cries she'll tell him it's okay and will sing him a song. He seems to be receptive to her, which is cool.
I'm glad I went the c-section route this time. I was up and about (with pain, of course) within a week from D-day and surprisingly, even though I feel tired, it is not as bad as it was with Lily that first month. I guess it's because I'm expecting to be beyond exhausted and I had that severe incontinence problem with her. Well, let's see what the future months hold for us.
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