We have a thumbsucker

Little Mamie is getting better and better at finding her thumb when she wants it. It is so cute. Sometimes she'll have her pointer and middle finger on either side of her nose while she's sucking her thumb. We took her on her first outing (besides doctors appointments) on Saturday. We went to see Wade's brother Parker's band, "Lindsey Pool" perform at a street fair thing. The drummer's brothers baby was born the same day so we took a picture of the babies together.

Wade and I had quite a time switching Mamie's feeding tube to the other nostril the other day. We tried and tried and tried and she screamed and screamed and screamed and we kept hitting a wall or it would come out her mouth instead of going down to the stomach. Finally we temporarily gave up and then tried again later after we'd given her her sedative and we got it. But then the next day she pulled it out and we had to put it in again. This time we waited till after we'd given her the sedative to even try, but she still got very mad. A few times we even thought we had it but then tested it with air to make sure we had it right and we didnt' so we had to pull it out and try again. Finally we got it. This time I taped it on with a stickier material that we use for her would care.

We had several appointments the other day, one being at the feeding clinic where we visited with our favorite doctor, Dr. Merkens, among others. We worked out a much better feeding schedule so that Wade and I could get some more rest. They said just try to nurse 3 times in a 24 hr. period and if she doesn't go for it, don't worry about it or trying to make it up later. Wade will do one bottle feeding, and we will tube feed the rest. I dont' have to pump as often either. We were very relieved by the new schedule.

Wade recently fell while in the bathroom and hurt his chest area very badly. He wondered if perhaps he may have hurt, maybe even broken a rib. He wound up going to the doctor and they said there was no point in doing an x-ray because if it was broken there wasnt' anything they would do about it, so they just gave him some pain medication.

Sometimes we call our baby Mad-Eyed Mamie because of this funny look she has when she is laying on the side of her head. One eye is open more than the other and looking all around. It's very cute and funny.