Finally Broke Down and Bought a Freezer

This weekend we had to buy a freezer to put all the extra milk for Tyler. He still isn't nursing and I'm still pumping 8 times a day. I'm pumping about the same time he is wanting to eat so if I can get him to nurse, my supply is ready for him. I'm waiting for his cold to clear up and to see if his head fluid starts to go down. Once all this clears up one way or another, I hope we can teach him how to eat naturally. As long as we think he will have problems with his head, we need to know how much he takes in and when. Change in eating habits is a sign that the pressure is too much for him.

He is feeling much better as far as the cold is concerned. He isn't as nasally and he is able to take larger amounts at each bottle. With the cold he was having smaller more frequent meals. The fluid in his head is still increasing. We can tell by the bump on the right side of his head where the incision was and his fontinell is full again. Today his head even looks hydrocephalus, bulging head, big bump, and his forehead looks embossed again. You can see the bump on the first picture above his ear. We are mentally ready to take him in for surgery again by the end of this month. We have an appointment for a MRI and to see the surgeon on the 22nd. As long as he doesn't become symptomatic we will wait for that appointment and make a decision then. Unless the surgeon calls back tomorrow wanting to move the appointment up. I've yet to unpack the suitcase from our trip last week.

Rachel is doing well with Tyler. She is very concerned when he cries and always points out that he has an itchy on his head (she is referring to he bump) or calls it a boo boo. She is very good at coming up to him and announcing to us that "baby is sleeping" and then starts to tickle his feet.

She has decided the dog is a playmate and likes to dress the poor good dog up.