Second Day with Baby

Jackson was better today. I think he wasn't eating because he didn't like the bottles that I brought. I borrowed a different style from Angie (the other mom that's here in the same hotel) and he's been eating ever since. Also, he doesn't cry to let me know when he's hungry so we've been having to just offer the bottle every few hours. Yesterday it was noon before he ate. That's before Rob told me that he may not cry when hungry. I thought it was because he wasn't feeling well; turns out I was starving him. We have an appointment at the French Hospital here later today to have him looked at. He is still wheezing pretty bad. The doctor that is with us (one of the dads) says that he suspects that lots of the babies have asthma due to the dirty air here. It's crazy how dirty, by the way, from the 10th floor of the doctors hotel you can see the smog - it's like a constant fog. We'll still take him in though just to make sure he's okay.

Yesterday both times we changed his diaper in the morning he peed on us (and the bedding and the floor and himself)! It was gross. He seems to be doing better in that department though since we had more than one messy diaper yesterday.

Our first embassy appointment (with US immigration) was yesterday at 3pm. I won't post details here but it didn't go as well as suspected. Please pray that we are not held up due to this. The office is closed for one week now due to Tet so we won't know if we were approved for several more days.

We didn't take any pictures outdoors yesterday but I'll post a few we have of us and the baby.

Jackson has the cutest cry. It's that sweet "I'm just a little baby and I need help darnit!" cry. [Oh my gosh, he just rolled from his back to his side! I got a picture for you guys. My baby's growing up so fast!] He has very little head control at this point. Hopefully, after some tummy time play this week he will start getting stronger.

After our appointment yesterday we had dinner at Rob and Mary Beth's hotel. It's a fancy, more Americanized hotel. The other two couples had the Italian Buffet and Brad and I had good 'ole cheeseburgers and fries. They had ketchup there AND ice in the coke! It was great.

I spoke too soon about his clothes fitting him perfectly. The first outfit he wore must have just run small. All the outfits since then have been big for him. The hats, they're a joke, they cover his head and all of his face! I should have gotten a picture of that too. It was funny.

Shaa, Jack and Brad are talking up a storm right now. The baby hasn't smiled or laughed yet (which we are concerned about) but he sure does look around and talk alot. Rob's baby that's about one month older than Jackson laughs. I wonder if it's a health concern or if he's just so used to chilling out without much stimulation that he really doesn't know to laugh or smile?

Alright, I'm going to sign off now so I can go play with them. Enjoy the pics.

PS. I am able to read all the comments. Blogger automatically forwards them to my email address. It was so nice yesterday when I opened my email and we had 16 messages from blog readers. Keep 'em coming.

Raegan