trial and error

do you ever wonder how the oldest kid in the family makes it past his/her 1st birthday? i feel sort of sorry for clarke. we have no idea what we are doing as parents. that is made clear to us all of the time. if it weren't for baby wise, i would not have known much about feeding. if it weren't for whattoexpect.com, i would not have known much about pregnancy or birth or breast feeding or parenting in general. seriously, i'm not sure how i'm even alive. being the oldest child, i know my parents didn't have the internet or books to teach them.







clarke has always been a huge eater. he weighed in at 13lbs at his 2 month check up, which is in the 75th percentile. a couple of weeks ago, he just started eating so slowly (like over an hour) and not finishing his bottles. this was a huge concern for us since he has taken 6oz every 3.5-4 hours during the day since he was like 5 weeks old. it just didn't seem right. so daniel and i just decided that he wasn't needing to eat as much. he was still sleeping through the night and he still had all of his other vital signs. i finally just got concerned enough to try some things out. so i got a different nipple for his bottle. one with higher flow. that was it! all he needed was a nipple that was easier to suck out of. he ate all 6oz in about 15 minutes. and he's continued to do this for the last week or so.







i'm glad that nothing really went wrong with him, but i'm also glad to know that the poor kid is now getting enough food...and sleeping better during his daytime naps. here's hoping we don't screw this kid up too much :).







we visited another church this weekend. it was ok, but we are really leading towards a church called the austin stone. http://www.austinstone.org/ it's a great church. since chris tomlin is the worship pastor, i really expected it to more of a concert. but it wasn't! it was great and very reverent. and the pastor went to a&m. that's always a good sign! chris tomlin is actually leaving to plant a church in atlanta. i'm not sure who will replace him, but i'm sure it will be good. we are excited to explore other opportunities to serve and to be involved with the austin stone.







that's all for now. here's a few recent pictures of clarke...he's the cutest kid i know!

and now i can't figure out how to get the pictures to post to the bottom of this blog...sheesh!