Flanagan Clan

Ethan in trouble

Ethan making a mess!

Matching diapers!!! I’m having a ton of fun cloth diapering a newborn! Lots of beautiful diapers, however it seems that Liam is a heavy wetter and likes to sleep on his side. The best diapers for him have turned out to be the cheapest option- prefolds! He even was leaking out of his Pampers disposables, but those unbleached indian prefolds can absorb a ton of liquid!!!

Sammy seems to be the most interested in Liam

Patrick also likes him, but tends to be more indifferent

More matching diapers (can you tell I’m having fun???)

First Love wool longies that I knit for baby

He’s saying he really likes his colorful pants!

Snoozing in some beautiful pants made by a cloth diapering friend

And… one of the hazards of nursing a newborn- the older kids (in this case Sammy and Ethan) like to get into trouble. Here they found the bag of 3 years worth of shredded receipts in the garage and had a party. I had to clean it up today, and there is still a lot of little shredded pieces all over that I missed. At least it wasn’t a slimey or dirty mess, just a hassle mess…

That’s it for now!

…like having three little boys with bloody lips in the past 12 hours, one of whom also managed to crack his two front teeth and is currently on his way to the convenience care office with Daddy to make sure everything is ok.

Who would have have ever thought 6 years ago that we’d be where we are today???

Happy Anniversary!

ETA: Sammy’s two front teeth are chipped and another one next to them has been pushed in a little. The dentist wants us to keep an eye on them for sensitivity and turning colors, otherwise it looks like he’s ok. Life is never boring in this house!!!

I took Liam to the doctor on Monday for his first visit. Our pediatrician took a good look at him and then afterwards he had a state-required blood test taken. He was 6 lb, 14 oz and 21 inches long at the Monday appointment, and the doctor said he looked great. We won’t have to go back again until Liam is a month old. On Tuesday I took him to see a lactation consultant because things seemed a little off. Well, I’m not sure it’s every day that you stump an LC and a pediatrician, but Liam did. Apparently he has an extra flap of mucus membrane under his tongue which prevents him from sticking his tongue out very far- the LC said it was probably in the same family but not exactly similar to being tongue tied. She said in her 30 years of doing this she had heard of this, but had never seen it. She ended up calling in one of the pediatricians from the practice to take a look, and he had never seen it either. So… she ended up taking pictures of it, which she wanted to send to some LC’s at children’s hospitals in Tacoma and Seattle who specialize in this sort of stuff.  Hopefully they will come back with some advice on how we should handle his mouth situation. The unusual flap shouldn’t effect him negatively other than if I want to continue to nurse, so I’m not sure what we’ll do and at what point it would make more sense to switch him to a bottle. We’re just waiting to see what the experts advise. For tongue tied babies, they actually clip something under their tongue, which sounds painful, and I would hope that they wouldn’t want us to do something like that for Liam. Anyways, it would figure that Liam would find a way to be unusual and stump the doctors. The good news, though, was that between his appointment on Monday and his visit to the LC on Tuesday, he had gained weight! He weighed about 7 lb, 1 oz at the LC… so he’s definitely growing and he hasn’t had a bottle once despite his unusual mouth formation :-P.

…with an adorable baby boy…

One thing for sure… Liam has been definitely the most alert out of all our newborns, but he’s also a great sleeper. He has the softest little head and the cutest little face. If it weren’t for the lack of sleep from feeding him every 2-3 hours, I would be inclined to wish that he’d stay this little forever…

…the youngest member of the Flanagan clan, Liam Isaac!

Liam was born on July 22nd, 2009 at 10:50 AM after a very intense 2 hours of active labor! He was 7 lb, 3 oz and 20 inches long. We’re all home now and doing well. The older boys love their new younger brother! More pictures to come ;).