We've passed the one week mark for The Baby. I can't believe how fast time flies once the baby is here.

I mentioned before about The Baby's tongue tie and pointy ear. Well, last week we decided to fix the tongue and not worry about the ear.

I called our pedi's office on Wednesday to ask what we needed to do to move forward with clipping his tongue. I was starting to experience some pain while feeding him and he was still having issues staying latched for a long period of time (lots of starting and stopping). I wasn't sure if the 2 were linked, but I thought we may as well try it.

They called me back the next day, Thursday (our pedi was out of the office Wednesday) and said they could set me up with an ENT to get it clipped either that day or the next. I got the call back for my appointment about 20 minutes later. I was so nervous! And I still can't drive yet, so I had to scramble to find someone that could drive me to Alton Memorial.

Once we got there, the ENT saw us right away, saw the tongue tie and clipped it. The procedure took less than 30 seconds. He opened The Baby's mouth (he was sleeping on my lap), clamped the frenulum, The Baby screamed, the doctor grabbed his scissors and did 2 or 3 snips, The Baby screamed again and it was over. He had a little blood in his mouth we soaked up with some gauze, but by the time I got him back in his car seat, it had already stopped bleeding. And he fell back asleep by the time we got back to the van.

I fed him as soon as we got home and that day, and especially the next, I noticed a huge difference in his eating. He was staying latched longer and it wasn't hurting. The ENT did say it was a pretty tight tongue tie, so I'm really glad we made the decision to get it taken care of. It's never given him any other issues. So strange that they can just quickly cut it and that's it!

I've also handled being home with all 3 kids by myself pretty well I think. I had just 4 days last week, and I'll have 5 this week. I'm not doing much like cleaning or anything (I just started going down the stairs yesterday) since I'm trying to make sure I heal properly and without pain. Little Monster's c-section included a lot of pain and an infection 2 weeks postpartum. My goal is to not have that happen again!

The Baby goes back to the doctor December 3rd for his 1 month appointment. And Little Monster goes back January 7th for her 18 month appointment - I seriously cannot believe that girl is almost 18 months old! Christmas is going to be so much fun this year. :)