1 Month Already?!?

Today we had Aiden's 1 month check up at the doctor and it was a pretty traumatic experience. It started out as a regular visit with the nurse taking all of Aiden's measurements. He now weighs 8 lbs. 2 oz. and is 21 inches long. (Aiden is in the 25 percentile for weight, length and head size.) When the doctor came in he said he was a bit concerned about how yellow Aiden still appeared. He said this could be due to elevated jaundice levels or from a problem with the liver, kidneys or thyroid. In order to determine what is going on, Dr. Nix said we needed to do some blood work. A different nurse came in to do the labs and I was expecting her to use Aiden's foot - just like every other time he has had blood drawn. Well, apparently they needed too much blood to use his foot. Instead, she tied a tourniquet around his little arm and asked me to help hold him down. Luckily, Aunt Jennifer was with me because this was proving too difficult for me to handle. She took over helping the nurse with Aiden while I kept Emily busy. The nurse tried both arms without any success and finally said she was going to have the doctor come back in and try. Dr. Nix came back in and found a spot to draw the blood. Since Emily was having a melt down at this point (we had been there for 2 hours by now), I did not see where he was pointing. Aunt Jennifer gently responds, "Mommy, you will want to go wait out in the hall." Fully trusting her, I did not ask any questions and left the room. A few minutes later the doctor comes out and tells me he was finished and got what he needed. When I went back into the room, Aunt Jennifer was holding gauze to Aiden's scalp! Apparently, a rubber band had been put around his head 2 times so that they could get a good vein! Poor little dude! I am so thankful Aunt Jennifer was there because there is no way I could have held him down for that. She said he was tough guy and only cried when the rubber band was taken off (it pulled his hair). We should have the test results in either tomorrow or Thursday. I will be sure to post an update once we hear the results. In the mean time, here are some pictures of our growing little boy!