Our little guy was two months old last Thursday! I took him for his two-month check-up on Monday and he weighed in at 15 pounds, 9 ounces. He was 26" long and his head circumference was 16". He is definitely a big boy. The doctor did not say what his percentile was but from what I can find online he is greater than the 95th for height and weight. His head is in the 50th so we know he did not inherit his mama's huge head! The doctor said keep breastfeeding him until the next appointment, when he is four months. I hope she doesn't tell me he needs to start eating regular food at four months. I'm not sure what she meant by that.
He received four shots that day too. Let me tell you that was VERY hard for me as well as him. I did not even want to vaccinate him and here I am there, the one signing off on his shots and watching while he screams and some blood is drawn on his pudgy little leg. When my husband got home that night he was shocked that he had four shots in one day. I had tried to talk to him about following the delayed schedule and now he is saying maybe they could spread them apart some. That is what I was trying to say all along! Oh, well.
He stopped crying after a bit and we went home and he was fine for a few hours and then started SCREAMING for hours. We gave him some grape-flavored baby Tylenol and he started babbling and smiling shortly after for the rest of the night.
However, I am a little worried about the baby now. He has slept A LOT yesterday and today. He slept past his normal wake-up time and he has pretty much slept most of the day (both days). He nurses but falls asleep a few minutes in. And he has taken some really long naps. He does smile some when he is awake but mostly he fusses and when I hold him facing me he beats at my chest with his fists. I know something is bothering him; I just don't know what. If it's more of the same tomorrow I'm definitely calling the doctor. I hate to see my little guy out of sorts. We took his temperature and that seems to be fine.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Monday, January 2, 2012
Christmas & New Year's!
Our little boy has been through his first holiday season already - Thanksgiving at five days old, Christmas at five weeks (and one day) old, and New Year's at six weeks (and one day old). A friend of mine bought him an adorable 4-pack of bibs for baby's first holidays - baby's first Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year, respectively. I remembered when he was 5 days old to dig out the Thanksgiving one but totally forgot at Christmastime. :( I did put his New Year bib on him yesterday though. Now I will have to remember the Halloween one when he is almost a year old. Speaking of Halloween, I cannot wait to pick out his first costume! He is going to be so cute.
We spent the day of Christmas Eve with my parents, youngest sister, my oldest sister and her husband and three kids, and my brother and his wife. We were running late, which is nothing new these days with a newborn, but were able to spend about five hours with my family (and we did get there before my brother and his wife, who had to work, so we really didn't miss much) and exchange gifts with my sister and her family before heading off to my husband's aunt's house. She has the traditional "seven fishes" meal each Christmas Eve. Each year there are fewer people there, which is sad. I know my husband really looks forward to it and we spend most holidays with my family so I make sure we always get to his aunt's. Christmas Day we spent the morning and afternoon at home and then we headed to his mom's house, where we exchanged gifts with his mom and brother, and then we went to my parents'. We always go there Sunday for dinner anyway, as do my brother and his wife, and this Sunday we exchanged gifts with my parents and youngest sister.
For New Year's Eve, we made reservations at the same place as we did last year, and we had a surf 'n turf meal. Yesterday (since it was Sunday again) we went to my parents' again. Our baby was fussier than normal yesterday. My mom thinks he was gassy. I'm not sure but I hate to see him upset.
Up until two nights ago he was sleeping in an Arm's Reach co-sleeper bassinet. I bought it used back in the summer. I'm glad I didn't buy it new since I'm not sure it's a good fit for us. Our first few nights home from the hospital he cried every time I put him in there. Then I started swaddling him and rocking and/or nursing him to sleep and then I'd put him in there and he'd stay for a bit. Once we got to 3.5 weeks and he was sleeping through the night it seemed like it was working better for him. But for me it was not really. First it was taking up all the available space between my side of the bed and the wall (widthwise) and all the space between my nightstand and the door (lengthwise). I was constantly bumping into it and it was lining up right by the C-section incision. Ouch. I was repeatedly hitting it. So we got the Fisher-Price Rock 'n Play Sleeper. I am not sure he likes it yet or not.
We spent the day of Christmas Eve with my parents, youngest sister, my oldest sister and her husband and three kids, and my brother and his wife. We were running late, which is nothing new these days with a newborn, but were able to spend about five hours with my family (and we did get there before my brother and his wife, who had to work, so we really didn't miss much) and exchange gifts with my sister and her family before heading off to my husband's aunt's house. She has the traditional "seven fishes" meal each Christmas Eve. Each year there are fewer people there, which is sad. I know my husband really looks forward to it and we spend most holidays with my family so I make sure we always get to his aunt's. Christmas Day we spent the morning and afternoon at home and then we headed to his mom's house, where we exchanged gifts with his mom and brother, and then we went to my parents'. We always go there Sunday for dinner anyway, as do my brother and his wife, and this Sunday we exchanged gifts with my parents and youngest sister.
For New Year's Eve, we made reservations at the same place as we did last year, and we had a surf 'n turf meal. Yesterday (since it was Sunday again) we went to my parents' again. Our baby was fussier than normal yesterday. My mom thinks he was gassy. I'm not sure but I hate to see him upset.
Up until two nights ago he was sleeping in an Arm's Reach co-sleeper bassinet. I bought it used back in the summer. I'm glad I didn't buy it new since I'm not sure it's a good fit for us. Our first few nights home from the hospital he cried every time I put him in there. Then I started swaddling him and rocking and/or nursing him to sleep and then I'd put him in there and he'd stay for a bit. Once we got to 3.5 weeks and he was sleeping through the night it seemed like it was working better for him. But for me it was not really. First it was taking up all the available space between my side of the bed and the wall (widthwise) and all the space between my nightstand and the door (lengthwise). I was constantly bumping into it and it was lining up right by the C-section incision. Ouch. I was repeatedly hitting it. So we got the Fisher-Price Rock 'n Play Sleeper. I am not sure he likes it yet or not.
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