Somehow as walking zombies we have made our one month milestone as a family of five. George is doing splendidly and I'm proud to say he has gained some serious weight. I love thinking of him taking all my calories away when I nurse him. You go right ahead and eat as much as you want George! At his two week appointment he was already 8 pounds. I always worry about bringing these sweet little nuggets home from the hospital after they have lost a little of their birth weight so we were thrilled to find he had gained it all back and then some.
We love our little George. Sometimes during a busy day I love to just sit and stare at his tiny little face. I love his little nose. I love how his lower lip slants to the side because his heavy cheeks drag it down. LOVE those chubby cheeks! He has his Dad's dreamy dark blue eyes. He has incredibly long fingers and has done remarkably well not scratching his face like most newborns do. Love his long feet and toes because they are the spitting image of his father's. Chase and I think of him as a mix between a puppy and a koala bear. He breaths like a puppy dog and snuggles like a koala bear while moving around his long fingers. He had a "friar tuck" haircut (just like Sadie did) so we gave him a little haircut with the clippers. Now he's just peach fuzz all over and we're loving his new look!
At, his four week check up George surprised us all and weighed in on the scale at 10 pounds!! Hooray for our little man and hooray for me because I kept him alive:-) He eats just about every 2-3 hours and keeps us up at night with the same dreadful routine. As is the life with a newborn. He rewards us every once in a while with a little smile and this kairos moment gets me through when he wakes me up again to eat at 4:30 in the morning. I do love snuggling with this little person. The first two weeks were a total blur as I was somewhat medicated and totally sleepy. We had a lot of sleepy afternoons together. He's also started cooing and I melt!
What can I say about George that I've learned these past 30 days. He LOVES to be held and will take any attention that comes his way. Sadie absolutely drools over him. She will get down on the blanket with him and say "hi" over and over again in a high pitched dreamy whisper. As I was making dinner this afternoon, she did a great job keeping him entertained. I was grateful for any distraction so the lasagna could be made with two hands. We tried it with one (George occupied the other) and it proved to be more difficult than expected (even for an expert like me:-)
Our day goes a little like this. 7 a.m I stumble into the kitchen to get Sadie off to school, feed Jack and then we watch Thomas the Tank Engine while I feed George. We all hang out until George gets grumpy. Jack isn't a fan of waiting around while I put George down so he goes upstairs and plays with his trains. We will get maybe a half hour before George wakes up again. He doesn't nap well in the morning and usually crashes in the afternoon. If we're desperate to make him happy, we'll swaddle him up tight and put him in the swing where he usually passes out for a couple of hours.
I took the little man to the doctor today because he's has a little cough and stuffy nose. I wanted to make sure RSV isn't in his lungs. The test came back negative which was a relief. I'm hoping that once this cold passes, he will be sleeping better. We've had a lot of sleepless nights as of late and I'm ready for a full 6 hours!!
Loving my new baby boy!!
