So it’s been 3 weeks since my last post…time sure does fly!
Carson is now 9 weeks old and almost anything will catch his attention. He is grabbing and holding on to things, is smiling all the time and laughing…although most of his laughing is done in his sleep, loves to jump in his bouncer, holds his head up sooooo well, and loves to “stand up” until his little legs give out. And he’s sleeping 7-8 hours at night!
Here are a few pictures of him. I’ll post a couple of videos soon.
Carson is now six weeks old (as of yesterday). He had his 6 week appt this morning. Here are his stats:
Length: 21.75 inches (25%)
Weight: 11lb 2oz (75%)
Head Circumference: 38 cm (25%)
He got 4 vaccine shots and a drink this morning. He loved the drink and screamed when they gave him the shots but was over it in less than a minute. Hopefully he isn’t too grumpy for the rest of the day…so far so good
He smiled a “real” smile for the first time last Monday at 5 weeks and 1 day. And has started to laugh in the last couple of days. Of course he rarely does either for the camera or video camera!
Steve has been feeding him a bottle at bedtime and putting him to bed for the last two weeks or so…some nights go a little smoother than others as far as the bottle goes. We’re still working on it, but it has gone better than expected. He doesn’t seem to care if the bottle is warm or cool…but cold straight out of the fridge didn’t go over so well.
He seems to be transitioning to sleeping closer to 6-6.5 hours at night which has been nice, but won’t always go back to sleep after that. I guess 5:30 am isn’t so bad…could be much worse!
Steve and I did a mini photo shoot with him yesterday. Here are a couple of pictures
Carson was 7 lb 7 oz when born…
7 lb 1 oz when we left the hospital on 10/5
was up to 7 lb 5 oz at his first Dr appt on 10/8
up to 8 lb 1 oz on 10/19 for his 2 week appt
up to 8 lb 14 oz on 10/26, and
at his jaundice check 11/5 he was 9 lb 12 oz!!!
and…he is now officially jaundice free!!
So we didn’t dress Carson up for Halloween, but our neighbors gave us some festive baby wear.
No matter how many time we tried, we couldn’t get a picture of him in this outfit NOT looking scared…see proof below.
However he did give us a non-frightened look in this outfit.
I took Carson to the Dr. on Tues morning. He had been really stuffy and was coughing. I figured it was just a cold, but figured it wouldn’t hurt to have it checked out. The Dr. thought it was a cold too, so we just continued suck out his nose and put a humidifier in his room. Seems to have helped. He seems to be doing much better! By the way…the NoseFrida Snotsucker is soooo much better than the bulb! When they weighed him he was 8 lb 14 oz…he had gained 13 oz in 1 week. What a chow hound!!
Here are a few new pictures of him.
He has the BIGGEST yawns!!!
Carson had his 2 week Dr. appt today at 16 days old. He is now 8 lbs 1 oz and 21 inches long. He’s growing like a weed!! I’m sure it has something to do with his voracious appetite! I think he eats more that Steve…and that’s hard to do! They say he still has a touch of jaundice…we can’t tell though…so we have another appointment in 2 weeks to check the jaundice again.
He has been such a great baby! He rarely fusses much, is still a great eater and sleeper…I actually got 5 consecutive hours of sleep last night…don’t worry I don’t expect tonight to be the same :) But I’ll enjoy those nights when it happens! He loves playing on his activity map and is so alert these days. He already has such a strong neck and is always lifting his head up to look around.
We are all doing great. Steve went back to work this week and my mom is hanging out with us this week. We’ve taken a couple of walks down to the grocery store since the weather has been so nice. It’s been great having my mom around to help with switching laundry around and helping with the cooking and giving me a chance to take a shower! Next week I will be on my own, so that will be the real test.
We had newborn pictures taken last Friday. He was a little grumpy at the beginning of the shoot…he hadn’t napped quite as much as maybe he should have before hand, but he was a pretty happy camper by the end of it so I’m sure the photographer was able to capture multiple moods and faces. We can’t wait to see how they turned out.
Here are a few more pictures of the little guy.
Grandma Prudhel and Cousin Samantha came to visit
