Joseph had his 6 weeks check up today, a week early but our doctor is going on holidays. Dr. Keller confirmed what we've know all along, he's perfect! So perfect in fact that the little monster weighs 10lbs and 10oz!!! Average weight gain for a baby 0-6m is 4-7 ounces a week and Joseph is averaging 8.2 ounces! Even more astonishing is that he is measuring 23 1/2 inches tall!!! He has grown 2 3/4 inches in 5 weeks! Percentile wise, his height is in the 90th and his weight is 50th.
I was amazed that I have a chunky baby on my hands. I'm used to my skinny Minnie little girl not this huge rolie polie boy with dimples on his elbows!! But this does make me very proud because it means no worries that I'm not producing enough milk, or that he is just not getting enough. The only issue Mr. Joseph has is sensitive skin! He has a rash, which I thought was caused by heat but Dr. Keller said its probably from detergent. So I am rewashing all of his clothes, blankets, face clothes and towels. Anything that might have "accidently" got put in with the rest of the families laundry. Old habits die hard I guess ;)
Another wonderful moment happened last week. Well you might not thinks its wonderful but I sure do!! Joseph took a bottle! Not just 1 but many since then. We are trying to give him 1 a day, just to get him used to them. We didn't introduce Alex to a bottle early enough and she never took one, which meant poor Mom was tied to the little girl night and day. But since Joseph is a pro at the whole bottle thing, Mom can get a much needed break! In fact Mom and Dad are going to go to a movie next week!
We are not sure if we are just really good second time parents or is Joseph is a really good second baby. But we will take all the blessings, thank the lord for them and pray they continue.
Oh and since my e-mail no longer seems to like to send pictures that easily and my other attempts to share photo's have failed, I will be posting lots of pictures here and on facebook.
An indepth look into the facinating lives of Alexandria and Joseph Calon
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Sweet Baby Smiles
The one month mark has come and gone and the long awaited first smile was bestowed upon Mommy on March 10 (23 days). What a wonderful sight it was! He was just finished eating and he looked up at me and smiled the sweetest smile! I was so excited that I spent almost an hour trying to get him to do it again. But I guess he was saving them all for Daddy because when he walked through the door there were grins galore from his biggest little fan. And even now I get the occasional smirk but every night, right after Pat comes home, he can get Joey to grin up a storm. Alex has also been know to pull a smile or two from her adoring little brother.
The eating thing is getting much better! Joseph has become a very efficient eater and only uses Mommy as a soother occasionally. The sleeping thing is hit and miss. He is still getting at least one good 4-6 hour sleep a night but he's hit and miss on the going back to sleep after that. Some nights he just wakes to eat and then right back to sleep. And other nights, like last night, he is up and fussing for hours. I'm glad he is over a month now because I feel less guilty about letting him cry a little bit. Not long though, only about 5-10 minutes, then he is usually good to nurse and fall back asleep. Except for last night, he was just in a tear and was up from 1:00am until 4:30, fussing, crying and in general being a miserable little monster. But its all part and parcel I guess and I am much better at dealing with this sleep deprivation that I was with Ally.
Joseph hit another cute little milestone on Monday, he started to coo. Well the noise is more of a "guuuu" but it is the most adorable sound! He even had quite a conversation with Grandma Martine yesterday at lunch. She was talking to him and he was responding "guuuu" to most of what she said.
Right now both of the kids are asleep and I'm looking around my disaster of a house just wishing I could snap my fingers and it would be clean and I could go to sleep. But I must have lost my genie powers years ago because the mess is going no where. So I'd better stop bragging up my boy and get a start on that cleaning.
Wishing you all a great night sleep, get an hours extra just for me ;)
The eating thing is getting much better! Joseph has become a very efficient eater and only uses Mommy as a soother occasionally. The sleeping thing is hit and miss. He is still getting at least one good 4-6 hour sleep a night but he's hit and miss on the going back to sleep after that. Some nights he just wakes to eat and then right back to sleep. And other nights, like last night, he is up and fussing for hours. I'm glad he is over a month now because I feel less guilty about letting him cry a little bit. Not long though, only about 5-10 minutes, then he is usually good to nurse and fall back asleep. Except for last night, he was just in a tear and was up from 1:00am until 4:30, fussing, crying and in general being a miserable little monster. But its all part and parcel I guess and I am much better at dealing with this sleep deprivation that I was with Ally.
Joseph hit another cute little milestone on Monday, he started to coo. Well the noise is more of a "guuuu" but it is the most adorable sound! He even had quite a conversation with Grandma Martine yesterday at lunch. She was talking to him and he was responding "guuuu" to most of what she said.
Right now both of the kids are asleep and I'm looking around my disaster of a house just wishing I could snap my fingers and it would be clean and I could go to sleep. But I must have lost my genie powers years ago because the mess is going no where. So I'd better stop bragging up my boy and get a start on that cleaning.
Wishing you all a great night sleep, get an hours extra just for me ;)
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Ah the newborn
You tell yourself you remember what its like to have a newborn, but lets face it you don't remember everything with vivid detail. The crying, peeing, pooping, crying. It's all a blur when your a first time parent. The second time around you are sitting in the middle of a sleep deprived battlefield and you ask yourself "why the hell did I want to do this again?" Then you look down at the "baby" who is really revenge in disguise (revenge sent from your own parents I'm sure) and they are looking up at you like you are their entire world and you remember "Oh ya its because of those looks, and the upcoming smiles and laughs".
Joseph is 2 weeks old and already I'm amazed at how fast everything is going. It has been a real adjustment period for our entire family. Even though Joey is a really good sleeper at night, he goes 4-6 hours before waking for a feeding, we are still sleep deprived. It takes allot of rocking and nursing to get him to sleep. But I will not complain! Little Miss Alexandria was the worst sleeper imaginable! She would not sleep anywhere but in someone's arms. And at night if she wasn't nursing she was awake and screaming! The child cried more in her first 2 days of life than Joseph in his first 2 weeks.
I am grateful for the tremendous love that Alex has for her brother. She thinks the sun and moon rise and set on Mr. Joseph. She is constantly hugging and kissing him. When he cries, she runs to his side, cooing softly "its ok buddy! Shhhh!" She doesn't get mad when Mom or Dad can't do something right away because we are in the middle of something with Joseph. She just says "Okay!" and waits 2 minutes before asking again lol. She is also turning out to be a great little slave! We are using her quite shamefully to fetch diapers, clothes, toys. But she LOVES to help! It makes her feel really important.
I had my first horrible Mommy moment with Joseph on Tuesday. I took him to get circumcised. I felt confident that I could stay in the room for the procedure but when I went into the OR the first thing I saw was the little platform with Velcro restraints that they intended to strap my son into. Well I almost threw up! Dr. Keller reassured me that Joseph was in good hands and I left to worry and fret in the waiting room. I should have gone further away because I had to sit for 15 minutes listening to my precious son scream his head off! Finally it was over and Joseph spent 45 minutes telling me about the whole horrible ordeal. He would alternate with whimpering and whining to crying and screaming. It was very hard to hear. I am so glad that it's over and done with though. Everything is healing very quickly and nicely. ;)
I'm looking forward to the 1 month mark. By then I hope to have this feeding thing all figured out, hopefully the sleeping thing will get better, and maybe he'll let Mom have a bath without sending his poor daddy into fits (every time I step into the bath Joseph remembers he is starving and spends my entire bath crying and trying to nurse off of Pats shoulders and arms). Baby steps I guess ;)
Joseph is 2 weeks old and already I'm amazed at how fast everything is going. It has been a real adjustment period for our entire family. Even though Joey is a really good sleeper at night, he goes 4-6 hours before waking for a feeding, we are still sleep deprived. It takes allot of rocking and nursing to get him to sleep. But I will not complain! Little Miss Alexandria was the worst sleeper imaginable! She would not sleep anywhere but in someone's arms. And at night if she wasn't nursing she was awake and screaming! The child cried more in her first 2 days of life than Joseph in his first 2 weeks.
I am grateful for the tremendous love that Alex has for her brother. She thinks the sun and moon rise and set on Mr. Joseph. She is constantly hugging and kissing him. When he cries, she runs to his side, cooing softly "its ok buddy! Shhhh!" She doesn't get mad when Mom or Dad can't do something right away because we are in the middle of something with Joseph. She just says "Okay!" and waits 2 minutes before asking again lol. She is also turning out to be a great little slave! We are using her quite shamefully to fetch diapers, clothes, toys. But she LOVES to help! It makes her feel really important.
I had my first horrible Mommy moment with Joseph on Tuesday. I took him to get circumcised. I felt confident that I could stay in the room for the procedure but when I went into the OR the first thing I saw was the little platform with Velcro restraints that they intended to strap my son into. Well I almost threw up! Dr. Keller reassured me that Joseph was in good hands and I left to worry and fret in the waiting room. I should have gone further away because I had to sit for 15 minutes listening to my precious son scream his head off! Finally it was over and Joseph spent 45 minutes telling me about the whole horrible ordeal. He would alternate with whimpering and whining to crying and screaming. It was very hard to hear. I am so glad that it's over and done with though. Everything is healing very quickly and nicely. ;)
I'm looking forward to the 1 month mark. By then I hope to have this feeding thing all figured out, hopefully the sleeping thing will get better, and maybe he'll let Mom have a bath without sending his poor daddy into fits (every time I step into the bath Joseph remembers he is starving and spends my entire bath crying and trying to nurse off of Pats shoulders and arms). Baby steps I guess ;)
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