We took Parker in for his 2 week check-up on Thursday and he's doing fantastic. He was one ounce away from being back to his birthweight which the doctor said is great for being a big baby and exclusively breast-fed. He has already grown 3/4 of an inch, up to 22 3/4 inches now and his head circumference grew by 1/4 of an inch. At this rate we are going to have a future basketball player on our hands!
It has been so different having a newborn in the house again. I had forgotten what the constant feeding, peeing and pooping was like, but it all came back to me pretty quickly. Parker is in the stage where he sleeps most of the day with the occasional bouts of wakefulness, so taking care of both him and Tristan really hasn't been too bad. When he is awake he's usually in a good mood and just looks around, taking in his new surroundings. I've had a lot of people tell me how alert he is, a comment I heard a lot with Tristan...we'll have to wait and see if that means he is going to be as "crazy" as Tristan turned out to be!
As far as sleeping at night goes, I think Parker is doing pretty well. Obviously he's not sleeping through the night or anything since I am nursing him, but I have got a couple of 4 or 5 hour periods of sleep. The only bad thing about these longer periods of sleep is that he makes up for it when he wakes up by eating like every hour for 3 hours, but 5 hours of uninterrupted sleep is worth it!
I have adopted a completely different nursing strategy with Parker than what I used for Tristan. With Tristan I tried to put him on a every 2 hour schedule right away and felt like I was always bound to our bedroom nursing him. With Parker I have adopted the philosophy of feed him whenever he is hungry. Sometimes, like I already mentioned, this could mean every hour, or even more frequently, but could also mean I get 3, 4 or 5 hours in between feedings (although I don't usually let him go more than 3 hours during the day, only at night). This more relaxed approach seems to work a lot better and I don't feel as bound down. I have had a much more relaxed experience nursing this time around...for those of you who don't know, I had a really hard time nursing Tristan, but stuck it out for a little under 6 months. Hopefully this time things will continue to be easier.
Well, I have probably already spent too much of my "free time" (i.e. both kids are asleep) on the computer, so I better sign off. Enjoy the pictures of Parker from his first two weeks!
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2 Weeks Old
3 comments:
So precious! Makes me want to have a sweet baby to cuddle with...sort of! ;-) I love the pictures of them together. Tristan looks like such a good big brother!
I need a grandbaby! He is just precious.
congratulations on another gorgeous baby boy!!
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