Good Morning, Friends and Family!
I know, it's been a while since I blogged. Sorry about that. Things have been busy and we've all been trying to rest in the meantime. ;) But I've got some coffee in me this morning and my day has begun really well, so I decided now would be a good time to update you all on how things have been going. :)
First off, let me make a correction to my last blog. Mama informed me that I accidently put that Connor weighed 9 pounds 12 ounces at birth. This is wrong! ;) He only weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces. Sorry for the mistake. Must not have been quite as awake as I thought when I was recalling his birth story. ;) Now, onto the last 2 weeks...
When we left the hospital Connor weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces. It's normal for babies to lose weight right off the bat because they aren't collecting fat in the womb anymore. We had a follow-up appointment with our family doctor on Friday after he was born. When they weighed him that day he was down to 7 pounds. The weight loss had slowed and probably stopped, now we needed to get him back up to birth weight. Our doctor wanted to see us once a week until we got him there. This took 2-3 weeks with Avery. Connor eats constantly, so it wasn't as tough for him to gain the weight back. By the next Friday he was up to 7 pounds, 13 ounces! He gained 13 ounces in a week!! That's similar to a 175 pound adult gaining roughingly 25 pounds in a week! :P Guess the constant feeding is working! ;) He's also up to 20.75 inches long! This puts him in the 39th percentile for weight and 76th percentile for height. Very similar to where Avery began, tall and thin. But when she started eating solid foods she evened out. ;)
The first two weeks have gone really well. The first week Connor slept 2-3 hours at a time through the night. The second week he was up to 3-4 hours at a time. He's working on sleeping through Michael's shift (9pm-2am) and has managed to miss Daddy's shift the last 2 nights. (Although Michael was groggy last night and forgot when he was supposed to be done with his shift, so he got up even though it was 2:45am) ;) He also sleeps a good chunk of the day. The first week it seemed that he barely opened his eyes. This week he's had longer stretches of awake time. :)
His eyes are still a deep, dark cobalt blue, very similar to the way Avery's were when she was born (Hers are now a gray-blue on the outside with a hazel center, beautiful!). His hair is already starting to lighten up. When it's been freshly washed and dried it's a light to medium brown, not the dark brown he was born with (which could be because it was wet to start with, making it look darker). We're working on fattening up his skinny arms and legs. Everyone seems to notice his long fingers and eyelashes. We've heard lots of comments on them.
I am doing GREAT! I thought Avery's delivery went well, but it was rocky compared to Connor's! Things went very smoothly during delivery, which has led to an easier recovery for me. I would say my total recovery time has been about a third, or maybe even a quarter of the time it took to recover with Avery. I'm so pleased it has gone so well! :)
Knowing what I'm doing this time around has helped considerably. I'm not as worn out from caring for Connor as I was with Avery. She's way more work at 19 months that he is at 2 weeks, lol. Nursing is going well. Like I said earlier, Connor loves to eat! It's still painful getting started, but I think we're almost through the worst of it, so things will be even easier here soon.
I've LOVED having time with Connor to myself. I can't thank my mom enough for watching the babies for me these passed 3 weeks. It's been wonderful to relax and enjoy Connor. However, I'm looking forward to having Dayton and Avery again. I've missed them. :)
Well, that's about all I've got for now. I'll try to post more later. :) Thanks for reading! Love you all!
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