Who can believe that our little boy is already 11 days old. The past 11 days have gone by in a complete blur.
We are so loving having this little boy in our family. We are constantly laughing and smiling at his many facial expressions and just completely enjoying his unique personality and temperament.
He has us both wrapped tightly around his little finger.
Jake and I are both tired, and often overwhelmed as we continue to figure out this whole parenting thing, but we are enjoying the learning process. Jake refers to my constant stamina and energy to survive each day as my dose of 'mommy cocaine'... lol :D
Luke has his 1 week check up last week, and he is a healthy boy. He is in the 50-75th percentile for both height and weight, and he has such a hearty appetite, that we are pretty sure that by his 2 week appointment this week he will have gained back his lost birth weight and plenty more. He has his dads hearty appetite and knows how to chug down a bottle.
Our little stinker decided that he doesn't want to breast feed... despite endless attempts to get him to nurse, he stood his ground and after both mommy and baby ended up in tears countless times, we have resorted to pumping and bottle feeding. We will continue to periodically try him at breast feeding, and hopefully he will eventually catch on. Better late than never.
Already, Luke has shown little signs of his personality... for one, he has a 'hungry cough'... it's the cutest thing. He will cry when he has woken up, or wants to be picked up, and then when you pick him up, IF he is hungry he gives this silly little fake cough... at first we were unsure about it, but then we started paying closer attention to it, and realised that just as we thought, he only does it when it's time for him to eat... so he has a 'Um... hello, I am hungry...' cough.... so cute!
He is also very smart... He can hold his own bottle. LOL... well sort of...
Anyway, here are some pictures of his first week at home.
Life is GOOOODDDD!!!
See...I can already hold my own bottle
He has us both wrapped tightly around his little finger.
Jake and I are both tired, and often overwhelmed as we continue to figure out this whole parenting thing, but we are enjoying the learning process. Jake refers to my constant stamina and energy to survive each day as my dose of 'mommy cocaine'... lol :D
Luke has his 1 week check up last week, and he is a healthy boy. He is in the 50-75th percentile for both height and weight, and he has such a hearty appetite, that we are pretty sure that by his 2 week appointment this week he will have gained back his lost birth weight and plenty more. He has his dads hearty appetite and knows how to chug down a bottle.
Our little stinker decided that he doesn't want to breast feed... despite endless attempts to get him to nurse, he stood his ground and after both mommy and baby ended up in tears countless times, we have resorted to pumping and bottle feeding. We will continue to periodically try him at breast feeding, and hopefully he will eventually catch on. Better late than never.
Already, Luke has shown little signs of his personality... for one, he has a 'hungry cough'... it's the cutest thing. He will cry when he has woken up, or wants to be picked up, and then when you pick him up, IF he is hungry he gives this silly little fake cough... at first we were unsure about it, but then we started paying closer attention to it, and realised that just as we thought, he only does it when it's time for him to eat... so he has a 'Um... hello, I am hungry...' cough.... so cute!
He is also very smart... He can hold his own bottle. LOL... well sort of...
Anyway, here are some pictures of his first week at home.
Life is GOOOODDDD!!!
See...I can already hold my own bottle
2 comments:
Very cute! Good luck with the breastfeeding attempts. I hope he does agree to it - its very special. But you're doing the best you can, either way...
Just too cute for words, I love them at that stage, so dependant and helpless, and still!
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