Hi everyone,
Just a quick update.
Max is doing great. He lost a pound after he was born and is finally gaining weight again with a little help from some formula and regular feedings (every 3 hours - 4 at most - no sleep for any of us :))
He is slowly spending more time awake and looking around, though he is still a pretty sleepy kid. He is pretty mellow though and definitely not a big cryer - with the exception of when his diaper s being changed. He has no interest in being naked or enduring cold wipes. Nic and I are still learning the joys of changing al ittle boy and he has already peed all over his clothes several times. Lesson learned - change boys fast. Of course, no one gets more upset when that happens than Max who lets out a furious scream. I can't help but crack up when he does that. He is IRATE at the mess. He has a personality already! We are all in trouble.
He is great at lifting his head - we saw in the hospital that he is a pretty strong camper and he is just getting stronger still and we can lie him down and he will look up at us. He is alll muscle this kid.
His umbilical cord stub finally fell off today so this week will bring our first bath. We'll see how he reacts to that. Bets are high he will like the bath itself but HATE getting out. We will need a nice warm room for that.
In the meantime he loves sleeping near us and gets a little cranky when left on his own in his crib - but we will forgive him for now and give him lots of love and reassurance. We can't resist.
And that is it. We celebrated our first Hannukah with Max last night. He slept through most of it but couldn't stop staring at his new elephant toy when he was awake enough to check it out. We look forward to seeing how he will react to Xmas on Thursday (stay tuned for lots of pictures!).
Finally, here is a link to some new pictures. There are a bunch..so instead of uploading them all, I thought it was easier to send a link to where they all are and just have a few teaser shots (as up above) here :)
Enjoy and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
3 comments:
Ha. 1st Bath.
Insta-shock at the water sensation. Cries. Gets used to it. Removed from water. Cries. Soft Towel and funny faces always make things right!
OOOO Sacha HATED his baths until he was a number of weeks old. We only put him in the tub maybe 2 times a week, and did sponge baths the rest of the time. I mean, really, other than a poopy bum, the kid is NOT dirty! Even now we only put him in the tub every 3 days or so.
I'm glad to see that you're using the bouncy chair! Looks like he is enjoying it!
oh wow he's cute.
I'm so happy for you both - enjoy your holidays with this little guy.
In one of these pictures, he looks just like his daddy!!!
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