Ethan is nearly 4 weeks old. We went for a clinic visit today and all is good. He is doing very well and is a very good feeder (so far).
His measurements are:
Weight: 3.58kg gained 290g in 12 days
Length: 52cm gained 2 cm from birth
Head: 36.3cm gained 1.3cm from birth
All very good. He has passed his birth weight - Riley didn't do this.
Riley is also doing well. She has her jealous moments but I guess that is to be expected. She loves Ethan and has been seen licking his head - not sure why, but at least she is not poking and prodding him.
You may be able to see that Ethan has broken out in pimples. He looks a bit like a pimply "teenager". This is due to the hormones being secreted and indicates the end of the 3 week growth spurt.
From Thursday we start "sleep training". This means that the last scheduled feed at night is at 19h00. We then leave him till he wakes up (probably at about 00h00). We then leave him again till he wakes again and start the schedule at 07h00 again.
The end result should be a baby who "sleeps through"... Yes Please !!!!
It has been cold for the last little while - so we have started to wash Riley's hair on a Saturday morning.
Ethan is now just over six weeks old. He is doing very well. He had his 6 week check up on Friday morning. He weighed in at 4.3kg (gain of 23g per day). Dr Kara said he would have prefered to see a gain of >30g, but was quite happy. He said "no points for a fat baby" so suggested Claudia continue with breast feeding.
A few weeks ago, before Ethan was born we had lunch with Kevin and Carolyn. We got Kevin to take some "preggie" pics which he dropped off the other day.
Ethan is nearly 4 weeks old. We went for a clinic visit today and all is good. He is doing very well and is a very good feeder (so far).
Last week Riley and Claudia built the tower above.