Day 14 - Dec 14

We're at the end of our second week!

Our baby is growing up so quickly. Shane has outgrown his newborn diapers, and now we're onto size 1. We find that the amount of pee & poo he has it way too much for the newborn diapers to hold. (and no we do not leave him in there for many hours. just 2 hours max).

Till date, we have tried both Huggies and Pampers.

At the end of the 2nd week, we managed to establish his night sleeping and feeding patterns. 3 night feeds every 2.5 hours from midnight. Hoping this doesn't change!

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Day 13 - Dec 13

Today we head out to the Pediatricians again for Shane's weight check.

He's now a 8 lb, 5 oz. That's way past his birth weight or 7 lb 12 oz, and a whooping 1 lb 1 oz weight gain in the last 1 week. At least I know we're now doing something right with his massive initial weight loss.

So we learnt something this week. 

Greenish bits (that looked like broccoli) in the poop meant that baby Shane had an imbalance of fore milk and hind milk (Too much of the fore milk). When i pumped out 30-40 seconds of the fore milk, then fed him, poop went back tonormal colour.

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Like Father Like Son

Day 12 - Dec 12

Another night of decent sleep. It was not as much as last night, but I would say 5-6 hours is pretty good!

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Day 11 - Dec 11

We had a great run last night. Shane woke up only 3 times for his feed. Meaning, I got to sleep at least 6 hours last night! Woo hoo!

Baby had his first nail clipping today. He was born with really long fingernails and had been scratching his face.

Snow stopped yesterday, and we took Baby Shane for a walk (yes it's still sub-zero deg C temperature). The bugaboo got its maiden journey… to South Street and back home.

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Day 10 - Dec 10

We thought we had gotten into a routine. There is no routine for babies. Everyday they do something new, something different… It's amazing.

Shane made his claim to our bed. A picture speaks a thousand words…

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Spot the baby & the Pee Pee stain

Today, we also finally managed to spot his pooping cue. Shane stops doing whatever he does, stiffens up, stretches his arms and legs… and when business is complete, he relaxes all his muscles.

Day 9 - Dec 9

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It was a long night. Shane was up from 2am crying, peeing and pooping… and we did not catch a wink of sleep till 8am.

Another one just for laughs…

Day 8 - Dec 8

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Hanging out with Mummy on a lazy Sunday.

Day 6 - Dec 6

1 Week milestone!

A tough first night home. We're trying to adjust with having a baby at home, and he's trying to adjust into a whole new world…

Along the way, we realized we were not as well equipped. Thankfully there's Amazon Prime delivery. 2 days and my shipment will be here. Though i very much would rather to have it immediately.

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We took Shane to Center City Pediatrics to see Dr Berger. He weighed in at 7 lb 5 oz. Still not quite back to his birth weight, but he's almost there. He did his first poop on the nurses at the clinic. Well done.