Baby T at 2 1/2 weeks

So Baby T is now at two weeks and a half. He has a voracious appetite and has been gaining quite a bit of weight; at his two week appt he was 5 lb 14 oz which is already well above his birth weight. He is starting to lift his head up when he gets tummy time -- mostly when I burp him on my shoulders. So growth wise and feeding wise he's doing well.

One consequence of his appetite is that he often feeds three times in a row. Nurse 10 min, burp, change, rock him to sleep, wait half hour, then repeat. During the day it keeps S glued to her nursing chair; at night it's brutal on our sleep, as often it becomes nurse, burp, change, spit up, change again, hiccups, refuse to sleep, wake S up to nurse again, repeat. The lack of sleep becomes apparent when we have to drive out. Unfortunately, I have to drive much more now to run errands. Another side effect of the lack of sleep is that we are very impatient and argumentative. I'm happy that Baby T is eating so much, but this is a tough period.

Baby T tends to sleep much better during the day than at night. This trend should reverse in a couple weeks; in the meantime we are trying to wake him up during the day. This can be tough though - it's not uncommon to take half an hour to wake him up.

Diapers - I have noticed pampers makes very nice preemie/newborn diapers with a notch for the umbilical stump (which just fell off) plus an especially high back side to prevent slippage. The
7th Generation diapers we have don't stay on as well and seem to leak once in a while. Yes I pointed his member down.

I have to say we cannot thank S's mom enough for coming out and living with us, cooking for us and helping to take care of G and baby T. She is helpful everywhere and we are dreading the day when we won't have her around to help. That day is when we will realize how much work two kids really is.


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