Meet Nathan

Some fun facts about our little man, now that’s he’s a ripe 10 days old! ;)

*He is packing on the poundage! He was 6lbs 9oz at birth, and was discharged at 6lbs 1oz. The day after we left the hospital he had a doctor’s appointment and he weighed 6lbs 2.5oz. One week later we had a follow up appointment and he weighed in at 6lbs 13.5oz! Dr. said we could stretch feedings out to every 4 hours instead of every 3. I had the best night’s sleep last night ;)

*If I thought he was wiggly in the womb, it’s nothing compared to how wiggly he is out here. I guess it’s because he’s got more room to move. He’s a little crazy person when he’s not swaddled up. This makes for difficult (read: messy) diaper changes sometimes. This is also the reason it’s so hard to get a clear picture of him. Most of my pictures are at least a little blurry because he doesn’t hold still. ;)

*His most wiggly feature is his hands. We call him “Houdini Hands” because without fail, his little hands manage to sneak their way out of his blanket, no matter how tightly we swaddle him! We can barely keep his scratch mittens on him as well. Thankfully we finally managed to file his nails down so he at least doesn’t scratch his face as badly anymore.

*Speaking of his hands, he really likes them by his head/face. This would probably explain why they always get out of his swaddle, so desperate he is to have them up by his cheeks. Whenever he’s in his car seat he’s got them right up on his face, since we can’t swaddle him up when he has to be buckled in. The only problem is that he wakes himself up when his hands are free for too long. I snapped this picture of him this morning of the Houdini Hands in action:

Those sneaky hands…

*He’s a super mellow baby so far. (We’re hoping it stays that way) Sleeps a lot, doesn’t cry too much. Hates getting his diaper changed though. He shows us his displeasure by waiting until his diaper is open or off before spraying the unfortunate parent. We’ve even had poo all over the changing pad. AND a blowout diaper complete with goodness up his back. And he’s not even two weeks old. How lucky are we?! John gets really nervous at every diaper change now, ha ha

*He makes the best faces. I mean, can you even stand those lips?! I have yet to catch a picture of it, but he likes to stick his tongue out too. Seriously adorable. Again, you’ll notice his hands are up by his head.
I don’t understand Dad’s placement of the burp cloth any more than he does…

*We are still trying to figure out what color his eyes are, but they are looking as though they are going to be blue. We’ll see if it continues to go in that direction.

*We just love him and think he’s pretty much the best ever ;)