1% Baby

Day Four and baby seems happy as ever! Check him out in his cool “Future Rock Star” outfit. This is how he’s spending his evening after a very exciting day that included his first visit to the doctor’s and a surprise drop-by to Nana’s house.

The doctor’s visit revealed that Lennon now weight 8lbs 7oz.. Typical for a newborn, he’s lost a few ounces since birth. (Sure is strange that babies are born bigger and then lose some weight.. Mommies everywhere will agree that it’d be nice if it were the other way around.) Despite Daddy’s concerns that baby has jaundice, a lazy eye and possible malaria, the doctor confirms that he is perfectly healthy - and definitely has super healthy skin coloring (i.e. none of the typical jaundice that new babies often experience).

In other news, I am finally producing milk for him.. so that worry has subsided. I’m not producing enough for the appetite that he’s got but we’re mixing breast milk with formula and that seems to be making him quite happy. Plus I’m pumping it all so anyone can feed him - not just me. We’re getting there - making progress anyway. Soon we’ll have this baby-feeding thing down.

The next challenge is getting him to sleep at night. He really is a rock star in training because come midnight, he’s awake and ready to party. That means Mommy and Daddy have to sleep in shifts to keep him company. I guess I’ll be getting used to getting only 4-5 hours of real sleep per day and 2-3 hours of half-conscious baby-napping sleep.

Here’s another picture or two from yesterday when we watched football together. Hope you’re all enjoying Lennon’s antics and the pictures. He’s such a darling!

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