Monday, December 18, 2006
Dylan meets more family members
Here's Dylan with Martin's 2nd cousin Chris and his daughter Emily who lives here in DC. 
Here's Dylan with his Aunt Kelly. Kelly is the wife of Martin's brother Matt.
This is Dylan's great-aunt Katrina.
And here's Uncle Matt and his son Jeremiah.
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Week 7 weight gain
Dylan gained another 6 oz. this past week. He was 9lbs 8oz. I can't tell when and if he had a growth spurt. I guess typically babies go through a growth spurt around 6 weeks. I'm still going to hold off on pumping until we get back from PA for Christmas (leaving on Friday and coming back Tuesday). Then I'm going to try to get into a routine of pumping every day to build up stock for when I go back to work.
Dylan's development
Dylan weighed 8lbs 6oz on the 4th and then 9lbs 2oz on the 11th. So he gained 12oz. two weeks in a row. We'll see what he weighs tomorrow.
We've noticed that he is really looking at and focusing on things more now, especially faces. He also started smiling! We'll try to get a picture of that.
Dylan's preferences:
*sleeping on his side (if we'd let him) especially sleeping on someone
*being held over someone's shoulder
*getting his diaper changed (for real!)
*sitting on the floor propped up in the boppy
*his Mickey Mouse stuffed animal from Clarita
Ever since my mom was here we've been doing "exercises" with Dylan - touching his toes, moving his arms around, etc. Apparently, these things are good for his development (and they are fun and keep him occupied). But I was thinking yesterday, what's the deal with doing things that are good for a baby's motor skills, etc. I mean, most all kids are going to get it eventually so what advantage is there if they get these skills earlier? [And do we really want him walking early?!] Anyone have any thoughts on this?
We've noticed that he is really looking at and focusing on things more now, especially faces. He also started smiling! We'll try to get a picture of that.
Dylan's preferences:
*sleeping on his side (if we'd let him) especially sleeping on someone
*being held over someone's shoulder
*getting his diaper changed (for real!)
*sitting on the floor propped up in the boppy
*his Mickey Mouse stuffed animal from Clarita
Ever since my mom was here we've been doing "exercises" with Dylan - touching his toes, moving his arms around, etc. Apparently, these things are good for his development (and they are fun and keep him occupied). But I was thinking yesterday, what's the deal with doing things that are good for a baby's motor skills, etc. I mean, most all kids are going to get it eventually so what advantage is there if they get these skills earlier? [And do we really want him walking early?!] Anyone have any thoughts on this?
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Monday, December 04, 2006
Dylan and Jack
Jack's parents (Laura and John) are good friends of ours. They are in our home fellowship group. Jack was born on November 19th - 20 days after Dylan. The boys met for the first time at church on November 26th. Here they are in their matching carriers. We took the picture on the left first and then realized they were facing away from each other and so we moved the carriers so they'd be looking at each other. :)
Thanksgiving
My parents and brother were here for Thanksgiving. Martin and I made the turkey and baked corn and my mom made all the sides and desserts. It was a great feast. And Dylan even let us all eat together.
Saturday, December 02, 2006
Future updates
I don't think that I will be doing a weekly update anymore but I will periodically fill you in on what we've been up to here at home and on reports from the doctor. Mostly these will focus on eating, output, and sleeping. Here's how the eating has been going....
We took Dylan to the pediatrician the day after we got home from the hospital. He weighed 5 lbs 15 oz. then. The doctor said everything looked great. He had a little bit of jaundice but it was very low risk. On Tuesday we went back for his 2 week appointment. He weighed 6 lbs. 5.5 oz. The doctor didn't want to say "see you in two months" until his had gained his birth weight back so he asked us to come in in a week to see how much Dylan weighed. He suggested suplementing (could be breast milk) 1 oz. every other feeding. I was a little reluctant to give him a bottle at this point (I did end up trying a saringe but it didn't really work) so after much discussion with other moms and Martin I just ended up feeding him every chance I could. He didn't have any signs of dehydration and his output was good so I just couldn't see supplementing just because he wasn't up to his birth weight in two weeks (an arbitrary number if you ask me). Well, it worked. The next week he was up to 7lbs 2.5 oz. Since then he's gained another half pound (as of Monday the 27th). So he's doing great. I've been going to a breastfeeding support group every Monday so I'll try to update you on Dylan's weight every Monday. (My weight, for those of you who care, is only 7 lbs more than my pre-pregnancy weight!!! My clothes don't really fit though since the shape of my belly is different.)
We took Dylan to the pediatrician the day after we got home from the hospital. He weighed 5 lbs 15 oz. then. The doctor said everything looked great. He had a little bit of jaundice but it was very low risk. On Tuesday we went back for his 2 week appointment. He weighed 6 lbs. 5.5 oz. The doctor didn't want to say "see you in two months" until his had gained his birth weight back so he asked us to come in in a week to see how much Dylan weighed. He suggested suplementing (could be breast milk) 1 oz. every other feeding. I was a little reluctant to give him a bottle at this point (I did end up trying a saringe but it didn't really work) so after much discussion with other moms and Martin I just ended up feeding him every chance I could. He didn't have any signs of dehydration and his output was good so I just couldn't see supplementing just because he wasn't up to his birth weight in two weeks (an arbitrary number if you ask me). Well, it worked. The next week he was up to 7lbs 2.5 oz. Since then he's gained another half pound (as of Monday the 27th). So he's doing great. I've been going to a breastfeeding support group every Monday so I'll try to update you on Dylan's weight every Monday. (My weight, for those of you who care, is only 7 lbs more than my pre-pregnancy weight!!! My clothes don't really fit though since the shape of my belly is different.)
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