2 Weeks Old!

A bit on the late side, since Evan is already three weeks old (whoops!), but here were the highlights of our two week old little Evan.

Weight: 9lbs 8 ounces: 65th %ile (up from 8 lbs, 1 oz on 5/1)

Height: 22.25 inches: 94th %ile (up from 21" on 5/1)

Head Circumference: 37 cm: 66th %ile (up from 36.5 cm on 5/1) 

Our little Evan (a.k.a "Nugget") has changed our household quite a lot!  Liam is now a proud, wonderful big brother.  Seriously, I couldn't have asked for a better transition and attitude from Liam. He has never once said a negative thing about Evan; in fact, just the opposite!  He is loving, always wanting to kiss his baby brother and helping mommy with diapers, wipes and burp cloths!

Evan is now over his jaundice, which is helpful for Mommy and Daddy!  He is not a 'content' baby; in fact, he is a lot like his big brother when he was a baby!  We have screaming times where nothing can really comfort Evan and we have reflux/gassy times when our content baby just starts arching, crying and screaming from pain/uncomfortableness.  We are working through these issues!  He also started getting mucous in his diaper (about 10 days in), which has now progressed into dark green, shiny mucous ALL the time.  I have cut out dairy from my diet and am starting to remove just about everything else in an effort to turn that poop back to mustard yellow!

Needless to say, I am tired and overwhelmed at times, but there are many times when both my boys are content that I realize this is just for today and will change all too soon.  So, I am trying to enjoy my screaming  nugget and my toddler who is watching entirely too much TV :)

Evan has started to have more awake time... we just had a wonderful dance party with Evan, Liam and I earlier this week :)  When he is comfortable, he loves just watching everything with his big (dark blue, for right now) eyes.  He really likes looking at this 'baby faces' book we have and Liam's favorite cow mirror!  Even with all his uncomfortable issues, he has been a great sleeper this week (third week).  He has slept fairly consistently every night week with 4-5 :0 hours of sleep at night!