The Big Man's First Week

Evan is 9 days old today and this is the first chance I've had to sit down and write/post some photos - luckily Dave's been filling in for me here! We're feeling great today because Evan has gained 2 ounces since his weigh-in on Monday. He had lost a full pound before he left the hospital, so we were concerned. We've got a good feeding plan in place now and he's scheduled to go back to the Dr. for his regular 2-week appointment.

Evan is SUCH a calm little guy. He only cries when he's hungry (and sometimes when he's wet), and otherwise spends a good deal of time just looking around. He loves his sleep - which I think is part of the reason he lost so much weight! The first night home he slept over 4 hours without waking. Now we're waking him up every 3 hours to eat.

I don't think we would have been so paranoid about the weight issue had he not spent 2 nights in the NICU. A few hours after he was born he developed a really distended belly, so they sent him down for some x-rays, which showed a lot of gas and a lot of poop! Eventually they were able to rule out any anatomical problems in his digestive tract, and once he started pooping, his belly went down to normal size. He got to come back upstairs to my room for the last 2 nights of our stay...we were thrilled to get him back and to be able to take him home with us.

Syd had a WHIRLWIND week. She was off for April vacation, so had lots of time to spare. She slept over 2 nights with Grammy and Papa, and one night each with her 2 different sets of cousins. Throw in a couple of play dates, meals out with Daddy, and a trip to the movies and you get one physically and emotionally exhausted kid. By Sunday night she was completely off the wall. School Monday was the best thing to happen to her. It will be nice to get all of us back on a regular schedule.

Syd has proven herself to be pretty helpful! She loved being Evan's back-seat babysitter on the way home from the hospital, and in most cases will fetch whatever it is that I need when I ask her. She thinks Evan's pretty cute and is excited to show him off to all of her friends...

Well, one and half hours til the next feeding - time for a catnap!