On Thursday I had to take Owen to get his weight checked since he had been loosing weight since he had left the hospital. He was 8 lbs. 8 oz. at birth, 8 lbs. 3 oz. two days later, and 8 lbs. 3 days after he was born. Then, exactly one week later, he weighed in at 9 lbs. 3 oz. Wow! Dylan did something pretty similar to this, but it still amazes me that someone so little can gain so much in such a little time! They say that they like to see babies reach their birth weight by the time they reach 2 weeks, and Owen cleared that by a healthy 11 oz.
In other news, Dylan has been funny about having a baby in the house. Most of the time, he pays him no attention. But, some of the time, he will talk to him in his high pitched baby voice saying, "Baby Owend," or "little fingers". He also includes him in prayers (sometimes several times in the prayer) when we are saying what we are thankful for. He hasn't been too jealous either, although, sometimes when I am feeding Owen he hands me a car and wants me to play with him. All in all it has been a pretty smooth transition.
Owen has still been a pretty good baby for me. Last night he only woke me up twice for feedings and after changing and burping him, he went right back to sleep. I think Heavenly Father knew that I really could not handle another Dylan in my life right now!
Owen is fairly decent in not trying to break out of his swaddle, but he's so precious when he does manage to wiggle his arms out.
9 comments:
so precious! you are lucky w/ those feedings! Oh my goodness, I still cant believe how long Lacey used to feed when she was just born. Now she feeds for 5-10 mins. Its so amazing!! I can get so much done. Glad everything is going well for you.
He's sooo precious - I love those little boys!
I'm telling you Kayleen, next Valentine's Day, you need to rent Dylan out as Cupid--just put a big diaper on him and a bow and arrow in his hands, and he would be perfect! Owen is beautiful--can't wait to see him!
Kathy's right. You have two beautiful boys. No worries about Owen's size, obviously.
Where are you and your family set up? Benjamin and I are currently living in my parents' basement, looking for a place of our own. We had our little guy last week. I'm excited to see you sometime soon.
Owen is so cute!! You have such handsome boys in your family. What a lucky gal :) Glad all is well. Keep up the good work Mommy.
Congratulations! You are so lucky to have such a good eater and sleeper!
Congratulations! You are so lucky to have such a good eater and sleeper!
I love baby Owen!!!! I can't wait to hold him in my arms and give him lots of kisses!
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