Sunday, May 25, 2014

Introducing Carter Oliver Roberts

A belated post to welcome our new son, Carter Oliver.  He was born on Thursday, May 1 coming 3 days past his due date of April 28.  I guess he just really wanted to be a May baby.  He was 7 lbs 6 oz and 19 3/4 inches and arrived at 12:19 pm.  He took to breastfeeding right away and has been doing great since then.  He has lighter and less hair than Audrey did and blonde eyebrows and eyelashes.  I wonder if he will be dark haired initially like his sister, who stayed that way until her 1st birthday when she turned blonde.  We shall see.  We were soooo lucky to have all of his grandparents there to meet him on the day of his birth as well as his PROUD big sister.  Audrey adores him.  She loves to kiss him and touch his soft hair.  Carter seems to be ok with it!  Paul was able to stay home for 3 weeks which was great and we have had tons of visitors in the past 3+ weeks.  At his first pediatrician appointment, he weighed 7 lbs 3 oz (his weight had gone down to 6lbs 14oz when we were discharged from the hospital).  At his 2 week appointment, he was up to 8 lbs 9 oz, 20 1/2 inches long, and 14 inch head circumference.  He has outgrown several newborn outfits and is in a lot of 3 month onesies.  He is doing well with a flexible schedule of eating every 2 hours during the day.  At night, he goes anywhere from 4 to 8 hour stretches.  Last night was his best yet sleeping from 8 pm to 4 am.  I woke up before he did and went to check on him because I was shocked he had not woke up yet.  I'm well aware of an infant's ever changing sleep/eat pattern, but I'll take the long stretches when I can get them.  And I will GLADLY nurse every 2 hours during the day when that means longer stretches at night.  We swaddle him at night, as we did Audrey... we are big believers in swaddling! I'm anxious to get into a routine with balancing 2 children.  It's a different ball game with 2 and Audrey is going through an adjustment for sure.  3 year olds can be trying at times. 

Here's some pictures of the new man in my life!











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