Photos and a video
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Thursday, January 22, 2009
Kiernan
Photos and a video
http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b267/slvrchic83/?action=view¤t=sleeping015.flv
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Kiernan update
Kiernan had his well check up today, 2 months (he is 2 months today). He's bigger than I thought!
24 inches (90th percentile)
12 lbs 14 oz (75th percentile)
Head was 41 1/2, didn't tell me the percentile on that.
He was such a good boy today, he's strong, healthy and well :) He also got a couple of vaccinations today, and I cannot believe what a trooper he was. He did cry during the shots, but was done about a minute after. He's been smiling and laughing all day when he's awake. :) Such a good kid.
This is what I originally wanted to post:
The past couple of nights since he's really started "talking", he's been laughing in his sleep! he smiles in his sleep a lot as well. It's just so dang cute!
24 inches (90th percentile)
12 lbs 14 oz (75th percentile)
Head was 41 1/2, didn't tell me the percentile on that.
He was such a good boy today, he's strong, healthy and well :) He also got a couple of vaccinations today, and I cannot believe what a trooper he was. He did cry during the shots, but was done about a minute after. He's been smiling and laughing all day when he's awake. :) Such a good kid.
This is what I originally wanted to post:
The past couple of nights since he's really started "talking", he's been laughing in his sleep! he smiles in his sleep a lot as well. It's just so dang cute!
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Update all around
Ok...so I said I'd do an update yesterday, and never got to it. Now that I'm at work, and the interface isn't working, I have some time on my hands while I try to wait out the tech problems.
It's been a month since I last updated, sure doesn't feel like it's been that long. People are NOT kidding when they say how busy a baby keeps you, and how fast time flies!
Kiernan update
Kiernan is 7 weeks today, crazy!
It's been fun watching him grow, he's now looking all over the place moving his head back and forth trying to find things and just simply looking. As you can see from the pics, he's smiling, cooing, and attempts to laugh. He has mastered his mad cry, there is no interrupting his feeding for this little guy unless you want to hear an instant, loud "WAH!" as if he's scolding you. He can hold his head up really well, whether he's on his stomach or if we're holding up so that he's standing. He loves jumping when we're holding him up. He kicks and moves his arms about when he's excited. When I'm gone, or haven't talked to him for awhile (this is true for Bryan too) and I start talking to him, he just lights up with a smile! It's nice to know that he recognizes who Bryan and I are now, and knows that we care for him, or at least he likes us the most :)
Turns out, he didn't have an eye infection, just has a clogged tear duct. The green goop is just stuff that would naturally get rinsed through the tear duct, but since it's clogged, it just gathers around his eyelids. At least it's not an infection :) He's been healthy, happy and hungry all this time. He really is just a great baby, and doesn't fuss too much. He loves listening, you can tell when he's listening to something as he'll kind of look to the side, stop moving, and just blink for a bit with a half smile on his face, or a confused look on his face depending on the sound. We're trying to help him with localizing sounds, and get him to talk more. He's just so much fun.
Emilie Update
I'm doing well. I just went to my 6 week postpartum check up on Tuesday. The incision has healed just fine, there's wonderful hard healthy scar tissue there now (..yay?). I sleep a lot though, I think more than typical new mothers would (Bryan agrees with me on this), and so we're having my iron and thyroid checked again to see if it's either one of those things. Health wise, I'm generally ok. Still having trouble with some...bathroom issues :) The only other problem I'm having right now is my tendonitis. It kills like no other right now. I've had tendonitis before, and it's usually gone within the week that the pain starts up. However, this has been going on since just a couple of weeks before Kiernan was born. I wake up in the middle of the night to the pain because my wrist popped right where the tendonitis is, and it ....just kills. Hopefully this will go away in the near future.
It's been nice to have the break from school (not work, been working since the last update :) ), and I'm not really looking forward to school starting again. However, I'll only be taking two classes, so that will be nice, and they're both night classes. Bryan and I had thought we got lucky and were going to be able to get away with not having a babysitter between our class and work schedules. Unfortunately, one of Bryan's classes switched times, so that it's now at night....the same night I have one of my classes. :( My sister-in-law has said that she will babysit those nights though, so that'll be nice, and at least it'll be with someone I know pretty well :) I just hate having to ask favors, obviously I'll be willing to return the favor or find some way to compensate for the time she takes to babysit.
I've been ok'd to start doing very very very very light exercising, which I'm excited to get back to. I'm definitely back at my pre-pregnancy weight still (I didn't gain anything at all since I lost all those pounds from pregnancy), so that's nice. I just need to eat a LOT better than I have been the last couple of weeks, and start walking and doing some very basic ab exercises to get rid of the tummy flub.
The past month, in short:
Christmas happened
Sister Hannah got married
Kiernan's baby blessing
New Years
It's been busy, fun, relaxing, and enjoyable :)
It's been a month since I last updated, sure doesn't feel like it's been that long. People are NOT kidding when they say how busy a baby keeps you, and how fast time flies!
Kiernan update
Kiernan is 7 weeks today, crazy!
It's been fun watching him grow, he's now looking all over the place moving his head back and forth trying to find things and just simply looking. As you can see from the pics, he's smiling, cooing, and attempts to laugh. He has mastered his mad cry, there is no interrupting his feeding for this little guy unless you want to hear an instant, loud "WAH!" as if he's scolding you. He can hold his head up really well, whether he's on his stomach or if we're holding up so that he's standing. He loves jumping when we're holding him up. He kicks and moves his arms about when he's excited. When I'm gone, or haven't talked to him for awhile (this is true for Bryan too) and I start talking to him, he just lights up with a smile! It's nice to know that he recognizes who Bryan and I are now, and knows that we care for him, or at least he likes us the most :)
Turns out, he didn't have an eye infection, just has a clogged tear duct. The green goop is just stuff that would naturally get rinsed through the tear duct, but since it's clogged, it just gathers around his eyelids. At least it's not an infection :) He's been healthy, happy and hungry all this time. He really is just a great baby, and doesn't fuss too much. He loves listening, you can tell when he's listening to something as he'll kind of look to the side, stop moving, and just blink for a bit with a half smile on his face, or a confused look on his face depending on the sound. We're trying to help him with localizing sounds, and get him to talk more. He's just so much fun.
Emilie Update
I'm doing well. I just went to my 6 week postpartum check up on Tuesday. The incision has healed just fine, there's wonderful hard healthy scar tissue there now (..yay?). I sleep a lot though, I think more than typical new mothers would (Bryan agrees with me on this), and so we're having my iron and thyroid checked again to see if it's either one of those things. Health wise, I'm generally ok. Still having trouble with some...bathroom issues :) The only other problem I'm having right now is my tendonitis. It kills like no other right now. I've had tendonitis before, and it's usually gone within the week that the pain starts up. However, this has been going on since just a couple of weeks before Kiernan was born. I wake up in the middle of the night to the pain because my wrist popped right where the tendonitis is, and it ....just kills. Hopefully this will go away in the near future.
It's been nice to have the break from school (not work, been working since the last update :) ), and I'm not really looking forward to school starting again. However, I'll only be taking two classes, so that will be nice, and they're both night classes. Bryan and I had thought we got lucky and were going to be able to get away with not having a babysitter between our class and work schedules. Unfortunately, one of Bryan's classes switched times, so that it's now at night....the same night I have one of my classes. :( My sister-in-law has said that she will babysit those nights though, so that'll be nice, and at least it'll be with someone I know pretty well :) I just hate having to ask favors, obviously I'll be willing to return the favor or find some way to compensate for the time she takes to babysit.
I've been ok'd to start doing very very very very light exercising, which I'm excited to get back to. I'm definitely back at my pre-pregnancy weight still (I didn't gain anything at all since I lost all those pounds from pregnancy), so that's nice. I just need to eat a LOT better than I have been the last couple of weeks, and start walking and doing some very basic ab exercises to get rid of the tummy flub.
The past month, in short:
Christmas happened
Sister Hannah got married
Kiernan's baby blessing
New Years
It's been busy, fun, relaxing, and enjoyable :)
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Update
So, it's been just over two weeks!
Kiernan is doing very well. His jaundice is gone, and he had an infection in his eye. We got drops for that, and he's doing fine now. He's back at his birth weight, which is expected, and has grown a half inch. So he's now 9 lbs 8 oz and 23 inches. crazy! Looking at his face and just watching him move, you can tell that he's been growing, and that he's just slowly getting a better understanding of his environment. Part of the major benefit of being an early childhood major, I know some things I get to look for.
Uh oh, crying baby
just wanted to be held :)
He really is a cutie and a very calm mild baby. He only truly CRIES when he's being changed, or is being given a bath. He *HATES* baths right now, hopefully we'll find a way to make it a not so scary experience for him :)
I'm feeling great. I've lost all 50 lbs from the pregnancy weight gain that I had. That just shows how much water I was retaining, and how swollen i was. I fit back in the pants I had before I got pregnant, I thought that wouldn't happen for a couple of months, so it was a nice surprise. :)
He's starting to be able to calmly sleep in the cradle, which is nice, just need to find a night light that's bright enough for me to see things, and dark enough for Bryan to be able to sleep.
a couple of pics to enjoy :)
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Wow
So Kiernan is now a week and two days old. Well technically in 2 1/2 hours, it'll be 3 days...not that I'm counting :)
Things are going well. He seems to be getting better with his jaundice. We went on Monday to have his blood tested, and it had gone up from the last time we were in the hospital. So they had us go in the next day to retest. and it had gone back down. both times, the number wasn't high enough to have us use the lights at home, so I just need to make sure he gets fed, and that he doesn't get sick in other ways (fever, not eating, etc). So far, so good. He's eating 10-12 times a day with at least 10 minutes for each session (usually it's at least 20...he's a big growing boy). Also, starting yesterday, he has started to be awake for a period of time, just looking around, listening, and taking in the sights. This is a good thing as it means he's got enough energy to be doing that instead of just sleeping through everything.
We spend Thanksgiving at my parents house. We went down on Wednesdays, and just got back tonight. It was nice to go there, and have everyone see him. It was also nice to have other people take care of him. I honestly just don't realize how tired I am. I think I'm fine, until I find myself just dozing off at random times throughout the day. I just don't feel that tired, until I get to nursing, or just simply holding him, then I tend to conk out. Unfortunately, this doesn't work as well at night :) I'm still too paranoid to be able to take my hearing aids out at night when I sleep, this explains a lot of why I'm so tired, besides the fact that I get up about every two hours to feed Kiernan. :) I'm not used to hearing sounds in my sleep at all, so to hear the baby's slightest whine or movement, i wake up and make sure he's doing ok, I now also wake up to the husband's lovely snores. :) We'll see how long keeping the hearing aids in at night lasts.
It was nice not to have to worry about doing laundry, dishes, cooking, food, and things in general when we were at my parents house. In fact, mom loved it. She felt bad that she couldn't just come and check on us everyday like her mom did. She was more than happy to have us there for three days and help us out. She really did, she held him when I needed to eat and Bryan was asleep or doing homework. She also took him today when it was very obvious that I needed to sleep (fell asleep while burping him). Even though I only slept for an hour, it seems to have made a world of a difference.
My incision isn't hurting nearly as much anymore. I'm still well aware of where it is, but it doesn't hurt nearly as much to get up from sitting down or to sit down, or to shift positions in my sleep.
Looks like Kiernan is expecting an early feeding, so off I go. :)
Things are going well. He seems to be getting better with his jaundice. We went on Monday to have his blood tested, and it had gone up from the last time we were in the hospital. So they had us go in the next day to retest. and it had gone back down. both times, the number wasn't high enough to have us use the lights at home, so I just need to make sure he gets fed, and that he doesn't get sick in other ways (fever, not eating, etc). So far, so good. He's eating 10-12 times a day with at least 10 minutes for each session (usually it's at least 20...he's a big growing boy). Also, starting yesterday, he has started to be awake for a period of time, just looking around, listening, and taking in the sights. This is a good thing as it means he's got enough energy to be doing that instead of just sleeping through everything.
We spend Thanksgiving at my parents house. We went down on Wednesdays, and just got back tonight. It was nice to go there, and have everyone see him. It was also nice to have other people take care of him. I honestly just don't realize how tired I am. I think I'm fine, until I find myself just dozing off at random times throughout the day. I just don't feel that tired, until I get to nursing, or just simply holding him, then I tend to conk out. Unfortunately, this doesn't work as well at night :) I'm still too paranoid to be able to take my hearing aids out at night when I sleep, this explains a lot of why I'm so tired, besides the fact that I get up about every two hours to feed Kiernan. :) I'm not used to hearing sounds in my sleep at all, so to hear the baby's slightest whine or movement, i wake up and make sure he's doing ok, I now also wake up to the husband's lovely snores. :) We'll see how long keeping the hearing aids in at night lasts.
It was nice not to have to worry about doing laundry, dishes, cooking, food, and things in general when we were at my parents house. In fact, mom loved it. She felt bad that she couldn't just come and check on us everyday like her mom did. She was more than happy to have us there for three days and help us out. She really did, she held him when I needed to eat and Bryan was asleep or doing homework. She also took him today when it was very obvious that I needed to sleep (fell asleep while burping him). Even though I only slept for an hour, it seems to have made a world of a difference.
My incision isn't hurting nearly as much anymore. I'm still well aware of where it is, but it doesn't hurt nearly as much to get up from sitting down or to sit down, or to shift positions in my sleep.
Looks like Kiernan is expecting an early feeding, so off I go. :)
Monday, November 24, 2008
Home now!
This morning, the doctor came in and had a smile on his face, so I knew it was good news :) His jaundice has been going down now that he's actually nursing consistently, so there is no need, so far, to have the lights at home to help him get over the jaundice. We talked about the things I should or shouldn't due since I've had the surgery, questions I had, etc. Then the nurses took Kiernan to do one more thing for lab testing, not sure what, and didn't care since it wasn't important enough to tell me, or to cause a concern. I ate breakfast, the nurse came back with Kiernan, and we started talking about what to do before getting discharged. I was glad this was discussed, because I could basically leave whenever I wanted, which motivated me to hurry and start packing quite quickly :)
All that was left to be done for me to be discharged was to take the staples out of the incision and replace them with the "tape stitches", sign some papers, ask questions, and get a shot. All that was left for Kiernan was to get the IV out of his head, and get him dressed to go as well. the poor kid did not like the IV coming out, he has hair, and now has two bald spots because of where the tape was on the IV. The nurse who took it off said they definitely overtaped it, and later I talked to my mom and a nurse had told her they had a VERY difficult time getting an IV for him, so to be super careful. But it's out, and he's healthy, with the exception of slight jaundice.
We got home, and we all slept for a bit. It's been nice to be home, and I'm excited to have almost all of this week off (I have one class I need to attend on Tuesday for three hours, that's it though). It's also surreal to me that we now have a son in the household, and I'm loving it with every second I see him. :)
Thank you all for your help, kind words, encouragement, well wishes and prayers. They obviously have helped us a lot, and we cannot thank you enough for the support you guys have given us, even if it's just through e-mail.
All that was left to be done for me to be discharged was to take the staples out of the incision and replace them with the "tape stitches", sign some papers, ask questions, and get a shot. All that was left for Kiernan was to get the IV out of his head, and get him dressed to go as well. the poor kid did not like the IV coming out, he has hair, and now has two bald spots because of where the tape was on the IV. The nurse who took it off said they definitely overtaped it, and later I talked to my mom and a nurse had told her they had a VERY difficult time getting an IV for him, so to be super careful. But it's out, and he's healthy, with the exception of slight jaundice.
We got home, and we all slept for a bit. It's been nice to be home, and I'm excited to have almost all of this week off (I have one class I need to attend on Tuesday for three hours, that's it though). It's also surreal to me that we now have a son in the household, and I'm loving it with every second I see him. :)
Thank you all for your help, kind words, encouragement, well wishes and prayers. They obviously have helped us a lot, and we cannot thank you enough for the support you guys have given us, even if it's just through e-mail.
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