My Little Chunker!

Little man is now 3 1/2 weeks old, and growing like a weed! It's hard to tell from looking at him, but Mom and I each weighed him yesterday and he's coming in at 10.4 and 10.6 pounds on two different scales! He was wearing a onesie and a diaper... but still! 2 pounds since his birthday! Not too shabby, little dude. He's definitely a big old breastfed baby. It's reassuring to me that he's getting all the nutrition he needs and that I can tell for sure that my milk supply is enough for him.

And there's my chunky boy!

Smile Alert!

Hello, world! Mr. Eli has been smiling in his sleep since he was just a few days old, but he's starting to combine it with open eyes now. And last night... I got it on camera!

Milky content smile

 Grin baby grin!

Awww, he's so cute.

Eli: Two Weeks Old!

Eli is two weeks old today! It kinda seems like he's been around forever, but at the same time he's still so new to us.

He's had two pediatrician's appointments so far. At his first, he was down 7 ounces from his birth weight, and at the second he had gained back 5 of those ounces! I'm sure by this point (a week after the last appointment) he's back up and over his birth weight! He nurses like a champ so I'm sure he'll be a little chunker before long. He got his first shot at the last appointment and he's decided he's not a fan of needles (he is his mother's son). He turned into a tiny, wailing ball of rage and sadness!

He sleeps pretty well at night, although there are exceptions to that rule. He much prefers sleeping in someone's arms to sleeping in a bed or a swing--he's gonna be spoiled rotten by all this attention! He doesn't have to go back to the pediatrician until he's a month old, which I'm sure he would be thrilled by if he knew he should be.

Yesterday was his first Halloween--he didn't go trick-or-treating, but we did put on his little costume! I knit the hat, which is just barely small enough to sort of fit his little head.