Time goes so fast, I can't believe Harry is 1 week old today!
With your first child I think you're always anxious to get to that 'next stage' of development... with subsequent children I think you're more keen to prolong the first stages, they're so cute when they're tiny and newborn! I know G was always keen for D to be dressed up in little jeans and things when he was born, whereas with H we have a preference for proper little baby clothes :)
He's such a good little baby - he never cries and he sleeps most of the time only waking to feed or have a few minutes of alertness looking around him. He's still a little lazy on the feeding front, it's hard work to get him to take 10-15 mins of one boob and then he's done, but rather that than a never satisfied fractious one! Last night he had a feeding frenzy from 12-3am, waking hourly, but then had a 3.00-7.30 stint which was great.
I'm not doing the thing I should be doing - grabbing extra sleep when he sleeps during the day so I suspect my adrenaline fuelled energies will wear off soon and I'll hit a tiredness low spot, but I really do have no complaints!
We took him a walk around the block yesterday for the first time (first time I've felt up to walking) and he was so cooed over by various friends neighbours it took us about 2 hours to go less than half a mile! He also had his first checkup with the GP, who gave him a clean bill of health other than saying he might have a slight umbilical hernia, but we'd see as these things usually resolve themselves so absolutely no need to worry (cue, worrying!). His 3rd and final trip out yesterday was to Dairy Queen, but sadly he was unable to partake of their ice-creamy goodness other than 2nd hand through mummy's milk :)
Posted by katie at July 29, 2004 01:21 PMGood to hear that he's doing well and that you're up and at 'em again!
Posted by: Steve at July 29, 2004 02:26 PMGood for you to get up and about!
DOnt stress about him *only* having one boob at a time, neither of mine EVER took two before they were about four months or so.
My health visitor (do you have one of those there?) said that it was no problem, as long as they were putting on weight then it was all good. they had good sucks and were going well from that. Immie was a sleeper and would only get so far before she got all snuggly and warm and went back to sleep.. soon grew out of it and became a wriggler!!