So Reed has made it to the 2 week mark. He is a sweet little guy and by far the easiest so far. Of course, we are being optimistically pessimistic since the other two required a lot out of us. So far, little man has taken to the pacifier and is sleeping good chunks at a time. Usually a couple of 3 or 4 hour naps a day and it even coincides with the other kid’s naps. At night he is getting straight A’s too. Usually goes down around 11 and wakes around 3 for a feeding and then back to sleep until 7, a little more nursing and back to sleep until 8 or 8:30. I guess God knew exactly what we needed or could handle. Either way, it has been a blessing to have this little guy around. Beck and Eisley have been great about helping and are very loving towards their little brother. They love to hold him and were both able to feed him his first bottle via mom yesterday. Eisley talks to him and calls him Reedster and little man and Beck loves to pat him on the head and checks in throughout the day to see how he is doing. Also, loves to see the yellow poop at every diaper change. To his credit, that is pretty amazing sight!
Mama is doing great and continues to amaze me as she takes everything in stride. She seems fully healed and might even be able to leave the house for a few hours at a time now what she is pumping and Reed is taking the bottle.
At the two week appointment, Reed is up to 21 inches and 8lbs 6 ounces. Kind of funny that that was the same weight that Eisley came out of the womb carrying. Doctor said he is looking good and that our job is to love and spoil that little guy. Done and done! He still has the umbilical cord attached slightly so we can’t start the dreaded tummy time quite yet. There are little bouts of gas as his new system gets going but overall very content little guy and we are very blessed indeed.
