May, 2010

Look at those big blue eyes Ü

This month he has been chatting and giggling. His sister discovered it was hilarious to scare him and make him cry, but that fun game is being stamped out by M&D. He's also learned to grab and pull her hair Ü

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His weight on May 13 was 8.265, which is just above the 97th percentile. He knows he has a few kilos to put on to catch up with the siblings (about 6 more) and he's trying hard. He comes to playgroup, and sits up in the pram, watching everything intently.

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He got a cough in the middle of the month, which is still going as I write this (over a month later) but is otherwise very healthy. He's even trying to do situps sometimes, and prefers to be propped up than laying on his back.

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He's sleeping pretty well. He's ready for bed by 7pm, and usually just wakes up once (about 4 or 5am) for a new nappy and a bottle. Sometimes (if it's not too noisy) he'll have a decent hour in the morning, and then a few more after lunch. He's a pretty laid-back little thing!

April, 2010

April: He loves to have a chat and a grin. He's ticklish, but hasn't worked out giggling just yet. He's grasping things better, and occassionally getting them near his mouth (but it's easier just to suck on your fingers). His weight at 10 weeks was 7.07kg (>97th) and he had injections on the 7th. He did not approve! He's outgrown his little bouncy chair already!

March, 2010

Sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep...

February

Sleeping on Grandma C's couch. He's growing so fast we one day won't believe he could ever fit his whole length on one cushion!
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Big dark blue eyes

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Tolerating Mummy's knitting with good grace (so far Ü)

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Bought him a new chair to sit in, as the other one (which was second hand to begin with) was a bit wrecked by the older two.

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Yes, but he doesn't very often. Most laid-back baby ever.

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Theo (as opposed to Teddy), as he's from my brother and family (in Bible College). lol.

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More knitting. Yawn.

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January, 2010

Here are some pictures of our new baby boy, Zachary Ethan Rankin. He was born at 12.39am by caesarean, after 23 hours of non-labor (in which he pulled the plug but refused to come out). I had an epidural at lunchtime on the 21st, followed by 2 litres of syntocin (going for the record). By 11pm the "dilation" had reached 3 whole cm, so the doctors threw up their hands and asked if I'd like a caesar instead. They stamped "failure to progress" on my report card, and sent me to theatre, which was interesting and painless (as had been the whole day) and whipped out our little 4100g baby.
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Resting with Mummy later in the morning

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He was born at 12.39am on Jan 22, 2010, weighing 4100g (9lb 1oz), 53.5cm long and with a 36cm head circumference.

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The few days were spent in hospital, where he'd sleep all day and be restless all night, while I recovered from the operation. Daddy, Byron and Jasmine would visit each morning. He settled down a lot after coming home on Jan 26. He slept better at home, and I slept whenever I needed to. He did well with feeding and quickly gained back his lost weight, though he needed to go onto bottles after about a week.

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He hardly wakes up! I'd forgotten how much newborns sleep, but Zachary is a very relaxed baby. He sleeps through the noises of his sibs (Byron is 2.5 and Jasmine is 1.5), wakes up for drinks and goes back to sleep, and is hardly ever upset over "nothing". So far, he's been a pretty perfect baby!

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