New parents and our journey of discovery with our little Sprout, Aaron

6 (and a little bit) week doctor visit

We took Aaron for his 6 week check up on Thursday.
Dr was very happy with the Sprout.  He now weighs 4.5kg (9.9 pounds) and is 57cm (22.4 inches) long. 
We actually thought he would be a little heavier than that, closer to 5kg.  We are going to get our shots tomorrow so he will be […]

Posted on December 23rd, 2007 by Gina
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The Birthday Present from Grams

So my mom gave Paul (and me by default) a great birthday present.
8 hours straight!
Traditionally Paul celebrates his birthday by spending the evening with friends, we have dinner and see a movie (last night was burgers at Chuckleberries and The Golden Compass).  So my mom volunteered (I don’t think it was any hardship) to have […]

Posted on December 9th, 2007 by Gina
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Dummies, Nappies and 3am Feeds

Ok, so a bit of an update…
Aaron is a month old!!!  I cant believe it, time has just flown by.  Next thing I know he will be asking for pocket money and borrowing the car..   Ok maybe not so much, but you know what I mean.
Dummies…
What a life saver, Aaron loves his dummy, we joke […]

Posted on December 7th, 2007 by Gina
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Baby acne

We noticed what looks like a rash on Aaron’s face the other day and it looks like it has been spreading.  It looks like a rash of red dots on his cheeks.  I did a little research on the Web and came up with something called baby acne.  It turns out baby acne is pretty […]

Posted on December 2nd, 2007 by Paul
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Aaron’s play gym

We put Aaron on his new play gym this morning for the first time.  We wanted to put him on his stomach and get him to start lifting his head and eventually crawling.  We also want to stimulate him a bit more, let him get a little exercise moving around and reaching for stuff.  Anyway, […]

Posted on December 2nd, 2007 by Paul
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