The Diary of Sprout

We went off to a picnic today for Jared’s birthday and I shot a short video of Aaron on his quilt while Gina went for a walk. He was a little preoccupied with the phone but gave me a few smiles towards the end. I also shot a short video of Gina playing with him and he had a couple things to say to her too.

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Posted on February 17th, 2008 by Paul
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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 weighed again and we will see how much he has gained in 4 days.

We still haven’t had our first smile yet but its coming, we see the dimple more and more.

So all in all Aaron is doing great and besides the lack of sleep (we are still not really sleeping longer than 3 hours at a time) mom and dad are doing great too.

Tags: 6 weeks, growing, mom & dad

Posted on December 23rd, 2007 by Gina
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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 that we should have called him Maggie.  He’s funny about the dummy though, you have to fight him to get the thing in his mouth but once its in he sucks like there is no tomorrow and then cries when it falls out. 

So the question is should babies be allowed a dummy or not?  I don’t know what we would do without ours but I am worried about the long term effects of sucking a dummy.  I firmly believe its better to suck a dummy than his thumb but maybe he shouldn’t have a dummy at all.  In an attempt to be as non-destructive as possible we have a Nuk orthodontic dummy.

Nappies…

I never thought that I would be able to change dirty nappies, wee nappies yes, poo nappies, not really!  But I do, lots of them!  Our boy is a champ.  We learnt the hard way a while ago that the nappy should be high up at the back, lets just say "YEEEUUUCCCHHHH!"  But I coped.  I can even empty our Angelcare nappy bin (this is an achievement because I cant even touch the kitchen bin, we have a foot pedal bin and I cringe/gag/hurl just opening the bin with my toes…)

3am Feeds…

… have many many emotions and feelings connected to them.  Calm and peaceful, just the two of us.  Crying and frustration when Aaron wont latch or settle down.  Awe and wonder, looking at him and knowing he is mine. 

In closing here is a recent picture of the Sprout…

Tags: Aaron, Sprout, Nappy, Dummy, love

Posted on December 7th, 2007 by Gina
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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, here he is on his play gym:

Aaron’s first time on his play gym from Paul Jacobson on Vimeo.

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Posted on December 2nd, 2007 by Paul
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