Our awesome kid is awesome. He has been sleeping almost all the time that he is not eating. Last night he slept from about midnight until 4:45 am! Rachael thinks he could have gone longer, but she wanted to make sure that he was getting enough to eat. After a nice long feed, Rach gave him to me and he slept on my chest until about 8:30 am.
He is being such a good boy and is so fun to hang out with.
Now you may be saying to yourself “Man his head looks almost as big as his daddy’s.” There are two reasons for this
1) the small camera on Rachael iPhone distorts the shot a little
2) he has a giant head.
He was born at 20.5 inches long and was 9 pounds 8 ounces. For our metric friends, that’s 52 cm and 4.3 kilos. His head was 13.6 inches (34.6 cm) and has not gotten much smaller. When we took him to the doctor on Friday, he has lost 13 oz, (0.36 Kg) meaning that he still weighed 8 lbs, 10 oz. Tell me, mothers of cyberspace, were your baby’s 8 lbs 10 oz. when they were born? Because even on a diet, our boy is hugongus. Now that he is eating several times a day, we anticipate that he will be back up to his birth weight with in a week or two.
9 Comments
May 24, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Both of my kids were bigger than 8 lbs 10 oz. My first (Melynn) weighed 9 lbs 13 oz and my second (Alex) weighed 9 lbs 7 oz. It’s hard having a big baby. If little Aaron is anything like my kids it will be hard to keep up with him as far as clothes.
May 24, 2009 at 7:42 pm
He’s so cute! Congrats congrats! And no my baby girl was only 7 lbs 2 oz when she was born – kinda tiny compared to yours! Can’t wait to see him!
May 24, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Rachael, you are my hero. What a cute big boy! Aubrey was 8 lbs. 8 oz. but she was slightly longer (21 inches). Call me sometime when you feel like it. I really want to hear all about it. Good job you guys.
May 25, 2009 at 7:54 am
Congratulation!!
Your baby’s so cute. I really happy with you. I hope that somesday I can be a good Mom like Rachael.
Miss you guys.
May 26, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Congratulations! What a handsome boy! Hope all is going well for ya
May 29, 2009 at 5:43 am
Isaac was 8 lbs 9 oz, but an inch longer than Aaron. He looked like a skinny chicken, but ate like a horse. He weighed 8 14 at two weeks after losing some birth weight and 9 4 at four weeks. He was too heavy for his infant car seat at four months old (20 lbs). BTW I don’t remember all of this, but I was reading his journal last week. Watch out–you’ve got a big boy on your hands!
May 29, 2009 at 5:48 am
CONGRATS! He is such a cutie and I’m glad you’re all doing well. I can’t wait to meet him!
June 4, 2009 at 10:55 pm
I love that kid AND his giant head. You two make cute babies! Rach – just think of the biceps you’ll build while packing him around. That’s how I got so ripped.
June 10, 2009 at 3:41 pm
He is perfect! So fun to see pictures since I am a looser and haven’t seen him yet in person. Rachael has done a fabulous job at being “mommy” so far, and will continue to do so!
Good for her!
ps (you do an alright job too Adam)