2 Weeks Comparison

I'm going to basically copy an idea that my friend, Amy, does on her blog. At least I'll do it for this post!! As her kids are growing up, she blogs about the different things they are learning to do each month. I neglected to do that for Karys and will probably regret it one day, but hopefully I can get it going for Zane! I thought in this post I'd list out some of the things we're learning about him, but also compare what life is like at 2 weeks with Zane versus what I remember it being like with Karys.

Zane had his two-week check-up at the doctor yesterday and things are looking good! When he was 6 days old we went back up to the hospital for a weight check. When he was born, he weighed 8 lbs. 1 oz. When we were discharged from the hospital, he weighed 7 lbs. 10 oz. At 6 days, he weighed 7 lbs. 6 oz. Here's how things stacked up yesterday:

Weight: 8 lbs. 6 oz. (43rd percentile)
Height: 21 inches (60th percentile)
Head: 14.25 inches (29th percentile)

Now to compare that to his big sister. He started out basically a pound heavier than her at birth. She was 7 lbs. and 20 inches at birth. At two weeks, she looked like this:

Weight: 7 lbs. 6 oz. (20th percentile)...notice, still exactly a pound difference!
Height: 20.75 inches (66th percentile)
Head: 14 inches (38th percentile)

I know that they are on different charts since he's a boy and she's a girl, but it's interesting to see the differences.

At two weeks, here are some things I've learned about Zane:

--He is a snuggler!! Karys was absolutely not that way. She tolerated being held but she had too many important things to do to spend time snuggling. :) She's still that way. ;)

--He sleeps best when he is swaddled. The first day we were home I tried laying him down in bed and after about 5 minutes he was screaming!! Then I read Amy's blog and saw that her baby really liked being swaddled because her startle reflex was so sensitive. This seemed to be his problem too so I found a swaddler that a former co-worker had passed on to me when I was pregnant with Karys and we've all been in love with it ever since! (Karys did not want to be swaddled as a baby...again, she had to many things to do to be restrained in any way!!)

--One thing Karys definitely had on Zane was she was an awesome nighttime sleeper! I remember at her two-week appointment telling the doctor I had been waking her up every three hours for feedings and wondered when I could quit doing that overnight. I remember her telling me that I could just let her go, but no longer than 5 hours at a time. So at two weeks Karys and I were only getting up once in the night. At two weeks with Zane, we're getting up 2 or even 3 times in the night. Hopefully that will be gone soon!!

--I'm still tweaking Zane's schedule. It's crazy how I felt like I knew what I would do with his schedule before he was born, but now that he's here, I feel like, "What do I do??" :) He seems to LOVE to eat so I'm still playing around with how much to feed him and how often. Today we're going to try 3 1/2 oz. every 3 hours. We'll see how that goes! Unfortunately, I wasn't able to nurse again this time. I did it for like 4 or 5 days and then when I realized that I had the same super-low milk suppy I had with Karys I decided I couldn't deal with the emotions that come with that. It's a real bummer because Zane was an awesome nurser (which his sister never was!) but for some reason my body doesn't want to do what it's supposed to!

--Zane will get to take a tub bath soon!! During the night last night I changed his diaper and realized his umbilical cord stump had fallen off...yay!! As soon as it heals up completely, we'll be all about submersion! :)

I am absolutely loving having a baby in the house again. Even in spite of the lack of sleep. :) I know it will just continue to get more fun. :)