Logan the Social Bunny

Well Master Logan has celebrated his one month old milestone by being very much the social bunny of late.

On Thursday Dada stayed home as you had had a very unsettled night and Mummy and Dada were both very tired. We recovered by lunchtime and went out to lunch at K-Mart and then did some shopping.

On Friday we went to pick up Uncle Richard with Nan and then went to lunch at K-Mart with Nan and did some window shopping. Then we picked up Dada from work and went to Animates with the doggies!

Yesterday we went out to Denny's for lunch with James and Sarah and then did some final Christmas shopping and the food shopping. Then we stopped by to see Nan and Gramps and to give you some food! We were out from 12 until about 6 and you were such a good wee man.

I think we will stay home today for a rest (although we still have to put up the Christmas tree) especially as next week will be so busy....

Monday: Diana, Aidan, Emily, Angela and Bethany coming to visit in the morning, Mummy has a specialist check up with Meera at 4.45pm
Tuesday: Twinkletoes at 11.20am and then pediatric check up at 2.20pm
Wednesday: 6 week vaccinations at 11.45am
Thursday: Christmas Eve - hoping to go to family Christmas mass at 7pm
Friday: Your first Christmas!

Gosh we are going to be busy, especially as some time during the week Mummy has to wrap all the Christmas presents!!

Official due date!!

Well today is your official due date Master Loganberry - but of course we all know you aren't going to arrive on this date by now :o)

The midwife (Raewyn) came yesterday and you have put on another 320g over 6 days so we are very pleased about that - your weight is now 3.66kg!! You certainly like your food!!

Everything is ticking along well - Daddy is back at work but we have been coping okay without him, your wind does not seem as bad (at least not during the day - though whether it is actually better or we are just getting used to it I don't know) and you are good about sleeping during the day - not quite as good at night time though as you take a while to settle...though Raewyn thinks that may be wind build up during the day so she has recommended trying the gripe water again to try to prevent quite so much build up.

I can't believe you will be 4 weeks old on Tuesday - the time is definitely flying by!

Love Mummy

Update

Been a busy week since the last entry.

Logan's now 3.34kg (7lb 6oz), up from 2.94kg last Friday. He's put on 400g in the last week, when they'd normally expect him to put on only 200g, so he's piling on the weight, which we're happy about -- even if the growth spurt means he's having more regular feeds (i.e., less sleep for his parents!). He even looks bigger to us.

We took Logan into our offices today, where everybody went gaga over him. He goes to sleep in the car -- almost as soon as we put him in his car seat! -- so driving into town and back isn't too bad, but if we take too long he can get a bit cranky when we get home.

His feeding's going okay, though we're still having issues with wind. But, he's growing, and we just have to wait for his digestive system to develop and strengthen to the point where it's easier for him to burp. Sleep's still a bit hit-and-miss. He's down now, in the portacot we have in the lounge, but last night he was up and down until nearly 3am.

All this, and he's only 17 days old. We still haven't got to his due date (11 December)!

I'm back at work next week, so I'm feeling a little apprehensive leaving Juliette to fly solo. I'm sure she'll be fine -- she really is a wonderful mother -- but I can't help feeling a little guilty...

Big Day Out

Yesterday, Logan had a big day out.

First up was the first coffee group for our ante-natal class, meeting at the Peppermill in Porirua. Four of the six babies born to the group so far were there (with their mums, obviously) as well as one other dad; Ann-Marie from the Mana Parents Centre; and five of the still-pregnant mums. It was entertaining watching the mums who'd had their babies swapping labour stories, and the mums-in-waiting cringe and want to move to another table!

It was good catching up with everyone, and we got some good advice from Daxa on relieving wind, as her son Taj has been having much the same problem as Logan.

After the coffee group, we popped into Baby Factory and Babycity to get some more prem clothes, as Logan only fits the smallest of the newborn clothes we have for him.

We then went to the supermarket. We were going to pop in to North City Plaza and see if our friend Margaret was at work, but while we were talking to another dad from the ante-natal class that we bumped into in the carpark, Margaret spotted us as she came out for lunch and ran over to say hello.

We've tried the advice from Daxa, from Juliette's Aunt Carol (who used to be a midwife), and from the Baby Whisperer DVD and we seem to be getting on top of Logan's wind problem. He certainly seems to be more comfortable, thank God!

We gave Logan a bath last night, but we had the water a little too cool for him (regardless of what the bath thermometer said). He went in the shower with Juliette this afternoon, and loves it!

He's snoozing now, and seems quite content. We noticed yesterday that he looked a lot less uncomfortable when we took some layers off him. Perhaps he's like his parents and prefers cooler temperatures...

1 week old today!!

Our little Logie Bear is 1 week old today!!! The time has gone by so quickly!



You are a pretty good baby and the biggest issue we have is with wind - poor wee thing, though we do seem to be making some in-roads with that.

You were very unsettled after your last feed early this morning and your wonderful Dada stayed up with you while I got some much needed sleep - I am so very lucky with both of my boys!

The midwife came again today - her second visit - and is very pleased with you...the most awesome news of all is that you now weigh 2840g (with a singlet and nappy on - but the midwife says they should weigh no more than 40g). Dada and Mummy are so please with this as it is more than your birth weight of 2690g (you had dropped to 2510g on day 4 and then up to 2550g on day 5 when you were discharged from the Special Care Baby Unit at Hutt Hospital) and means that you are getting enough milk and doing really well :o)

Oh and your cord dropped off today - we think you may have an "outie".

Well best go, we have your Aunty Miranda, Uncle Andrew and Connor arriving for a visit any minute now.

Day 6/7

Logan's home now (came home on Saturday afternoon, with a brief stop in Churton Park to meet one of his great-grand-mothers). It's a relief to have mum ad son home, and not to be dashing backwards and forwards over Haywards.

The first night was a bit of a bear: we'd get up, change him, feed him, settle him, go back to bed -- and get an hour or two of sleep before having to get up again, so when family from Greytown arrived to visit, we must've seemed like the living dead! Still, his feeds are a bit further apart now, so we're hoping (fingers crossed!) that he's settling down. He was really good on Sunday morning, with his cousins Hamish, Amelia and Samantha (well, second cousins, technically) getting a look, and the community midwife turning up to check-up on him. Pretty much slept all the way through

The dogs were all excited to meet him, especially Merlin. They tend to whine a bit if he starts crying, but otherwise have slobbered him at every opportunity.

Day 2

Mum and baby continue to thrive. Logan's feeding well now, having had a slight issue of falling asleep while feeding yesterday. But today, he was waking up and demanding to be fed (not much use when Dad was the only one in the room at the time!).