Three Weeks

Lucas has got a horrible cough, runny nose and an earache and has ended up on antibiotics. He has been a bit more clingy then usual but other then that has been good.

We went to the Plastics unit at the Hutt hospital yesterday about his cabbage ear and they have ended up taping a piece of metal to his ear so that it will pop up. We have to go back next week to see how it is going. They said he could be wearing it until he is three months old.

His cabbage ear. The other ear isn't as bad but they have taped it up anyway.

Two weeks old

Got my grumpy face on

Lucas & Oli just chilling out. Hard to believe there is only 10 weeks between them.

Lucas playing on his play mat

Lucas playing with daddy

Lucas with poppa & Carlos.

Lucas has been a very easy baby so far. He gets a bit scratchy in the evening. He loves having his bath, but doesn't like going down at night. Normally is between 11pm and 1am when we finally get him down, but he wakes at 3am & 6am, which we can cope with. He is getting a lot more alert now, he is still feeding every 3-4 hrs.

One Week Old

Wide awake

Lucas is now one week old. He is waking every 3-4 hours for a feed. He has started being awake for a longer period now and a lot more alert. He feeds well but is a power chucker. You need to watch him just after you've given him a feed otherwise you could be covered in spew.

We went to the doctor's yesterday and got the doctor to check out his nappy rash. Just before his nappy was taken off he did a big poo. The doctor commented it was lucky his nappy was on. Next minute once his nappy was off he let rip again and got poo from one end of the doctors office to the other, which the poor doctor had to clean up.

First time on his play gym

The boys watching the Tennis

Carlos checking on Lucas

Learning bad habits of his father already

Bath time

Had his second bath 27 August at 5 days old. Andre bathed him in front of the fire with Carlos looking on. Lucas loved it. He was having a good look at carlos.

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Sleeping with dad

Sleeping peacefully with his thumb

Cuddles with nana.

Cuddles with mum

Finally home. We ended up having to stay in hospital an extra day as his weight dropped from 4.5kg to 3.9kg so we topped him up with formula & had to express some extra milk to get the milk coming through quicker. Had a great night last night at home. Lucas has ended up in our bedroom & wakes up every 3-4hrs for a feed.

Day 2

Cuddles with dad

He's a thumb sucker. After he was first born he stuck his thumb in his mouth and every time you took it out he would stick it back in.

Daddy giving him his first bath. He didn't really enjoy it at all!

Lucas's first cuddles

Our first hold of Lucas. Healthy not so little boy. Was 9pound 15ounces born (4.5kg), the scan the day before was predicting 4kg.

His first feed.

Meeting the family. Hard to believe there is 9 wks between him & his cousin. Lucas was only 200grams lighter then Riley.

22 August - The big day

They decided that the baby was too big to come out naturally so here I am just waiting in the hospital for the ceaser to happen. We had to be at the hospital at 7 am. I wasn't allowed to eat or drink since the night before so I was starving.

All scrubbed up ready for the ceaser to happen

Lucas being born

Some of the following photos are a bit gory so proceed with caution.

Everything went well. Lucas was 9pound 15 ounces born (4.5kg) and the scans only predicted that he was 4kg. They also found that he was prosterior so I would have ended up having an emergency ceaser even if I had tried for a natural birth, so in the end it was the right choice (although we were disappointed when we heard that we needed a ceaser).

40 Weeks