7 Days in the Books

Carson Levi is 7 (now 8) days old! They say the first few days at home is the hardest - just trying to figure out a system, getting to know your baby and what he/she likes/doesn't like, etc. The first few nights were definitely hard, but I think we've got a good rhythm down. It's ever-changing for sure, but we're feeling a little more human.

Some things we've learned about Carson over the past week:
- He loves to be swaddled. He flails like crazy without it and is just NOT comfortable.
- HATES baths (he screams the whole time)
- Toots.....a lot....usually followed by a huge poop. I wonder where he got that from....hm? :P
- He is indifferent when it comes to the binky. He'll take it, but usually spits it out once he's about to fall asleep
- NB sized onesies from Carters (the smallest we have) are too big on him. Wearing preemie pants
- Very emotive with his facial expressions. Scrunches, tongue out, smiles, mouth open, the works. So cute
- Very vocal. He makes grunts, squeeks, laughing sounds, throaty growls, etc
- Has been a champ handling the "toddler abuse" = screaming toddler running around the house, loud toys, "gentle" toddler touches, etc.
- Feeding great and gaining weight!

STATS:
Birth weight:  6lbs 7oz
Discharge weight:  6lbs 4oz
Weight at 4-day old doc appt:  6lbs 5.5oz (10th percentile)

We go back to the doc at 2-weeks and I'm pretty confident he'll have passed his birth weight at that point.

Like Miles, we are doing monthly photos to show how much Carson has grown. As a refresher, take a look at Miles' first 18 months here. We used a basket for Miles' photos. For Carson, we've decided to enlist a friend - Meet Beau. Beau the Monkey. Like Calvin and Hobbes, Carson and Beau will go on many adventures together. We'll just have to wait and see what these goobers get into over the coming months :)

Like mentioned above, Carson hates being out of his swaddle, so getting this photo was a stroke of luck for sure. Becky, my amazing in-house photographer, setup an area upstairs and had the brilliant idea to use a space heater to keep Carson warm. It worked wonders. Without it, I don't think we would have gotten this shot. While he liked it, Becky and I were sweating bullets.... ha!

As an added bonus, we grabbed a few other sweet shots of our newest addition. Enjoy!

You know those facial expressions I was talking about? Oh yea. We caught those on camera too!

Happy one week littlest man!