2 weeks --> 6 weeks
tad will be 7 weeks tomorrow.
that means he has gained more the 50% of his weight since birth!
he is getting a bigger every day, but he is still a little pip-squeak!
tad is still 5 days from his due date. (october 16)
it is super weird to think that he should still be inside me.
heck, this boy already has his own personality and relationships.. it seems odd to think he could still be bored and lonely in my belly.
i don't necessarily like that he arrived early, but i do like that i have already got to meet him and fall in love with him.
tad is such a nice boy. and we think he is an easy baby.
i think part of us thinking he is easy is perspective, and the other part is that he is actually just super easy.
as for the perspective part.. matt and i have come to realize with baby #3 (as i am sure all parents do) that newborns aren't actually that hard!
they don't require all that much from you.
sure, they kinda mess up your sleep schedule. but that's really it.
if only we had realized that with the first 2!
i suppose that kind of perspective can only come after taking care of, and loving, bigger kids.
holden tantrums are so much trickier to diffuse then a tad hunger meltdown.
holden tantrums are so much trickier to diffuse then a tad hunger meltdown.
other facts about tad:
tad still sleeps most of the day.
he is so sweet when he is sleeping but, man, i love seeing his eyes when they are open.
he is so sweet when he is sleeping but, man, i love seeing his eyes when they are open.
he is a grunter. and his grunting sounds just like a goat.
he also makes high pitched sounds that sound like a pterodactyl.
he also makes high pitched sounds that sound like a pterodactyl.
tad is so nice to snuggle with. he is still so floppy and melts right into you when you hold him.
i was fully prepared for tad's hair to fall out (because chet and holden's did) but he is hanging onto his fuzzy head very nicely.
another way he is different then his big brothers is that he isn't a huge fan of being swaddled.
we swaddled the heck out of chet and holden - it calmed them down and helped them sleep - so we had a hard time accepting that tad didn't like getting wrapped up like a burrito.
tad poops all the time. seriously, all. the. time.
he isn't very good with a binky yet.
he eats about 3 ounces every 4 hours.
he isn't very good with a binky yet.
he eats about 3 ounces every 4 hours.
he likes to look out windows.
he is happy when we go on walks.
he has the softest skin and the nicest little cheeks to kiss.
he has the softest skin and the nicest little cheeks to kiss.
tad is so loved by his brothers.
matt and i are very impressed by the way chet and holden love him.
we always catch those big brothers of his laying next to him, examining his little features, fetching him soft blankets, or singing him songs.
they love to hold him, help feed him, and show him off to anyone they can. they think he is the cutest.
we love our taddy bear.
we love our taddy bear.
tad's first shoulder ride:
tad was having a nap on our rug. i left the room for a couple minutes and, when i came back, chet and holden had fetched him every blanket they could find! you can't really tell from the picture, but there were 8 blankets on tad. and a lego goat :)
