No longer a teenager...

Well Chris is ending his teenage days, he is now 19 days and by tomorrow we expect to see a more mature approach to eating, sleeping and bathing. Jenny is adamant that although he is no longer a teenager he is still not ready to find a place of his own, I'm not so sure, but I'll let Jenny make the call on this one.

Chris is now starting to fall asleep on his own, although this is at his convenience only. If it means that Jenny will not get any sleep, or he is going to be able to interrupt supper, then there is no question about it, he will not sleep on his own.

We went to the clinic last Friday and he is now 4.68Kg, and 56cm long. So he has picked up all the weight lost since birth (and then some) and apparently shrunk by 1cm. If he keeps this up, then by the time is 2 years old he will weigh 21kg and be 3cm tall. The human coaster. Ok, so the nurse said it is not uncommon for the hospital to over estimate the length as they use a tape measure and not a flat measuring board, so maybe things are not so dire.

Jenny is feeling the effects of being sleep deprived, but taking all things into account things are going far better than expected. He is sleeping up to 6 hours at a stretch, never at night though, that would be far too convenient; and although he makes a lot of noise, he does not cry a lot.

I'm also feeling some of the effects of sleep deprivation, but seeing as Jenny does the feeding at night in the nursery, I am able to get in a relatively good night's sleep. Once he starts bottle feeding then I'll get roped in I'm sure and feel the full effects.

I believe we are still in the honeymoon phase, and the next couple of weeks will be when he starts to get more active and demanding. Well we'll see how that goes. I'm still going to push for him to get a place of his own...