Today marks four weeks of young Luke’s post womb existence. He celebrated by going to the dentist to check on the results of his tongue tie procedure (it looks great, just one more week of exercises) and by wearing his Spider Man outfit for the first time. He also ate a lot. The dentist (or rather her assistant) said that we could do tummy time four to five times a day. So we did that once this afternoon and hope to get into the habit of doing it more.
Luke has started to deviate from his every three hour feeding schedule that has served us so well over the past week and a half or so. I am hoping this means he will start eating more during the day and sleeping more at night. We are still feeding him a mix of formula and breast milk as Liz attempts to increase her milk output. We bought a scale off of Amazon and will use it to track his weight gain. He has been pooping and peeing without concern for the cost of diapers.
We went on another walk this afternoon. One downside of these bright sunny days is the bright sunny sun. We kept the cover on his stroller closed so that he didn’t get blasted by rays. Hopefully we will get some overcast days soon so that he can enjoy the outdoors in all its glory. Maybe tomorrow we will try to go to the park for a longer, more peaceful walk.
He just got another bath. No crying.
Tomorrow we go back to the dentist to make sure that he is progressing well after his tongue tie procedure. I sure hope it hasn’t fused back together! We have been diligent with the stretches though, and the lactation consultant said things were looking good.
We took advantage of the beautiful weather this afternoon and strolled around the condo complex. I hope that Luke enjoyed the excursion. We also introduced him to our neighbor Sherry who was kind enough to drop off some clothes for him a couple of weeks ago.
I recently learned that when I take a bunch of pictures in succession, Google Photos sometimes makes a little animation. A couple of them are below. I hope they display properly. Update: you have to click on them to see the action.
During this afternoon’s tummy time I decided to pull out the real camera. I’m kicking myself for not doing so sooner because a) I needed the practice and b) he is growing and changing at a rapid pace. And part of those changes include the acquisition of some serious infant acne. So yeah, he looks a little rough, and the extremely high resolution of my new camera doesn’t do him any favors. But he is still cute. Unfortunately I am still getting used to the focusing system of the 80d and while it is much more sophisticated than my Rebel, it also has a bit of a learning curve.
I need to start messing with the lighting as well. Probably putting him on the bed would provide a better effect. I found a few articles online about photographing newborns, and I need to read those. He seems to do his best expressions when I’m changing him and don’t have my camera or phone handy. I need to just keep one nearby.
