I know everyone just wants more pictures.  But it takes so much longer: take pictures, load them on to the computer, resize them, and then load them on to the blog. So you will have to take my word for it that he is still cute.  He may have a few more fat rolls than the last picture you saw.  And he has a case of baby acne on his head and shoulders. (Normal we are told, he is still coming off my pregnacy hormones. Which I think means he is PMSing :).

    Today we went to the doctor for a well baby visit.  He is healthy and developing well. His vitals:

       Weight: 13 pounds 3.5 ounces (greater than 99% for his age)
       Length: 23.5 inches (greater than 97% for his age)
       Head Circumference: 14 some odd inches (no idea how he fits the average curve)

I have to admit that I'm a little suprised that his head grew.  I figured that was the one part of him (the skull) that could not accumulate fat.  So I guess sometime in the last few weeks he went through a growth spurt (or crawl). I did not notice a increase in frequency of feeding (which is what all the books say to look for).  On the promising side for me, I have been told to never wake this child to feed him!  Now if only we can convince Sebastien to sleep quietly so that he doesn't wake me, we would all be happy. As it stands now, I wake up to his grunting, groaning, moaning, and I don't know what other word to use to describe his vocalizations, that is if I could get to sleep due to all that noise to begin with.  I lie in bed and wonder: does he want food? And then decide to feed him anyway, because I'm already awake.  More often then not, he snacks on one breast and that is it for him.  Quite frustrating for me.  Tonight we will try waiting for him to cry! ?

Today Sebastien is one month old. We were excited about the one week birthday: we all survived and we figured out how to get along on a lot less sleep.  One month just doesn't stir us. I think you will see us celebrating when Sebastien can go six hours between feedings. Or when we decide to give up on the bassinet and put him in his crib (one flight away from our room, making his noices one flight away from us!).  Or maybe when he takes his first bottle, and then I will be celebrating when Mihai wakes up in the middle of the night to feed Sebastien and Krampus and I stay blissfully in bed!