Things are finally starting to settle down here at Chez Kristensen. Lexi is doing fantastic. At her first check up she weighed 6 lbs 15 oz. By her 2 week check up she weighed 7 lb 15 oz! At her last pediatrician appointment (she's got a heat rash) she weighed 8 lb 14 oz!
She spent most of her first couple of weeks sleeping. We had to wake her up to feed her.
We had quite a scare about 10 days after Lexi was born...late one night (just as it was time to feed Lexi of course) I started to bleed really, really badly. So we rushed to the ER and found out that I had a small piece of retained placenta. The ER doctor assured me that it would pass naturally, gave me some meds to stop the bleeding and told me to follow up with my OB on Monday. The OB told us if it did pass naturally it was likely I would hemorrhage. So I ended up having a D and C the following day. Everything has been hunky-dorey since then!
By 3 weeks Lexi was starting to spend more time awake and was quite alert! Her smiles at this point were still gas, I'm sure. But I loved seeing them regardless!
At first Lexi was not a fan of tummy time, but she is starting to hate it less. She seems to like it more when she does it on the boppy pillow instead of just on a blanket. It was during tummy time that she first discovered that her fist tastes rather yummy!
By 5 weeks old her smiles are for real!! It just melts my heart when she smiles back at me. She is starting to verbalize a little. Occasionally when she is playing in her gym she will let rip a little happy squeal of delight.
Finally to the present. Lexi turned 6 weeks old this week. She smiles regularly when she sees Mommy or Daddy. Her newest development is rolling over onto her side all by herself. She does it while she is stretching, so I don't think it's on purpose yet. But she is pretty pleased with herself when she does it! She is enjoying her playmats/gyms even more now. She can easily slip her arm in the fish hanging off the octopus on her Baby Einstein gym.
Here are some more pictures from Lexi's first 6 weeks -
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| Lexi napping in the hospital, just one day old! |
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| Lexi and Daddy hanging out under the play gym. |
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| Our first family portrait! |
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| Baby faced Lexi |
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| Big sister Buttercup, Daddy and Lexi hanging out |
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| Lexi pondering the meaning of life, while getting her diap-diap changed. She's a very deep baby. |
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| Lexi, super excited about her first modeling gig - the purple hippo hat was a present from our neighbors, the Zariktas. |
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| Rocking out in her cupcake onesie. She looks good in black! |
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| Mee-maw came out to visit for Lexi's 1 month birthday!! |
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| Isn't she the most beautiful baby ever????? |
Lexi has been sleeping pretty well at night. We are managing 4.5 - 5 hours between feedings at night. She naps well in the morning, but by afternoon she is only taking short cat naps, and then spends the evening fussing and lightly napping. But today she took her first full late afternoon nap in her crib. She slept almost 2 hours!! She loves bath time, yet hates having her face wiped off.
