3 Weeks

Well, tomorrow morning at 5.45AM, Samuel will be three weeks old. He also had his third doctor’s visit yesterday morning where he was given the thumbs up from the doctor. He now weighs in at a cool 6lb 12oz, up almost one full pound since last Wednesday. From his picture you can see his little face is filling out a bit more. The doctor has made his next appointment two weeks from now, all being well this will probably put his appointment after that at two months.I returned to work this Monday which was really hard to do leaving Kim and Samuel at home, it would be nice, (all be it probably not practical), to stay at home every day with the Lennox crew.Samuel continues to keep Kim on her toes waking up somewhere between 1 and 2.5 hours every night needing something to eat and Kim tries to get some sleep in when she can between those feeding times. Hopefully it's not long before he is sleeping through the night, fingers crossed :o

First Video...

Been trying to get the video thing down which has been proving to be a frustration. This one covers the wee guy stretching after a good feeding :)

The Grandparents come a visiting...

We have added a new picture folder under the links from grandma and grandpa's visit yesterday.

2nd Doctor's Visit

This morning we had our follow up doctor's appointment for Samuel. We initially had an appointment last Friday where we found out that Samuel was in the 3rd percentile for weight, weighing in at 5lb 5oz, (this is down 3.8oz from birth weight) and 25th percentile for length.

Today he is up to the 10th percentile for weight being that he gained 8oz's in 5 days and is at 5lb 13oz. The wee man is sucking the life out of mum and we are both like zombies from sleep deprivation but he is worth it.

Question I was asked...

Up until now most of the pictures of the wee man have had him with a hat on, the reasoning behind this is the need with him being a little premature of keeping his temperature constant. Here are a couple of pictures though without the bunnet :)

Samuel's First Night at Home

So, we had a pretty uneventful night with the little guy. Food-wise he is like clockwork waking every 2-2.5 hours wanting some grub and Kim and I go through the process of a diaper/nappy change then on to the feeding then on to the burping. He has really been great, although having been one full night we now know of some more baby things we need to pick up.
Kim finally got some decent sleep with a few hours back to back during the night. She had been camped out in the NICU for the last 5 days and there is not much sleep to be had with other babies crying and nurses having to check Samuel every hour or so. She is beginning to feel a lot more chipper though which is good :)

We are home!!

Hey Folks,
Well today after spending 5 days in the NICU we were sent home with our little bundle of joy Samuel. The little guy has been a champ the last 5 days meeting every goal asked of him from being a preemie.
Tonight Kim, Samuel and myself get to spend our first night at home which actually has us more worried knowing we don't have the nurses from the NICU, (who are probably glad to see the back of us), to ask questions too :)
Watch this space, but I also uploaded a whole bunch of new pictures at the link below.
http://picasaweb.google.com/thelennoxs/SamuelRodneyLennox

Link to more pictures

Kim's brother Sean's site has quite a few pictures of young Samuel if anyone wants to take a look, www.seankervin.com

35 Weeks And Counting....becomes Labor And Delivery!!!!

Well for those of you that don't already know, on Wednesday night, (2nd April), Kim lost her mucus plug...no big deal, right? That's what everyone told us. It could mean 1 or 2 days to a few weeks.

Thursday afternoon Kim and I think "Hey, we should really go pick up a car seat/stroller as a just in case" We pick up a very nice one at Toys R Us in Cedar Rapids, and driving home, Kim's water breaks (she's actually driving). We come home, call the labor and delivery at UIHC and pack our bags and head down there.

So, to cut a long story short, we are in our room by 8.30 or so. By 11.30 Kim's getting stronger contractions, by 4.30AM she's in the hot tub, by 4.35AM she's ready to push, (nurse tells her not to, even though Kim knew it was time). 5.15 or so our GP turns up, 5.30 Kim begins pushing, 5.45AM on 4-4-08,

Samuel Rodney Lennox is born, 5 weeks premature, 17.5" long and 5lb 9oz!!