Smiles

Here's a few piccies of our lovely boy and his delightful smile. Nice to see I'm not the only one in the family with a double chin either :)

Huggies Shoot

Today was the big shoot. Tom was filmed from 8am to almost 11 which was a lot longer than planned, but it was because he wasn't up for performing. He was very grumpy and it didn't help that they kept changing the game plan - photos awake, photos asleep, wrapped, unwrapped, held, on the bed. Then when he was finally asleep, they wanted arms up, arms down, fingers open and closed! Phew who would want to be a model ;)

Anyway his first taste of stardom was fun (?) well interesting then - even if he will never remember it. Also, he was one of a final four babies chosen for the shoot but only one of those will become the 'Hero Child' (thier wording, not mine!) on the newborn nappy packs.

Other things happening this week - he is getting into a kind of routine, sleep by 7-8pm feed at 2am then up at 6. It's getting harder to get him off to sleep in the day, he much prefers to be out and about than at home, and he sleeps better that way too. Feeding is getting faster - about 30 mins or so each time.

What else? Well he's in 00 clothes now and his hair is still growing (red). His eyelashes are so long too - is that a baby thing? He's really alert to us, especially loves watching his sister, and is beginning to coo and pull tongues.

A Bonny Baby

Just for fun, I entered this picture of Tom into a Huggies 'competition' to select babies for a photo shoot for their new packaging. To my great surprise we were invited to a casting in Waterloo. We went along, and like all good babies do, Tom decided he'd sleep right through our allocated timeslot for the photo.
The organisers were very laid back about it - amazing really as we were number 179 out of 200 babies they were photographing! They told me to take my time and they would snap him asleep if need be.....but he had to be unclothed and just in his nappy.
That of course woke him up and caused him to be very grumpy. Couldn't get a smile out of him or even a sparkle in his eye. He just stared blankly at the camera.
Anyway lo and behold today we got the call back and were told that Tom had been selected for the shoot next week and will be appearing on the new Huggies packaging! Way to go Tom - a star in the making!

Ginger Tom

Tom had his 6-8 week checkup yesterday with the early childhood nurse. She confirmed what i had long proclaimed in that he is very strong, with a kick like an ox. He's piling on the weight, at 7 weeks and 4 days, he is already 5.8kgs and other factors such as length and head size are perfectly average.
He is giving beautiful dimple filled smiles now and is showing signs of being a ginger haired boy. It's still early days though yet as i remember his sister going through a similar colour change on her way from jet black to her current fair haired state.
The picture here is one taken for his passport. It took a while to get it right and he won't be looking like that for long I guess.

I know you

Today I had my follow up appointment with my obstetrician and I took Tom along. I asked Dr Sacks for a snap as the ones we had taken in the hospital hadn't worked out, and put Tom into his arms. He (Tom) suddenly went quiet and stared up into Gavin's eyes with a piercing frown as if to say "I know you, you were the one who pulled me out from my nice warm resting place"!

We're going to miss Dr Sacks as he has been with us on this long journey to have Tom. A big thank-you to him and his never ending optimism!

6 weeks

Tom is going through 'the change' - he has started sleeping less and feeding more. He has been through a growth spurt, with 0000 clothes no longer fitting him. He has started to watch us as we come into his line of vision and I have had a few small smiles. Not sure however if they are just wind! He is quite a windy baby and it often wakes him up.
There were two nights last week when from his 6pm feed to his 6am feed, he woke just once! I thought all my prayers had been answered, but it turned out to be just a fluke and we are back on the 3hr feeding cycle.
Last week he had his follow up check with the pediatrician and all was well. He now weighs 5.125kgs and has a bit of a flatty on the left side, so have to make sure we turn him around on the change table and the cot so he evens it out a bit.
The photo was taken at 5wks and 3days with his great grandmother (Oma). He was very relaxed with her and she was very proud of her great grandson, the little boy who will carry on her name.

Peter Rabbit

Here is the finished rug that Tom's nana made for him while she was visiting from England. Big sister helped(?) a lot by passing nana the threads and sorting the colours. Tom is laying by the isde on another present from nana and grandad, a sheepskin rug/liner for his car seat. As summer is fast approaching here, it'll be a while before we use it though.
Tom is one month old in this picture.