Our baby had his first post-hospital shots this past week. Earlier in the day, I had two shots myself during my annual checkup. Too many needles in one day. (more…)

It’s been almost 8 weeks since Scott has been home with us. He’s been a joy. His daily routine still consist of eat, sleep, shit, and cry. He’s growing rapidly, almost doubling his birth weight. He has big eyes and chubby cheeks. His diet has been 95% breast milk and 5% formula. Very healthy so far.

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On our first two nights with our baby was really tough. Getting him to latch on and feed was a pain. He was crying and just not having any of it. We felt like we didn’t know what we were doing. Even if he did latch on, it was only for a little while because the milk was not in production yet.

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One of the most unattractive parts of a newborn baby is the umbilical cord. It just doesn’t look nice on a cute baby.

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Baby’s first poop did not look like poop at all. To my disgusted surprise, the poop look like sticky black tar. I was not ready to clean that up and change the diaper. (more…)

We left the hospital Friday afternoon with our brand new baby. Drove very slowly and safely. Scott was sleeping the whole way home.

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Scott 12-5-2007. Born on the 37th week.

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Our baby was born on December 5th 2007 @ 9:08am.

His name is Scott. He arrived slightly earlier than what we anticipated. His original due date was December 26th. We kinda knew he would be here before then, but not that early.

We just had a baby shower on Saturday December 1st. My wife’s co-workers had a baby shower for her on December 4th. Thanks everyone for the wonderful gifts.

Here’s a short recap of what happened last night/this morning:

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Thanks to my wife’s sister and her husband, our baby will be riding in that cool looking stroller. It’s the Orbit Infant System.

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We’re only weeks away from the delivery date. There are so many things still left to do. We still need to purchase some items. Still need to assemble the baby crib. Get a car seat. Figure out how to handle the baby.

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My wife went for a 4D ultrasound today. It was not medically necessary, but she had always wanted to do it from the beginning. Insurance was does not cover it because it’s an elective procedure. The total cost was $225, it included a 25 minute DVD of the session that was extended to almost 40 minutes. Numerous printouts of the different images were also included.

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My wife signed us up for the childbirth class at NYU Medical Center. It’s a 3 hour class once a week for 5 weeks. The instructor is going to teach us about pregnancy, body changes, stages of the labor process and caring for the newborn baby.

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This is going to be our baby’s crib. My wife found this gem at Walmart. It’s made by Baby Mod and it’s called Roxanne 3-in1 Convertible crib. We both really like the modern design and the two tone color. Too bad the bedding is not included.

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My wife’s parents took us to Ikea this morning. They kindly purchased two pieces of furniture for our baby room. We got a wardrobe closet and a chest with 8 drawers. My wife picked them out. I think it’ll look very nice in the room. Check out the pictures below.

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This past Sunday we painted our baby room. Originally, it was plain old white with some dark marks. We went to Home Depot to pick up the paint stuff. My wife chose Glidden Evermore Premium Interior Satin. It’s suppose to be washable. We’ll find out soon enough. The color she chose is Summer Butterfly, which is a very light yellow. I’ve included the before and after pictures below.

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My wife heard from her friend that if you put ice cubes on your belly, the baby will move away from that spot. I have my doubts, but we gave it a shot anyways. She got a few ice cubes from the freezer and wrapped paper towel around it.

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Starting around the early 20 something week of pregnancy, my wife started talking to her belly out loud. She wasn’t going nuts, but who knows for sure. She was speaking to our baby. She claims the baby can hear spoken language at that development stage. (more…)