{"id":744,"date":"2013-09-21T03:27:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-21T03:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eaumaison.wordpress.com\/2013\/09\/21\/one-week-old"},"modified":"2013-09-21T03:27:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-21T03:27:00","slug":"one-week-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2013\/09\/21\/one-week-old\/","title":{"rendered":"One week old"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sam is one week old today! <\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s a good eater.\u00a0 His cheeks and feet are starting to chub out a little.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not nearly as worried about ounces consumed and latch technique as I was the first time around.<\/p>\n<p>He has sleepy smiles and gassy smiles that I love. <\/p>\n<p>He spends a few times a day being quietly alert, just looking around at the lights and sounds.<\/p>\n<p>He hates diaper changes with a fiery passion. \u00a0 We&#8217;ve been fighting a diaper rash since his first day home and are just now starting to see some healing.\u00a0 He also had some burns from the numbing cream used in circumcision, and of course the loveliness of circumcision and drying umbilical cord, all make for an ugly picture in the diaper area.\u00a0 Can&#8217;t say I blame him for donkey braying every time we change him.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>He sleeps easily, for 1.5 to 2.5 hour stretches.\u00a0 At night he easily wakes to eat, then swaddles back to sleep rather quickly.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t remember if Jack slept this well right from the start.\u00a0 Maybe the struggle will come later.\u00a0 So I&#8217;m trying to enjoy the relative ease of the nightly feedings at this point.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t get enough of that warm, fuzzy head under my nose and cheek. <\/p>\n<p>Every morning Jack jumps into bed with us and we lazily snooze a little extra before starting the day.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Jack loves his brother, although he wishes Sam would interact a little more.\u00a0 In a few months they will start really having fun.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/9846658184\/\" title=\"DSC_0083 by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DSC_0083\" height=\"424\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5534\/9846658184_902d7c90bd_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/9846679995\/\" title=\"DSC_0084 by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DSC_0084\" height=\"424\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3691\/9846679995_194824ba07_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/9846653024\/\" title=\"DSC_0087 by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DSC_0087\" height=\"424\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7440\/9846653024_65141a01e8_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/9846654824\/\" title=\"DSC_0086 by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DSC_0086\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5334\/9846654824_9a9fcaa359_z.jpg\" width=\"424\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This morning Ben invited Jack to the zoo.\u00a0 I was going to  stay home for some rest and quiet, but Jack easily swayed me to join  them.\u00a0 Obviously we split into two groups, but I think Jack was excited that the whole family went out together.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/9847059286\/\" title=\"IMG_8236 by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_8236\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7370\/9847059286_c06d6c021a_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sam was not impressed with the animals.\u00a0 We walked around a little, then settled on the grass near the mountain rams.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/9847096313\/\" title=\"IMG_8240 by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_8240\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7337\/9847096313_18a3911536_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/9847095623\/\" title=\"IMG_8242 by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_8242\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5532\/9847095623_f608f09b42_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you want to see more photos, just click on my flickr link on the right side of my blog.\u00a0 I put a lot of pictures there that I don&#8217;t write about here.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam is one week old today! 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