" i love you Levi"

Today Levi's umbilical cord stump fell off. I can't believe it happened so fast - Kaylee's took 3 weeks. Levi doesn't really fit too well
already in his newborn clothes -0-3 mo fit much better. I've spent his first week putting all my fav nb clothes on him quick. Also I think in baby caps he'd wear a 3-6 mo size. I can't believe how big my baby is...that's a real question in my mind after this birth. How can I have a 7 lb 9oz baby girl and then 2 1/2 years later have a 9lb13oz baby boy? That's a 2.5 lb difference!

I asked this question to many different drs in the hospital as they made their rounds. One doctor said that it depends on genetics, he asked how tall I am and how tall Eric is -I told him 5'2" and 6'2" respectively. He said simply, "so your daughter got your height genes and your son got his height genes." simple. I aked drs also how come they didn't know how big my baby was going to be so we couldve done something about it without having me go through all the laboring and pushing I ended up doing to no avail. They said the only reason they'd investigate size is a previous history of large babies (which I didn't have, but now I do!), gestational diabetes, an extremely overdue baby, and ultrasound sizing (which disconcertingly can vary 1 lb in either direction!), or a too large physical measurement (which I always measured perfectly). So you can tell from this post that I wish they would have been more on top of that. All I can say is I'm glad I was in a hospital where ob gyns were available for help. I will never try natural labor (2 times w back labor and going all the way to 10 cm this time turned me away from that for next time, which I hope there will be but do not know) again and I will have an obgyn next time too. All's well that ends well -I'm doing great and Levi is thriving.

Levi's eyes have been more open the last couple days. He sometimes cries very hard because he can't go to sleep, nursing while laying down and swaddling have helped. Also walking works a little -nothing mechanical so far like the swing or vibrating bouncer/bassinet - but I can't do that for long wo feeling it in my back. He's a good boy -it's fun to see him awake more. I read books to him each day and sing to him. Eric sings to him too, though I guess he wouldn't admit to that...

When kaylee first gets home from daycare she loves to see Levi. She spends a lot of time looking at him, talking to him and touching him. She says , "I love you Levi." music to my ears !