Keith Christopher arrived on Monday, August 10, a day late, at 8:21 am. He was 7 lbs. 8.5 oz and 19" long. He's a mellower, healthy baby. Plus, he was delivered a lot faster than Kaitlyn was. He decided that he wasn't going to wait and came in about 4 hours, where Kaitlyn took 14 hours. We got to go home on Tuesday, which was nice. The only concern that they had was he didn't want to eat very well on Monday, but he spit up a bunch of stuff all over Uncle Tyler, then some more later. They ended up flushing out his stomach, because he had apparently swallowed some fluids on the way out. Since then he hasn't had any problem eating. Also, he seems to have a clogged tear duct in his left eye, so I have to wipe the eye and apply some ointment to it and massage the duct several times a day. He coos and mews and moans a lot too. He's quite a little talker already, especially when he's sleeping.
He already had to have his first doctor visit today. It was just a well child visit. He has gained an ounce over his birth weight already and seems to be doing well. He is slightly jaundiced, so we have to keep an eye on that, but he's doing good. His eye is doing better and everything else is fine.
Kaitlyn is doing better about the fact that there is another person taking momma's attention. There was much crying the first few days, but she is getting better. Fortunately, Nana came up to help out for a week and she's been able to keep Kaitlyn entertained most of the time. Thanks for the help Mom!
We had Aunt Sissy come up and visit us at the beginning of the month. She didn't get to stick around to see her nephew born, but it was good to see her while she was here. She came up to see her high school friend, Jaimie get married. Congratulations Jaimie and Chance on the marriage, it was a really nice ceremony!
I would like to say thanks to everyone who helped to deliver Keith and care for us while in the hospital, and to everyone who has come to see us. Thanks guys!
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