2 week update

{Look how big I am!}

So Bragan is officially two weeks old. I cannot believe that he has been here for 2 weeks already! Time has flown by in a blur of feedings, diaper changes, snuggling, and extreme sleep deprivation. I said after the first few days that medical school had prepared me well for the sleepless nights, but I am not sure that is the truth. At least after a 30 hour call shift you get a post call afternoon to sleep it off...not the case with a new baby. There is no post call coma to recover from this sleep deprivation! :) We are making it through and night times have gotten much better. He is eating about every 3 hours at night and usually goes back to sleep after he finishes eating. Because his weight gain has been so good, the pediatrician said we could stretch him out longer between feedings at night if he will let us. He also told us it was a good idea to go ahead and try the bottle...so we did tonight. He took it like a champ and acted like it was no big deal! We were so excited because he will need to take a bottle by the time I start back to school. I was worried the bottle might make him not want to breastfeed, but he breastfed the next feeding after the bottle without skipping a beat. Praise the Lord! :)

{Snoozing on my blanket that FerFer made}

Here are his stats from his 2 week visit: (they did not give us the percentiles)
Weight: 9 pounds 2 ounces (birth weight was 8 pounds 3.5 ounces)
Length: 22.5 inches (birth length was 21 inches)
Head circumference: 37.5 cm

{Smiling while my big sister gives me a smooch}

In other news, we have made our first official outings together. Bragan and I took a trip to Target to pick up diapers and some other things yesterday. I put him in his car seat right after he finished eating thinking that he would be happy...boy was I wrong. As soon as I had a few things in my buggy he started screaming! I could not get him to calm down, so I had to cut the trip short and head home. He was already hungry again! My mom went with us on our next outing to Kohl's to return some things. He was so well behaved when Grammy was there that we were even able to go to Old Navy. Grammy's got the magic touch, I guess! :) I did manage to get a few errands done today by myself with Bragan and he was excellent.

And here are some sweet pictures for you to enjoy!

{Double chin!}

{Smiling in my sleep}