Okay so Desmond had his 4 month appointment today and is doing well.

At birth he was 7 pounds 14 ounces and 20 3/4 inches
At one months he was 11 pounds and 23 inches
At two months he was 14 pounds and 24 1/2 inches
At four months he is 17 pounds 13 ounces and 26 1/2 inches

He is in the 90% for weight and 90 – 95% for height. He is a big baby boy, he is closer to the size of a 7 or 8 month old then a 4 month old. He is extremely alert as well and did great on the baby assessment page, he has basically filled it out with all yeses except feeding himself, since he doesn’t get food yet, sitting on his own (though he is really close) and standing holding onto something other then Mommy or Daddy.

Go Desmond!

*Edit* I was close on the weight, since 18ish would cover 17 pounds 13 ounces and I was a bit short on the height, I really didn’t think we was quite that tall.

So Desmond has a new trick that he enjoys doing. During tummy time he moves out of the boppy and end up on his back. It is actually fairly impressive. So I’ve included pictures from Tuesday and Wednesday, though the Tuesday ones don’t have him on his back because I picked him up before that since he was upset.

Step 1 in the boppy for tummy time:

Step 2: move back till I am no longer in the boppy:

Step 3: End up on my back or in the case my tummy:

Wednesday’s turn:

Step 1 have fun in the boppy:

Step 2 Move out of the boppy:

Step 3 End up on the back:

So on Saturday we decided to either go to the National Zoo or Baltimore Aquarium. The day was suppose to be so nice (high of 83) that we decided the Zoo was a good plan. We figured it would be slightly less crowded then normal thanks to Harry Potter 7. So we headed into the city to see the animals. It was a lot of fun, it was crowded, but not horribly and the weather was nice, it got a little warmer then 83 (up to about 85 I think), but it was still nice weather to see the animals in. Desmond slept through the first two hours we were there. He was awake for the last hour and a half or so, and we showed him some of the animals, like the elephant, hippo, Cheetah, and Great Panda. He seemed to have fun and both Dan and I enjoyed the visit. We’ll have to go back when Desmond is a bit more interactive so he can actually know what he is see.

That being said I took a bunch of pictures so here are a few.

Okay so here are the pictures we just had done on Sunday. I’m including the family portrait.

We went to my parent’s lake house for the 4th. It was nice, Desmond loved the fireworks on the boat. I erm forgot my camera so no pictures, oops.

I got to look at houses with my parent’s while I was there, they are going to buy their own house rather then sharing with my aunt and uncle. Because both my parents and aunt and uncle plan to retire to the lake house. So they want their own. We looked, we discussed. We discussed and discussed and my parents came to a decision and put in an offer. So we’ll see how it ends up. I like the house that they are probably going to end up with though it only has two guest bedrooms.

Overall, it was a nice week with my family at the lake and even Dan seemed to enjoy himself some. We also got Desmond’s 3 month photos taken yesterday so I’ll try to post a few of them later. Maybe update the blog header.

Here are some semi-recent pictures of Desmond.

One of my favorites, a big grin at me:

Desmondo the great enjoying tummy time on June 7th, so last Thursday:

I love the look he has in this one with his tongue sticking out. It is from my Aunt Mary’s house on May 20th:

Desmond with Mommom on May 20th:

Desmond with my grandfather in the hospital June 1st:

Desmond with my grandmother on May 28th:

And to finish off the pictures a slightly blurry huge grin from June 7th:

Okay so I haven’t been great about updating recently. I’ll blame the baby, plus an extremely busy May. We’ve basically had something to do every weekend this month and won’t slow down till June. Desmond has been great he is a wonderful baby.

I love his cloth diapers they are fairly easy to deal with, and the extra laundry isn’t too bad.

He is really alert now at 6 weeks old and tends to be up for about 6 to 8 hours a day at this point in time. He is starting to show interest in toys which is nice. His eyes are still blue as well. He rarely cries which is really appreciated, he seems to cry when he is either hungry or needs a diaper change.

So far he has been to the Hindu temple and blessed, to a friends wedding, and to my cousin’s graduation party. He has also been to a ton of restaurants and done really well there as well.

As for his growth he is up to about 12 pounds now and 23 inches (he was 11 pounds 23 inches at his month check up). He is a solid baby and really cute. We’re still semi debating which shots we’re starting with at his next appointment, I think we’re just going to start with the DTaP and do the Prenever and Polio shots/spray (or whatever the Polio one is) at 3 months.

We’re going to be taking the train up to NYC this weekend which should be interesting, we’ll see how he does on the train and then on Monday he and I are flying down to Atlanta to spend the week with my parents. We’re going to be going to the Aquarium one day, so he’ll get to look at all the fishies and we’re going to be at the lake house for a few days as well, we’ll probably take him out on the boat if the weather is nice.

Other then that, K-line is getting use to the intruder, and Dan and I are doing fairly well. Not much else going on especially without Desmond, since he is so little so where we go he gets to come along.

Now for a couple of semi-recent pictures:

This was tummy time

It’s a happy baby

K-line almost near the baby

Dan and Desmond

Me and the baby

Him right after birth, look how much he’s grown in only 6 weeks.

Here is a link to the baby pictures i promised in the last post a week or so ago. I need to put new ones up since he has changed a lot in the past 18 days. However, I’ve been a bit lazy with the c-section and new baby and all.

In other news he is growing well and sleeping through the night at the moment, which is really nice. I’ll try to update more later.

I went into the hospital last Tuesday to start my induction. Had the cervical (or whatever it is called) inserted and then spent the night sleeping/reading/getting my self prepared. Wednesday morning I ordered breakfast and then we started the pitocin (spelling) around 8:30am. First few hours went semi-slow, but around 2pm I felt a small gush and told the nurse my water had broken. Felt a larger gush at that point in time, and I was right.

From that point on things started moving a bit faster I went from 2cm to 6cm in about 3 hours at which point in time, I decided I wanted an epidural. I was trying to go for the no medicine route, but it hurt a lot, so I decided that pain bad, if it is avoidable and went for the drugs. Got the epidural, and was then in the bed. Labored for awhile longer and around 11pm the midwife checked and I was fully dilated.

During this time we had noticed that the baby’s heart rate was dropping occasionally so I was put on an oxygen mask to help with it. We rested for an hour after finding me at 10cm to see if the baby would drop on his own anymore. He didn’t so around midnight we started pushing. The heart rate problems continued and the midwife was worried the cord might be wrapped around him. So she got the OB/GYN over after about an hour of pushing (where he moved down from +1 to -1 position). He looked, had me push a bit more, and noted that the baby wasn’t moving down any more and the heart rate problem was worrying.

So we went for the emergency C-section. Got into the OR and the epidural medicine was not numbing me enough so they had to put me fully under general anesthesia. Which meant my husband was not allowed in the OR. No one expect me knew what was going on so they were all worried, since I was in the OR and well unconscious. At 2:35am on April 5th Desmond Kiran made his appearance into the world. His APGAR scores were an 8 and a 9. He was 7 pounds 14 ounces and 20 and 3/4th inches. DH got to hold him and stay with him as they took him to the nursery. I woke up around 3:15am from the general.

Because the nurse I had in labor and delivery sucked (just the last one the rest were great). It was 4 hours before I got to see him. She also drove my bed straight into the nurses station, which is not really fun when you just had a C-section.

Spent the next few days in the hospital recovering. And I have to say my husband rocks. He did all the diaper changes while we were in the hospital, and was great with taking care of both me and the baby. We got out of the hospital yesterday afternoon, and have been home and recovering well here. The baby is great and his jaundice went down so we never had to worry about the lights.

Anyways home safe and sound with the baby, though my birth experience did not go at all as planned, we are both safe and sound and doing well. And I have to say my doulas rocked and were great to have there for the laboring part even though they couldn’t attend the c-section. It was great to have them there for support along with DH, my mom and my MIL.

Born April 5th at 2:30am. 7 pounds 14 ounces, 20 3/4 inches tall.

Born via emergency C-section, because he had his cord wrapped around his arm which was causing his heart beat to fluctuate. Went in Tuesday April 3rd at 6pm to start the induction, Started the pitocin (spelling) drip on Wednesday April 4th at 8:30am. Was fully dilated by 11pm April 4th and pushing by Midnight. Decided to go C-section after an hour and a half of pushing based on the heartbeat and suspected cord problem of some sort, and the OB/GYNs opinion.

He was born with APGARs of 8 and then 9, all is well, more info and pictures coming soon. Just got home from the hospital today.