We had Sully’s 1 month appointment on the 29th at exactly one month. He is now 11 pounds 3 ounces and 23 inches. He gained 1 inch and almost 2 pounds in 1 month, which is a nice growth rate. He is in the 95th percentile for height, weight and head circumference. He seems to be staying big so far, though he did not gain as much as Desmond did in his first month. Desmond gained a lot his first month, actually looking Sully’s gain since he stated so big is closer to Eloise’s gain for height and between Eloise and Desmond for weight. So we’ll have to see how he continues to gain. Sully at 1 month is basically the same size Desmond was at 1 month almost exactly.

Here are his stats:
At birth he was 9 pounds 4 ounces and 22 inches
At one month he was 11 pounds 3 ounces and 23 inches

Here are Desmond’s stats for the same time period:
At birth he was 7 pounds 14 ounces and 20 3/4 inches
At one month he was 11 pounds and 23 inches

Here are Eloise’s stats for the same time period:
At birth 7 pounds 5 ounces and 19 3/4th inches
At 1 month 8 pounds 8 ounces and 20 3/4 inches

So on the 29th we had Desmond’s 4 year appointment and Sully’s 1 month appointment. Desmond is now 39 inches and 36 pounds. That put him in the 50th percentile for weight and somewhere between the 25th and 50th for height. He gained a little over 4 pounds in the past year and either 2 or 3 inches, depending on whose height measurements we go with from last year. He did great with his two shots as well. Overall he is doing great and his speech is improving nicely with his speech therapy through the local elementary school.

Anyways here are his stats from birth to now.
At birth he was 7 pounds 14 ounces and 20 3/4 inches
At one month he was 11 pounds and 23 inches
At two months he was 14 pounds and 24 1/2 inches
At four months he was 17 pounds 13 ounces and 26 1/2 inches
At 6 months he was 19 pounds 13 ounces and 27 inches
At 9 months he was 22 pounds 3 ounces and 29 inches
At 1 year (12 months) he was 23 pounds 8 ounces and 30 inches
At 15 months was 23 pounds 10 ounces and 31 inches
At 18 months he was 26 pounds and 33 inches
At 2 years he is 27 pounds 8 ounces and 35 inches
At 3 years he is 31 pounds 12.8 ounces and 37 inches
At 4 years he is 36 pounds and 39 inches

Eloise dressed herself!

I’ll try to update tomorrow, with new pictures from Easter and such.

Sully enjoying his new swing. We went out on Sunday with Nonnie and found it, he is quite happy with his new farm themed swing. Still having trouble keeping Eloise off it, but at least she is well within its weight limit. Desmond is good about staying off, and he loves to start it up for Sully when I put him in it.

I know I promised these awhile ago, but I’ve been recovering slower from the c-section this time, then I did with Desmond. Anyways here are some pictures from the first few days with Sully. I’ll try to post some more recent ones as well later. Sully is doing great and gaining well, he is a little chub! He is totally out of newborn clothes now, not that they ever fit great to begin with.

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Sullivan Mohan Singhal. We plan to call him Sully. It wasn’t actually a name in our top 5 when we got to the hospital, but he is very much a Sully.

First the quick stats. No Name Baby Boy, March 29, 2011, 2:32pm. 9 pounds 4 ounces, 22 inches, lots of dark black hair, and dark grey eyes. Born via c-section, both he and I are doing great. Pictures soon.

Now the longer story. I woke yesterday around 5am in labor. I had about 8 contractions in the first 50 minutes or so. I woke up Dan and he called his parents to come watch the small ones. They got to the house around 7:30, we got to the hospital around 7:45, and apparently I looked like I was in extreme active labor. Got up to the labor and delivery ward, and decided to go for an epidural. They were pumping the first bag of saline in me fast and I got the epidural with only 1/3rd a bag in. In fact, they held off on a c-section to get the epidural in me. I was apparently dilated to 10cm when I arrived!

Baby was at station -2, and my water bag was bulging so the midwife popped it. Then we waited. Everyone expected the baby to arrive by around 8:30am. Baby did not want to move down the birth canal. We tried numerous positions, and other things to try to get him to move. My contractions were still strong and steady, at 1 every 2 minutes or so for 1 minute. At 2pm, he was almost to -1 station and not moving. So we decided it was time for the c-section. The fact I had to have another one kind of sucked, but he was not coming.

Baby boy was born via c-section at 2:32pm. It was really nice not having an emergency c-section, I was able to be awake for it since the drugs worked so no general, and I got to see him as soon as he was born. Dan and Baby Boy sat next to me for an hour while they sewed me up, before heading to the nursery to wash baby boy and warm him up after his bath. Apparently I had a lot of scar tissue from my c-section with Desmond, and the 45 minutes they were expecting to spend sewing me up turned into 2 hours, with them having to call in an additional surgeon for help!

Around 4:30pm I made it to the recovery room. Baby came and joined me around 6pm and nursed like a champ, once I got him to latch on! At 6:30 we moved to my room in the maternity ward. Baby roomed in with us and is with me and Dan when Dan is here. Since I had a c-section he does go to the nursery when Dan isn’t here since I can’t take care of him myself yet. He is adorable, and chubby and very snugly. He does not cry much at all, which is nice, and he is nursing well!

He was 2 pounds bigger then Eloise when born! He is great and I hope to post pictures soon, and hopefully we’ll decide on his name soon as well. I will be in the hospital till Saturday most likely, though I may decide to go home on Friday. Everyone is doing great so far, and Eloise and Desmond will be coming to visit and meet him this afternoon.

Contractions started at 5am, he is on his way!