Behemoth

11 lbs 2oz.

That's 9 oz in the last seven days, and a whole pound in the last fortnight.

Thank you Mummy.

Mummy Milk Makes Me Massive

Today I weigh 10 lbs 9 oz. This means I gained an average of an ounce every day over the last week. Not only does this represent the fastest weight-gain I have yet achieved, it is greater than the predicted gain for my age, meaning that I am on the right track to being the "correct" weight eventually. (Until now, I was plummeting off the bottom of the graph!)

And it's all thanks to Mummy's Marvellous Mammaries!

Great Outdoors and Great Indoors

Today I took Mummy, Dirk, Connor, Daddy, Kate, Sarah and Kenny for a walk in Stockgrove Country Park. They all looked a bit hungry, so I took them for a meal afterwards.




Kenny liked my joke about the actress and the bib.
This is Auntie Kate. Dirk's a bit wary of her, but she's OK.

My lunch was served first, as I'm most important.

Needles and Safety-Pins

I had two injections today; one in each leg. The immunisations were as follows:

...LEFT LEG:..PCV or "7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine" for short.
RIGHT LEG:..DTaP (Diptheria, Tetanus and Pertussis)
............................IPV (Inactivated Polio Vaccine)
............................Hib (Haemophilus influenzae)

I was not best pleased about the needles. (Note to self: Grow up to be a pharmacologist and invent a system of immunisation where the stuff can be mixed and applied with nappy cream.) I had lots of Mummy milk afterwards, so it was probably just about worth the all the agony. And pain. Agonising pain, in fact.

Incidentally, my weight has shot up to 9 lbs and 2 oz since I was last weighed. This is the first time I have weighed more than Dirk did when he was born. The great wobblebottom!

Christmas Weigh-In

This morning I was weighed at the baby clinic. Mummy threw away my dummy after my last visit, so I have been able to tell her properly when I'm hungry.
The happy result is that I now weigh 8lbs 6oz (equivalent to 3.8kg.)
This is an increase of 6oz (128g) which is my biggest yet! Breast really is best!

Elemental Babyhood

Sucking



Bleating



Cooing



Snoozing






The bottom two photos were actually taken yesterday by Mummy. The lady is my Auntie Caroline.