7 weeks old

Tuesday the 21st of August. This was to be a special day. One, becasue it was to be the first coronation of Kingi Tuheitia and two, baby was off for his check-ups.

Last week Raniera was visited for the first time by the Plunket nurse. The first question she asked was if Kiri had had a caesarian to which she answered "No". The reason she asked was because she believed baby has a perfect shaped head, which was to our suprise because we think his head looks peculiar. She then weighed him, measured his full body length and circumference of his head. So also showed Kiri how to use the growth charts inside her Well Child book. Raniera is supposedly a little tall for his weight but still within the healthy range.

Later on that day Kiri went in to the doctors to have Raniera's immunisation jabs against diptheria, polio, hepatitis B and meningitis. He had two jabs in his right leg and one in the other. Although he cried a little, he did live up to his name cause he was very courageous and brave.

We also went out to dinner at Valentines the previous Thursday. It was for no special occasion. Just because we were so happy to be with our handsome son and happy family.

6 weeks old

Raniera has grown quite a bit over the last 2 weeks. I'm not too sure how heavy he is but I estimate him to be around 12-13 pounds now. He regularly smiles and likes to play and talk and being sung to by his mother during the day. He doesn't have a regular sleeping pattern during the day anymore. He can stay up for up to 3 hours before having a 1-2 hour sleep. Luckily for us though he still has his night time routine. Up at 11pm, 2am, and 5am usually and only awake for half an hour.

The rule Kiri and I have is that I look after him from 9pm - 12pm before I go to sleep for the night. She goes to sleep during this time. It works out pretty well, with both of us getting enough sleep for the night.

Raniera had a little cold the other week, a blocked nose and a little weezy. Kiri bought a little device to unblock his nose which worked well but I advised her to use the method our old people applied - to suck it out!, to which she replied 'NO'.

Our son also has had a rash for the last two weeks on his face. Ive looked on the net and it says it is quite normal for babies to get these, especially if it is a allergic reaction to soap powder that his clothes have been washed in. If it continues I think we will take him to see the doctor of which we will in time to receive his immunisations.

1 Month On