31st Oct 2005 [Age: 4wks 3days]
Weight: 13lb 2oz
Halloween and Daniel gets the season wrong! Doh! Pic Wk5P02

29th Oct 2005 [Age: 4wks 1days]
For the last few nights Daniel has slept for 4.5/5hrs before needing fed again. Mel and I are taking turns for the night feeds. It normally takes longer to get his wind up than it does to feed him though!

26th Oct 2005 [Age: 3wks 5days]
Weight: 12lb 6oz! Gran and grandpa Stephen came up from Surrey to see Daniel for the first time and were very excited to see him and amazed at his size! See pics of week 4

22nd Oct 2005 [Age: 3wks 1days]
Daniel is now being bottle-fed. He is just too hungry for Mel to cope with on her own especially with constant sleep depravation. On the plus side he is now sleeping for 2-3 hrs between feeds which is giving Mel a bit of a break. Hopefully his sleep periods will continue to increase in length.

17th Oct 2005 [Age: 2wks 3days]
Mel and Daniel came home from the hospital today. He hasn't slept and fed constantly from 7am until 7pm! He is 10lb 12oz today. Refer to this table to match Daniels age with the dates on the pictures.

14th Oct 2005 [Age: 2wks 0days]
Daniel has reached 10lb 8oz. That's a gain of 1lb 5oz (21oz) since his birth 2 weeks ago. An average of 10.5oz per week! See this link!
Mel is coming home from hospital tomorrow for a trial period and we're all looking forward to having them both home. :)

12th Oct 2005 [Age: 1wks 5days]
Mel is doing much better now that Daniel has begun to have longer sleeps between feeds and we're hoping that she will be able to come home very soon :)
Daniels birth announcement added (see link)

10th Oct 2005 [Age: 1wks 3days]
Daniel is now 10 lbs. Such a grubber! :)

8th Oct 2005 [Age: 1wks 1days]
Unfortunately Mel had to be admitted to hospital on the 6th and Daniel went with her. Mum is improving and the wee lad is still feeding well. He's put on 12 oz in 4 days! Hopefully they'll both be able to come home soon.

2nd Oct 2005 [Age: 0wks 2days]
Mum and baby came home from hospital yesterday. Daniel attempted to feed constantly from 5pm until 7am so we got little sleep. The midwife at the hospital said that quite often the first night home is a nightmare due to the change in surroundings and that mums milk isn't quite in yet. Tried him on formula milk which I got from the 24 hr garage at 2am but he wasn't for taking it. Hopefully things will improve today and he'll have a better night tonight (us too).
Later...
Daniel is now feeding well and is very much more content with a bath and a full tummy :)
Took picture number 24 with my phone and we think it's just such a great photo of him!