Adam is four weeks old today and:

• has had two 4 four sleep sessions, one last night and one the night before.
• is overall a calm baby.
• is being cranky in the day – which seems to be gas/growing related pains/ – but can be calmed, mostly by the moby wrap.
• is well loved by his family.

Grace knows that there are 7 billion people in the world and when Adam was born she said, “Now there are seven billion and one people!”

I was telling Donné that there was an accident in town today and a motorcyclist had been killed, and Grace (being her ever pragmatic self) pipes up, “Now we just go back to 7 billion people.”

We finally got to meet cute little Matthias Thiel today! He was due to be born within days of Adam, but is already 8 weeks old after an early appearance.

This would be Adam’s first official play date

Some baby grows have been a part of all three of our children’s lives

Adam will be three weeks old tomorrow, and went for his first vaccinations today. Life is still in flux, so here is a bit of a summary of where we are:

• Adam weighs 4.82kg – he is growing nicely
• Adam is having sleep/feed cycles around about 3 hours long
• Eli seems to be taking some strain and is a bit of a train wreck at the moment
• Grace is borderline – she seems mostly okay with things, possibly needing some extra input
• Donné has been feeling quite emotional – there is lots going on and lack of sleep doesnt’ help
• I’m scrambling to try to support my family as best I can, as well as look after my business and clients

Things are pretty much as one would expect when you add a baby and sleepless nights to the family – it is, what it is, and I think that overall we’re doing pretty well.

Brotherly love