So I’ve noticed all my blog posts seem to be about me banging on about being pregnant or telling stories about my feelings and emotions, then it dawned on me tonight that i should actually also be doing posts about the main man himself my Rex! After all this blog wouldn’t exist without my little sausage.
So in celebration of his month birthday as the title suggests this post is going to be ALL ABOUT REX! So sit back relax and let me tell you everything you need to about the wonder that is Rex.
Rex was born by forceps delivery in theatre on the 2nd July at 2:48am at the John Radcliff hospital in oxford. This is the very first photo to be taken on him⬇️
Rex started out in life as a skinny mini 7.8 and a half lbs with not a single bit of fat on him his arms and legs were so tiny and his cute little button face was to die for!!
At his last weigh in he was getting on for 10lbs so he’s putting on weight nicely and I’m not suprised at the amount he puts away! He was a greedy bugger when he was a new new feeding every 2 hours and starting off at 2oz soon moving up to 3oz bottles. He’s currently guzzling away 5oz at at time! But… every 3 hours ish now which makes life abit easier.
Not that you want to know but he has about 10 nappy changes in a day ( I did say I was going to tell you everything!) normally 2 poo’s in a day unless he’s feeling mischievous then he might sneak another cheeky one in just for a laugh!
Rex has been quite a good boy when it comes to sleep he sleeps in a sleep suit and with the blue blanket they wrapped him up in hospital and a fan on for background noise, waking up 3 times in the night 1am 4am and 6am ish sometimes he mixes it up a bit just to throw me off. Each time he wakes up he has a bottle a nappy change and a quick cuddle (if I haven’t fallen back to sleep) We’ve sort of fallen into a routine of getting him into his cot by 10pm. Now I don’t want to jinx it but the last 3 nights something wonderful happend! The first night he slept through the whole night! 10:30am-6:30am and I felt so refreshed after a good nights sleep! The last 2 nights he’s woken at 4am for a feed which I’m not complaining about as once isn’t really bad at all for a 4 week old !! When he finally wakes up in the morning we give him a bottle then generally have a little nap together for a few hours which gives me that boost I need to start the day!
He goes by a few nick names some of them being T-Rex, baby dinosaur, and just because when he frowns he looks like a cross between an old man and a monkey he often gets called Benjamin button or Cesar (from planet of the apes) I know how mean are we !!
Rex has a dummy when he’s feeling really sad and can’t calm down most of the time he’s a happy chappy and loves having a good look around the room he’s a nosey bugger like his mum ! We managed to catch this snap of him today with a big beaming smile.
He has mixed feelings about bath time, his first ever bath went a bit wrong as we did it in our bath and he found it to big and overwhelming. The second bath he had we did in his baby bath and he seemed to enjoy it. The 3rd bath a little bit of water got into his mouth and you’d think he was drowning the fuss he made.
Rex is already into his music with his choice of Ed sheerean and Mabel, he loves watching Dr Who with daddy and he supports oxford united as seen in this pic sporting his new oxford football kit complete with his name on the back!
The most important thing about Rex is how much he loves his mummy and daddy and how much they love him to! Rex doesn’t really do much right now but every day he’s getting bigger and stronger and learning new things.
So for now that is all about Rex 🦖
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