One Week Old!

Gavin is one week old!  He's such a joy and we love him to pieces!  Although it's only been a few days, it hard to imagine our family without him!

~He's an excellent sleeper.  He typically has two awake periods during the day, late morning and early evening for about an hour each.  When awake, he's very alert and enjoys looking at his environment.
~He's an awesome eater!  He typically eats about every 3 hours and goes back to sleep easily.
~Due to his previous choking, he's sleeping in a vibrating chair (occasionally turned on) in Mommy and Daddy's room.  We're going to transition him to his bassinet soon.  He had a successful nap in his bassinet this morning.
~As they say...what goes in, must come out!  Being a champion eater--he poops.  A lot.  This leads to many diaper changes, which he does not enjoy.  He calms quickly after getting his clothes back on, snuggles, and sometimes a comforting nursing session.
~He's a very content baby!  He cries during diaper changes and when hungry if we don't get to him soon enough.  When he does cry, he has quite a set of lungs!
~He startles and jumps easily when sleeping.  With a loud big brother, he'll get over this soon enough!

Brennan has transitioned beautifully to the new family addition.  He typically ignores Gavin, but will try to give him a pacifier, tell him "It's ok, Gavin" if he's crying, has helped to burp him, and gives him a kiss goodnight.  He frequently asks to "Take him", which we try to accommodate as much as possible.  Yet, if Gavin starts to cry when Brennan is holding him, he quickly wants Mommy or Daddy to take him!  We are very impressed with his patience and seems to understand that we can't always comply with his requests immediately due to needing to do something for Gavin.  He does, however, need occasional reminders to be careful around his brother.