the littlest carscadden: The newest littlest Carscadden!

Four days. That's how long it took us to update the blog when Miles was born.

Three weeks. I'm updating the blog three weeks after Will was born. We have a new littlest Carscadden: Will Kennedy Carscadden! He was born on May 3rd by elective repeat cesarean section (I may do an update in the future about why I, as a midwife, chose an elective repeat cesarean section over a trial of labor after previous cesarean section). At birth, he weighed 2.5 pounds more than Miles did! Whoa! 8 pounds 14 ounces! When they announced his weight in the operating room, I asked the anesthesiologist if they said 8 pounds, 14 ounces. When he said yes, my foul mouth spilled out a great big "Fuck!" Miles was 6 pounds, 8 ounces, and I gained the same amount of weight this pregnancy as last time. I was expecting a 7 pounder.

Will sure is a chunker. He eats often and greedily. He gained back his birth weight in one week. At his one week check up he weighed 9 pounds, more than Miles did at one month!

There are times I see a lot of Miles in Will. But when he was born, neither Lucas nor I thought they looked anything alike. Other than his weight, the biggest surprise for me is that he appears to have strawberry blonde hair. I never predicted that would be in the mix even though both Lucas and I have red headed relatives. In the sunlight his hair is totally orange!

The delay in updating the blog is a small nod to the way our life generally has been since he was born. With an older kid, one who has a schedule of activities and established friends, it is hard to dedicate the same amount of time to Will that Miles had as an infant. Will is definitely not carried and held as often as Miles was. I tolerate his crying a bit longer than I did Miles. That is to say that we do hold and carry Will a lot and I tolerate very little crying. But at Miles' one week check up when the doctor asked us how Miles tolerated being laid down, we revealed that he hadn't been put down yet. In a week, he was never put down! Will gets put down often - to deal with the other kid's needs.

Overall, the transition to two has been pretty seamless. I think in part that's due to Lucas and I both being home to care for the two kids. Also, making the transition to a parent from a non parent is a much larger life altering change than becoming a parent of two children.

Miles is loving Will. He kisses him all the time. He wants to hold him all the time. He seems to be adjusting to the new addition to our family with little resistance.

Some pictures of Will, just before and in this, his first three weeks: