March 25, 2007
· Filed under Week 3
Magnus is now 3 weeks old and is doing really well.
He now weighs 4 kgs and is 56cm long…that’s 2cm longer than he was at birth, so he’s looking like he’ll be a tall one already!!! He has very long legs, fingers and feet…surprise surprise! 
Everything is going great, Keryn and I are absolutely loving being parents and having little Magnus in our lives. He is sleeping and feeding really well and I only have to get up once in the night for a quick feed, so I am very pleased with that. Magnus is very alert and has lots of cute expressions already. We think we’ve even had a few smiles already! We’ve spent the first couple of weeks just relaxing at home getting settled in etc and have had lots of lovely visitors. If you haven’t met Magnus yet and are in Wellington just let us know when you want to come over.
This Friday we move to our new house in Plimmerton and can’t wait to get settled into our home. Hopefully this will be the last move for a long time.
Hope you are all enjoying the blogs - I’ll try to do weekly updates for you all!
Lots of hugs
Marissa, Keryn and Magnus
March 25, 2007
· Filed under Week 3
With Mum at the Beach
Aunty Rebe and Uncle Matt came to visit me from Auckland and Aunty Pip and cousins Max and Jonty came to visit me from Dunedin. We all went to the beach with Granny and Grandfather.
Playing with cousins Max (left) and Jonty
March 25, 2007
· Filed under Week 3
He loves to suck his fingers! He even gives himself love bites on his arms from sucking so much!
Magnus looking quite grown up in his rugby jersey
March 15, 2007
· Filed under Week 2
March 15, 2007
· Filed under Magnus Jordan, Week 2
March 15, 2007
· Filed under Magnus Jordan, Week 2
Magnus loves his bath time
March 15, 2007
· Filed under Magnus Jordan
Bath time with Granny
March 15, 2007
· Filed under Magnus Jordan
March 8, 2007
· Filed under Magnus Jordan, Magnus arrives 3/3/07
Hi All!
I am home finally and have a beautiful peacefully sleeping baby so thought i would get online and give you all the low down.
On Thursday evening i felt the initial onset of labour and didn’t sleep at all that night as i was too excited! But as the contractions increased in intensity i wasn’t so excited!!! We went to the hospital on Friday afternoon at 3pm and I endured quite a few hours of what can only be described as a blur of unbearable pain. But i won’t get too much into that. I ended up requiring quite a range of drugs and assistance. Unfortunately after 2 sleepless nights, close to 30 hours of labour, 1.5 hours of pushing, no food and baby’s position i was told i wouldn’t be able to push him out. Bubs was getting a bit tired and distressed (but the Dr’s kept this well hidden from us), so they preped me for a possible C-section or forceps delivery and rushed me into theatre. At the thought of a C-section i was determined to get him out naturally and with the help of the forceps bubs was out in no time. We were surrouned by 11 professionals in theatre and were blown away by the amount of people that helped bring this wee man into the world. I have to say, labour was absolutely hell for me, but the minute they put Magnus onto my chest all was forgotten. I really would do it again in a heartbeat. Both Keryn and I are blown away by the instant love that you have for your baby when you first lay eyes on him. I am still on a huge high and absolutely adore little Magnus.
Bubs was having a bit of trouble breathing so was taken to the Neo Natal unit for monitoring and spent just over a day there. It was a bit rough not having him with us for that time, but we were glad he was in good hands. When Magnus came up to the ward with me we had to monitor is blood sugar levels and his temperature. We ended up having to give him a brief top up of formula to kick start him while my milk came in. That happended on Monday night and since then Magnus has been feeding beautifully and doing really well. He has even put on weight already and it can take babies 10 days to get back to their birthweight, so that’s great.
We came home on Wednesday and we are all settling in well. Keryn is pleased to have us home finally. I am loving just relaxing and spending loads of time bonding with Magnus. I am still pretty sore and fragile, so we will just take it easy for a while. I love my snuggle times in bed with Magnus in the morning – he is such a snuggly baby.
So all is great in our household and we are loving being parents to little Magnus. He is a very easy baby – sleeps lots, feeds well and hardly ever fussies – we are so blessed!
