Almost two weeks old!

We had our 14 day (well 13 day since it's St Patrick's day tomorrow and it's a bank holiday) visit with the health visitor today. She's lovely and did a full check up of our little man. He's gaining weight and cms like a champ. He's up to 9lbs 6ozs and measured at 58.5 cms long. Considering he was 9lbs 2ozs on Sunday when the midwife discharged us, this is pretty impressive. I wish I could say things are getting better with breastfeeding, but they are pretty much the same. He's just such a hungry baby that I have to give him a bottle to quench his thirst first- he throws a fit if I try and put him on the breast first. I've been expressing loads so most of his bottle feeds are at least half breast milk. My current strategy is to get him 60-90mls of bottle (breast milk) and then try and get him latched on. It's working okay, but he's only feeding on me for a maximum of 10 minutes which isn't helping with my milk production or his latching. I'm just going to continue with this strategy and try and get him on the breast more each feed so that hopefully he'll be breastfeeding exclusively. I feel like a dairy cow at the minute with all of the pumping.

He's sleeping pretty well. We've had a few nights of nearly 5 hours already! I don't know how long that will last but I will stay optimistic.

Right, some photos from the week...
I just thought this was a cute photo...
You can see his full lips here... very kissable!
Sleepy little angel...
Liam has been asking to get photos with baby Cian each day. He loves holding his little brother.
Cian was tired of the photos...
Cute little feet. I forgot how tiny and sweet newborn feet are... Liam's are big and smelly these days. Cian has webbed toes- his second and third toes are slightly webbed on each of his feet. Apparently this is good luck?
Cian is a very alert baby. He spends a few hours each day staring at us and looking at the lights or the little hanging toys on his swing.