1-Month Milestones & Pictures

CJ turned 1-month old on Sunday and had his 1-month well baby visit with the pediatrician yesterday. He now weighs 8 lbs 6 oz and is 22" long, compared to 7 lbs 3oz and 19" when he was born. The pediatrician was very happy that he's growing and gaining weight!

He still sleeps a lot and eats every 2-3 hours during the day. He likes to be up unfortunately during late evening hours (~9-1am) and then sleeps for 2-4 hour stretches--last night was his first 4 hour stretch from midnight to 4am!

He loves grunting and making all sorts of squeaking, whimpering, and giggling noises- especially in his sleep, and making lots of funny faces from extreme happy to surprise to the saddest face you've ever seen all in just seconds.

Here are a few of CJ's other first month milestones and 1-month photos:

Discoveries - thumbs and fingers (especially sucking on them), mom's necklace-which he loves to grab, and the mobile above his swing

Accomplishments - pushing up off mom and dad's chests and holding his head up, rolling onto his side, and smiling

Grandma Bonds with CJ in NY

After a fun-filled 15-day visit, Grandma had to fly back to California on Thursday. We had such a fun time while she was here, but with CJ's rash, constant spitting up, and inconsistent sleeping pattern, it was quite stressful too!

One of our first adventures was our second visit to the pediatrician to check on CJ's weight gain. It was the biggest snow storm of the season, and we had to walk 7 blocks to get there. CJ was bundled up in the sling and mom's jacket. Mom was so worried about slipping and making sure CJ could breathe!


Fortunately, our trip was successful and CJ had gained weight since our last visit. Here are some pictures of mom, grandma and CJ bonding back at home.







And here's CJ's first photo with mom and dad at home.


CJ also had other visitors on the weekend of his 2-week birthday. Mom's friends, Becky and Emily came over as well as Mike and Hillary France and Courtney and Kal. Here's a picture of all the boys!


Once the weather got better, we took many walks with grandma. CJ loves his stroller!




We saw the pediatrician 3 times while grandma was here because CJ's rash seemed to be getting worse. Here's CJ at the pediatrician's office when his rash was at it's worst.


We thought it looked terrible and didn't want to take any pictures or have anyone over to see him! But, the pediatrician said it is common and to treat it with Cortizone, which we've done, and thankfully it's almost completely healed now.

There were chores to be done too. Mom and grandma finished painting the last coat of paint on CJ's new dressers, and dad helped too by drilling the holes for the new green and blue knobs.


To complete CJ's new room, we also went to Pottery Barn Kids to pick up his new rug and shelves.


We'll post pictures of the completed room soon. Though we've mostly been taking the bus around the city, CJ got to take his first cab ride since it was the only way to get everything back home.


CJ's most traumatic day so far was seeing the oral surgeon to fix his tongue tie.


We're not sure who it hurt more. CJ screamed like crazy, and mom had to sit in the dentist chair holding him and his arms down. Grandma just ran out of the room!

On a more pleasant note, CJ got to see both grandmas together when Alix came in to the city for lunch. He's so lucky to have such great grandparents!


To see lots more pictures from Grandma's visit, click on CJ's Photo Journal.

First Visit to Grandma's House

Since CJ was 12 days early and Dad had to go back to work, we had several days before Shauna's mom arrived in NY to help with the new baby. So, Shauna and CJ spent the first half of the week in New Jersey with CJ's grandma. She was a huge help...cooking excellent meals and doing all the laundry! Here are a few pictures of CJ lounging around at Grandma's house.

Bella Photography Hospital Pics

CJ's professional photos were delivered yesterday! Below are a few of our favorites. These and more are also posted on Shutterfly in CWG Jr.'s Photo Journal.

Coming Home

After 4 days in the hospital, CJ was looking forward to seeing his new home in NYC! On Thursday morning, February 18, CJ got dressed up in his special "going home" outfit.


Daddy helped CJ into his brand new car seat for the ride home.


And we were off - say bye bye to the hopsital!


Once we got home, there were lots of fun and exciting new activities...

...lounging on mom's old bed in my very own bedroom


...taking a nap in my Bugaboo stroller bassinet (check out my swaddle, just like in the hospital!)


...playing in my Rainforest bouncer, but I'm still too small to reach the toys


...taking my very first sponge bath


...warming up in my SwaddleMe blanket


...and chilling in my new swing!


What an exhausting day!

Our Valentine's Day Baby

Chris and Shauna had a very special Valentine's Day this year - Christopher Wetherill Gerry Jr. was born 12 days early on February 14, 2010 at 5:55pm at Greenwich Hospital. CWG Jr. weighed 7lbs, 3oz and was 19" long. He was born by c-section since he was a persistent breech baby.


Since 26 weeks, he was butt down with his legs straight up and knees locked so hands and feet were together by his ears! Some of the pictures show him in this position even after delivery.


The doctors and nurses said he must have been in that position for a long time and called him "sunny-side up"!

Chris and Shauna left to take the train out to Greenwich on Sunday morning around 11:30 after Shauna had been in labor for nearly 10 hours. Her doctor is affiliated with Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan and Greenwich Hospital in Connecticut. She had scheduled a c-section for Monday, February 22 (at 39 weeks) at Greenwich Hospital, after finding out no scheduled c-sections were available at Lenox Hill that entire week. However, the baby decided to come early, and unfortunately, her regular doctor was on vacation. When Shauna called about having contractions, the other doctor in his practice, Dr. Reiss, assumed they had intended on delivering at Greenwich Hospital all along and told her to come right away to Greenwhich where he was already seeing patients that day.

Delivering at Greenwich Hospital turned out to be a blessing in disguise! The hospital was resort-like and relaxing, complete with free private rooms and a steak and lobster dinner and champagne on the last night.


The staff was very friendly and attentive, not quite the same as busy Lenox Hill in NYC.

Mom, dad, and baby are all doing very well!




Check out CWG Jr.'s Photo Journal for many more pictures from the first few days in the hospital and at home.

The Before Pictures

As exciting as it was to welcome little Christopher to our lives, pregnancy was not a particularly fun time for mom! Shauna had bad nausea for the first 16-18 weeks, and by 37.5 weeks, she had gained a very uncomfortable 21 pounds!



And there was much to do in preparation for little Christopher's arrival. This is what our living room looked like just a few weeks before his birth!