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5lbs is Hardly a Baby!!

June 15th, 2006 at 01:29 am

I've never held a 5 lb baby until today. Little E. is just over 5lbs now and sooooo tiny. No clothes fit, they just flop around with his whole little self in where the body of the outfit is. Too cute....but oh, so tiny. Thankfully, he's doing just fine. The kids need to rent a baby bed for the car, as a car seat won't work for him at this weight. He slumps down in a car seat and then quits breathing! They've had some unexpected expenses with him being so small........as well as some things they had to buy without looking for the best deals, as the baby was already here!

The rest of the day has just been filled with work here at home. A no spend day again. Mowed some of the yard, am holding back on mowing all the outer areas, as we're still planning on moving horse fencing and letting the critters take care of more of the yard.

Cleaned out the fridge, as it has become a nasty place....with me gone so much, there is no one else taking on that chore. Housekeeper today, so everything is spotless.......nice.

I need to spend some time creating a resume to put on file at my new job. My last one was done in the early 80's, so this will be a task! Can't come up with more than 10 minutes to work on it in a row.......as the kiddo is home now, non stop. Found a resume wizard thing on line, but I can't get through more than a section of it before an interruption here.

7 Responses to “5lbs is Hardly a Baby!!”

  1. campfrugal Says:
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    All my children were small also, but my girl came a month early and weighed in at 5 lbs 13 ozs. It is hard to use a car seat. We used a carrier that buckled in to the car. They do turn out to be such a blessing. Enjoy.

  2. boomeyers Says:
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    Glad the baby is doing well. They sure do seem to grow fast!
    Updating your resume after that long....Yikes! I can never remember what I did! Good luck!

  3. Thrifty Ray Says:
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    My little GS was only 5lb 7oz when he was born...such a tiny peanut. Even preemie clothes were big on him!

    Now he is over the 100 percentile for height and he weighs 39lbs (2 yrs)...So instead of 'peanut' I now call him a 'TANK'. lol

  4. miclason Says:
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    Ale was 5 lbs 14 oz at full term! (lucky, too, as I had enough problem getting her through as it was! )

  5. Joan.of.the.Arch Says:
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    If the premie clothes are still too small and parents feel like they really need to clothe baby, then look at doll clothes! I can pretty much guarantee that any child with a doll whose clothes would fit baby would just be tickled pink to lend them. It is not often a child can be the best one to provide for the needs of a real baby. Of course someone who has time can go search out new doll clothes. But really, baby is going to grow so quickly that clothig size will not long be a problem.

  6. Princessperky Says:
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    5lbs! I can't imagine, my youngest was almost double that!
    I think the doll clothes idea is adorable!

  7. LuckyRobin Says:
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    Good thing summer is on its way. He'll just need diapers and a tiny t-shirt that can be a gown on him.

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