Evan is growing and thriving.  I can't believe how lucky we are to have him in our family.  No he isn't the best sleeper, and he has some gas and elimination issues, but he is still perfect in every way.

He has amazing head control, every day it gets better. He holds his head up and looks around for several minutes at a time.  He is already close to rolling over from back to front and rolled once, on accident, from front to back.  Holy crow!  He also inches forward as if trying to crawl off to somewhere more interesting.  It is going to be interesting seeing him develop.

So his gas and elimination issues.  It is SO smelly.  Smells like rotten eggs and since his stool turned to stool from the meconium he only has a dirty diaper every three or four days and it is voluminous!  His pediatrician is going to watch him to see how that develops, she said that sometimes newbies take longer to develop their gut flora that helps with all that stuff.  There are different thoughts on giving babies probiotics and she isn't so sure which one to follow as of yet.

Sleep issue?  He HATES sleeping on his back.  I try and try to trick him by propping him on his side, but he is such a wiggle worm he ends up on his back and then wakes up screaming.  So thank goodness we have an Angel Care monitor because the only way we are getting any sleep is when he is on his stomach.  He does sleep pretty well in his car seat, I think part of it might be the gas issue, on his belly it helps the gas escape and the same with the car seat because his legs are a little drawn up.  I remember Lauren having similar issues, but once her gas issues resolved themselves I started on the side sleeping and eventually got her on her back.  Of course now she is a total stomach sleeper.

Evan had his "two week" check up on Monday (8/2) which was just after he turned three weeks old.  Still perfectly perfect according to his doctor.  He also has his first birthmarks.  Just under his nose and between his eyebrows, not like Lauren's strawberries but red blotches that should fade by the time he is six months.  His official measurements are below.
Weight – 11lbs (95th percentile)
Height – 22.75" (97th percentile)
Head – 15" (75th percentile)

His doctor said that puts him at the size of a two to three month old and I believe it some of the other newborns I have seen are so tiny in comparison to my sturdy little man!