1001 Faces of Derin (almost) / Derin'in (neredeyse) binbir yuzu

Derin Ege is 6 weeks old today!! Other than the gassy issues mentioned at last week's blog, things seem to be fine. A 6th-week milestone is achieved: He's started to smile (consciously!). It's such a joy to see him like that. During a Skype conversation with grandfather Zeki last week, he mentioned that almost all his photos are taken when Derin  is sleeping. Understandably, grandpa wants to see Derin when he's awake (he's also rarely been awake during these Skype calls, which didn't help). So, all photos of Derin added below are taken when he's really awake. Enjoy!!

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Derin Ege bugun 6. haftasini doldurdu!! Gecen hafta bahsettigimiz gaz sorunlari disinda hersey normal gorunuyor. Bu hafta guzel ve beklenen bir gelisme oldu ve Derin Ege bilincli bir sekilde gulmeye, bize tepki vermeye basladi. Ayrica, gecen hafta icinde, dedemiz Zeki Derin Ege'nin neredeyse butun fotolarinin uyurken cekildigini soyledi bize (ne kadar hakli). O nedenle bu haftanin blogundaki tum fotolar Derin uyanikken cekildi. Nice 6 haftalara Derin Ege!!



A few extra pics taken after daddy took Derin's passport photo (he's just a little monkey!!)/ Babamiz Derin'in pasaport fotosunu cektikten sonra eklenen birkac foto daha (maymun!!!)




Hanging out in mom & dad's bed (while waiting for a change of clothes after peeing everywhere) / (Her yere cis yapip kiyafetlerini degistirmek zorunda kaldiktan sonra) anne ve babanin yataginda keyif yaparken



Mommy to Derin's tummy gas: "Come out, come out, wherever you are!!"

Derin just finished his 5th week outside of the womb. He's adjusted pretty well to a lot of things, but his little intestines still couldn't adjust to digesting food really well. Poor little thing goes through episodes of gas pain, sometimes so bad that he cries for a few hours. It breaks your heart just to see him like that.... The good part? When that gas finally comes out of him (you wouldn't believe, sometimes as loudly as an adult's would :)), it's bliss. He sleeps for 4 hours straight, mostly because of pure exhaustion from all the crying.

Stuff other than the little man's bowel issues also happened in the last couple weeks, of course: We went to our 4-week check-up, and saw that he gained more than 2 lbs and got taller by 3 cms. The sleep-eat-poop cycle seems to be working. Yay for mom and dad!! We took him out a couple more times, to nowhere really exciting (BB&B, TJ Maxx, BestBuy, Target).

Enjoy the photos from the last 2 weeks. See you next week!

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Derin gectigimiz Ptesi 5. haftasini bitirdi. Zaman cabucak geciveriyor. Hayata bayagi alisti aslinda, ama onun minik bagirsaklari nedense henuz rahim disi yasantiyi pek anlamamisa benziyor. Canim Derin hemen hemen her gun belli gaz nobetlerine giriyor. Zavallimin cani oyle aciyor olmali ki, cigerlerinin derinliklerinden bagirarak agliyor. Oyle zamanlara onu teselli edememek, aglamasini durduramamak insanin yuregini parcaliyor. Ama o kahrolasi gazlar oglumun bagirsaklarindan neredeyse bir yetiskininki kadar bir gurultuyle ciktiginda oglum rahatliyor, ve o acili birkac saat aglamanin verdigi yorgunlukla 4 saat deliksiz uyuyor (bilmeyenler icin soyluyorum, 4 saat yeni dogmus bebekler icin bayagi uzun bir uyku).

Neyse, tabii gectigimiz iki hafta icinde oglumun uyuma-yeme-kaka dongusunun disinda da seyler oldu: Onu 4 hafta kontrolune goturduk. Doktorumuz bize onun 1 kilo aldigini, boyunun da 3 cm uzadigini soyledi. Bizi cok sevindirdi tabii bu. Zaten kol kaslarimin yeniden calismaya baslamasindan anlamaliydim :). Onun disinda, Derin'i birkac kez daha disariya cikardik. Anneanne ve annesiyle beraber alisverise. Tabii en cok ona yariyor her zaman, her ciktigimizda bir-iki sey aliniyor Derin'e...o hicbirseyden anlamiyor tabii ya, neyse.

Bu son iki haftaya ait birkac fotograf ekliyorum asagiya....Haftaya yine gorusuruz.

King of the Crib! (sorry, no idea how to rotate this image with blogspot's inadequate software)

Lion is roaring!! / Aslan kukruyor!!

This lion isn't that scary! / Bu alsan pek korkunc degil!

Peace out!!



Sleeping with mommy / Anneyle uyurken

 

This is one of those 4-hour post-gas-episode sleeps (yes, yes, I only let him sleep on his tummy when I'm next to him, watching)



This is one of those sleeps, too. Dad and Derin both exhausted from the #$%^&*! gas.