Weight: 13.8 lbs! 81st %
Eating: Still breastfeeding! Got rid of "Moms on Call" and went to a more manageable/natural schedule. He eats around 7am, 10am, 1pm, 4pm and 7pm. Then has been recently waking up to eat twice at night.
Sleeping: Weeks 6-8 were rough. We were dealing with the moving around, gurgling, choking noises. Then both boys got a big of a head cold, so Ben was waking up way more with congestion and it seemed like the only thing he wanted was to nurse. That led us to one night at about 8 weeks waking up and nursing every 1.5 hours. I was pretty done at that point. Our plan was to have Aaron get him settled on the "non-eating" wake-ups, and that worked pretty well. Then our pediatrician, at his 2 month appointment, strongly encouraged us to get him out of our room and let him cry a little to see if he really need to wake up or could just go back to sleep. Since then, it's been a much more pleasant experience. I nurse him to sleep around 7:20 and lay him in our bed by 8pm. I go to bed between 9-10 and then Aaron moves him whenever he comes in out to the pack n play in the living room. He wakes up usually around 1:30 and 4:00. Naps are also hit and miss, he's got about an hour of "wake time" before he needs to go back down, and then ranges between 30 minutes and 2 hours!
Clothes: We're inching our way fast out of the 3 month, some of our sleepers are already needing to be replaced!
Likes: Being held, laying under his activity mat and his big brother! His new activity bouncer seat. Looking around and smiling!!
Dislikes: The car.
Doing: This month was more of the same - ILS chapel, getting out to lunches with MoMo, monthly ILC women's fellowship group. He met his Godparents - Katherine and Jay! Also, on February 23rd, I started back to work, so now he is doing daycare at Ms. B's with Canon.
On Managing Two: Its hard. I found myself getting frustrated more quickly this past month. Now that Ben is a little more alert, Canon has been paying him more attention. It is super cute, but I also have to monitor their interactions a lot more closely! Aaron has been the brave one, taking them both out to Target and Chickfila by himself!
Myself: I got into a great groove being at home with Ben. I finally, in the last 2 weeks, let go a little of the "schedule" I wanted him to be on and of him sleeping at home instead of in the car or somewhere else. We had a great last 2 weeks of maternity leave and I was very, very sad to see it end this morning! While I am kind of glad to have the pressure off me to control his every second (pressure that I put on myself!) of every day, I am missing him terribly! I am feeling better about my post pregnancy body - even buying some new clothes and going out in my pre-pregnancy jeans! I still have some lbs to lose, but its working in the right direction! And much faster than it did with Canon!
Eating: Still breastfeeding! Got rid of "Moms on Call" and went to a more manageable/natural schedule. He eats around 7am, 10am, 1pm, 4pm and 7pm. Then has been recently waking up to eat twice at night.
Sleeping: Weeks 6-8 were rough. We were dealing with the moving around, gurgling, choking noises. Then both boys got a big of a head cold, so Ben was waking up way more with congestion and it seemed like the only thing he wanted was to nurse. That led us to one night at about 8 weeks waking up and nursing every 1.5 hours. I was pretty done at that point. Our plan was to have Aaron get him settled on the "non-eating" wake-ups, and that worked pretty well. Then our pediatrician, at his 2 month appointment, strongly encouraged us to get him out of our room and let him cry a little to see if he really need to wake up or could just go back to sleep. Since then, it's been a much more pleasant experience. I nurse him to sleep around 7:20 and lay him in our bed by 8pm. I go to bed between 9-10 and then Aaron moves him whenever he comes in out to the pack n play in the living room. He wakes up usually around 1:30 and 4:00. Naps are also hit and miss, he's got about an hour of "wake time" before he needs to go back down, and then ranges between 30 minutes and 2 hours!
Clothes: We're inching our way fast out of the 3 month, some of our sleepers are already needing to be replaced!
Likes: Being held, laying under his activity mat and his big brother! His new activity bouncer seat. Looking around and smiling!!
Dislikes: The car.
Doing: This month was more of the same - ILS chapel, getting out to lunches with MoMo, monthly ILC women's fellowship group. He met his Godparents - Katherine and Jay! Also, on February 23rd, I started back to work, so now he is doing daycare at Ms. B's with Canon.
On Managing Two: Its hard. I found myself getting frustrated more quickly this past month. Now that Ben is a little more alert, Canon has been paying him more attention. It is super cute, but I also have to monitor their interactions a lot more closely! Aaron has been the brave one, taking them both out to Target and Chickfila by himself!
Myself: I got into a great groove being at home with Ben. I finally, in the last 2 weeks, let go a little of the "schedule" I wanted him to be on and of him sleeping at home instead of in the car or somewhere else. We had a great last 2 weeks of maternity leave and I was very, very sad to see it end this morning! While I am kind of glad to have the pressure off me to control his every second (pressure that I put on myself!) of every day, I am missing him terribly! I am feeling better about my post pregnancy body - even buying some new clothes and going out in my pre-pregnancy jeans! I still have some lbs to lose, but its working in the right direction! And much faster than it did with Canon!
Meeting Katherine!
"Reading" to Baby Ben
2 month check-up
Crazy eyes, but too cute!
trying to catch a smile
Last Day of Maternity Leave :(
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