March 15th-28th
Week 2 & 3 Summary
Michael is a growing boy!
We have gone through a few days of cluster feeding which was a little rough
sleep wise. He is now nursing about 20 minutes on the first side and I offer
the second side which he sometimes takes for 5-10 minutes and sometimes he is
content with just the first side. Michael still wants to eat every 2.5 hours
with the occasional shortened time span during the day. I have started to do a random pumping session
here and there to get my body used to the pump for when I go back to work and
to start working on a freezer stash.
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| Big Brother Buster is always close by! |
Michael is sleeping for about 2 hours at a time with the occasional 3 hour
stretch at night. He does well in his pack n’ play, cradle and rock n’ play
sleeper. He also sleeps like a champ in my carrier wrap and the car seat if we
are out and about. He hates to be
swaddled! It dawned on me that during our anatomy scan his hands were up by his
face or behind his head the whole time. This is how he likes to sleep now. So
this causes either a meltdown if we try the swaddle or the occasional startled cry
during a nap which he is able to settle himself back down most of the time.
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| Wearing a cute hat given to us by a sweet coworker |
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| He celebrated his first "holiday" St. Patrick's Day! |
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| He wasn't too sure what to think about bath time! |
Michael had his 2 week
checkup on 3/24/2015 and he was already up two pounds from his discharge weight
from the hospital, 9lbs and 2oz. The doctor checked him out and said everything
looked good and we don’t have to go back until the 2 month checkup. He has
outgrown any newborn outfits that have footie bottoms. His legs are too long
and his feet are too big! He can still wear NB onesies and he switched from NB
to size 1 diapers during week 2 and 3. He is still having 10+ wet diapers and 5-7
poop diapers a day. It is very easy to know when he has a dirty diaper because
he is so loud when he toots or poops! He
still has the white bumps on his nose and now his has baby acne. We are hoping
it will all clear up pretty soon. To me his hair looks like it is starting to
lighten up and his eyebrows and eyelashes are also coming in very light
colored. Everyone who gets to see Michael in real life always comments on how alert his is already. This might not be the best thing when it comes to sleep but we love playing, singing and enjoying him right now! Multiple people also comment on how strong he is when it comes to his neck control. He can easily hold his head up for 5 seconds by himself. It will catch you off guard occasionally when it seems like he is trying to escape your arms!
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| A flower arrangement from one of Michael's Great Grandmothers for his 1 week birthday! |
We also had his newborn
pictures done and they turned out wonderfully! We love our Photographer!
The first week was going as
well as a major life changing event like having baby could go then we got into
the second week. I started to notice some redness on my incision site along with
an itchy feeling. I waited a day or two to see if I was overacting or if
something really was up. On the 3rd day it looked AWFUL! It was red and it itched
so bad I could have drawn blood with the way I wanted to scratch it. I called
the doctor and set up an appointment for next day and then had a meltdown for a
few minutes. I just went and lay down on the bed and had a good cry. My husband
was sweet and came in and was comforting me saying all kinds of sweet things.
So the next day we went to get it checked out and the MD thought it presented
more like a reaction to the stuff used to seal me up vs. an infection. I was
very relieved. He put me on a 3 day antibiotic and scheduled a follow up for
the next week. Within a few hours of taking the antibiotics it felt less itchy
so I knew we were on the right path. By the follow up appointment 5 days later
it looked and felt 100% better. My
bleeding had slowed down to almost nothing by the 3rd week too. I lost another 10 pounds this week which
felt good when I look at the scale but the mirror isn’t as nice! Ha-ha. I have
a long way to go but that’s ok.
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| Belly Shot at 2 weeks Postpartum |
We are taking it slow and I wouldn’t trade
anything for this precious baby boy!
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