Hey everyone!
So Oliver is 10 weeks this weekend (almost 3 months!) and he is doing great. Some "milestones" he has reached this week...Well first of all, mine and Dad's favorite, is he is starting to sleep anywhere between 6 to 8 hours in a stretch this week. It's only been 3 days so I don't want to jump the gun and get too excited, but it's freaking exciting! Suprisingly though I am more tired than I was when he was sleeping 2-3 hours in a row. I don't really understand it, but I'm thinking it's just my body readjusting to acutally getting sleep now. Also, he is starting to rub his eyes when he is sleepy. He gets really distracted when he is breastfeeding because he is constantly wanting to look around at everything! It could be lights, the television, dad sitting on the couch, the cats, or the wall. He does not care he just wants to look at everything (now that he can see it). He rolled over from his belly to his back once this week, but we are still working on that one.
One thing I know he gets from Dad is he is such a morning person! He'll wake up anytime between 7:30 and 8 and be wide awake and all smiles until about 10 or 11 when it's nap time. As most of you probably know, Mom is not a morning person! So this is kind of tough for me and I usually take a nap with him :) He is such a happy baby and is only cranky when he's hungry or tired. He has sat thru many dinners at restaurants not making a peep and even sat thru Mom getting her hair cut! Overall, Oliver is doing great and we are enjoying every minute of him.
As for me and Justin...well I bought P90X for Justin for his birthday and he started it and did the first couple of weeks and then just trailed off for many reasons. One, I think, is just not being able to find a really good time to do it without cutting in to "Oliver time", which Justin does not get as much as I do so it is very precious. Well I got to the point where I was thinking, "Okay, it's been 10 weeks since I've had this baby and I haven't really exercised in like 2 years"...so I decided I was going to start P90X (Crazy, I know). Well Justin decided to start over with me so we could hold each other accountable and keep with it for the full 90 days. (We will see if this happens as occasionally "life" gets in the way, or baby). Today was Day #1. Wow! I am REALLY out of shape. I know it was supposed to be tough, but seriously!? Today was Chest & Back, and let's just say my number of reps was a little on the lower side. I can't do a pull up are you kidding me!? But I feel great, and hopefully will proceed with Day #2 after Oliver goes to bed tomorrow night. Wish us luck! Hot Mama body here we come...t-minus 89 days...
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
The fastest 2 months of my life
Today my son is 2 months old. And it has gone by so fast. I know people always say it goes by quick, and I'm thankful I'm able to stay home with him and enjoy every minute of it.
Oliver was born in 1/1/11 at 6 lbs 11 oz and he's already almost 11 lbs. And I have to say I am partially to thank for that. I have been exclusively breastfeeding Oliver since he was able to eat. (Now his daddy feeds him a bottle a day too though of breastmilk) But he has been growing and gaining weight because of what my body is able to provide him. Being pregnant is amazing to think of how the baby is able to be created inside your body, and when they are born it's hard to believe the were ever in there. Breastfeeding has been kind of the extention of my pregnancy. In a way they are very similar. At the beginning of your pregnancy it sucks because you are exhausted and don't feel well. This is very similar to breastfeeding for the first month. You are exhausted and your body hurts, but you can't get enough sleep to make it better because your child has to eat so frequently. This was one of the hardest parts for me, but we made it thru. I would just tell myself...just see what tomorrow is like...and it worked for me. Oliver had a hard time gaining weight at first and it took him more like 3 weeks instead of the "normal" 2 weeks. I put the word normal in quotations because there is no such thing. This "normal" made us switch pediatricians before he was 1 month old.
A note to doctors out there: try not to freak out first time parents. It is a very easy task and most of you I'm sure are very successful at it. Just think for a second...we have no idea what we are doing and we're in control of a life so dependent on us it's scary. So try to actually explain things to a person who has no freaking clue about babies. I mean you went to school for an ungodly amount of time to learn about them. Uh, we had like 9 months to prepare. So not the same.
For any mom who is going to breasfeed...I say befriend a lactation consultant. They were life savers, and made me feel like I was doing what Oliver needed and he'd figure it out in time. One thing that stuck with me is someone told me he was just as new to this as I was, and we were both lost and would need to find our way. One of the most enlightening things I could have heard when I was about to give up out of pure frustration. I have to say when I would hear other moms say "It gets better" my only question was "When?" But it did...and now he is eating like a champ and putting on the pounds to prove it. Our next hurdle...trying to figure out how to occupy a 2 month old who just does not want to take a nap, haha. That and getting thru growth spurts.
But this face...makes it all worth it!
Oliver was born in 1/1/11 at 6 lbs 11 oz and he's already almost 11 lbs. And I have to say I am partially to thank for that. I have been exclusively breastfeeding Oliver since he was able to eat. (Now his daddy feeds him a bottle a day too though of breastmilk) But he has been growing and gaining weight because of what my body is able to provide him. Being pregnant is amazing to think of how the baby is able to be created inside your body, and when they are born it's hard to believe the were ever in there. Breastfeeding has been kind of the extention of my pregnancy. In a way they are very similar. At the beginning of your pregnancy it sucks because you are exhausted and don't feel well. This is very similar to breastfeeding for the first month. You are exhausted and your body hurts, but you can't get enough sleep to make it better because your child has to eat so frequently. This was one of the hardest parts for me, but we made it thru. I would just tell myself...just see what tomorrow is like...and it worked for me. Oliver had a hard time gaining weight at first and it took him more like 3 weeks instead of the "normal" 2 weeks. I put the word normal in quotations because there is no such thing. This "normal" made us switch pediatricians before he was 1 month old.
A note to doctors out there: try not to freak out first time parents. It is a very easy task and most of you I'm sure are very successful at it. Just think for a second...we have no idea what we are doing and we're in control of a life so dependent on us it's scary. So try to actually explain things to a person who has no freaking clue about babies. I mean you went to school for an ungodly amount of time to learn about them. Uh, we had like 9 months to prepare. So not the same.
For any mom who is going to breasfeed...I say befriend a lactation consultant. They were life savers, and made me feel like I was doing what Oliver needed and he'd figure it out in time. One thing that stuck with me is someone told me he was just as new to this as I was, and we were both lost and would need to find our way. One of the most enlightening things I could have heard when I was about to give up out of pure frustration. I have to say when I would hear other moms say "It gets better" my only question was "When?" But it did...and now he is eating like a champ and putting on the pounds to prove it. Our next hurdle...trying to figure out how to occupy a 2 month old who just does not want to take a nap, haha. That and getting thru growth spurts.
But this face...makes it all worth it!
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Holy Crap...I'm "kinda" Freaking OUT!
It has been awhile since I have posted anything on here...and I KNOW I said I was going to do better. I'm pretty sure it's been over a month, sorry.
We are having a baby in 6 days! Yeah, 6. That's what I'm saying. It's kind of a scary thought for me, but I am so ready! Our baby boy will be delivered (pending plans go thru) on January 1, 2011 and we are so excited! It's only a few days earlier than the original plan, but feels like it shaved a week off. There are so many unknowns in our situation still and this makes me feel uncomfortable, but I'm ready for the answers to my questions and I'm ready to meet him. I want to see what he looks like. I want to see what he is going to smell like. I want to see how he is going to act. I want to see what characteristics of mine and which of Justin's he is going to have. It's just so overwhelmingly exciting it's difficult to really put into words.
This has been a long time coming for us and we have had some hurdles along the way. These have made some of this journey difficult but at the same time it has made it easier and made us ready for anything. Many have continued to tell us how much our life is going to change being parents. Well, I hate to say it, but our lives have already changed a lot from being parents and we are welcoming this change. All the crying in the middle of the night, all the poop diapers where you think you're going to throw up, all the days of sore nipples where your breasts feel like they will fall off from feeding, all the sleepless nights, and we're going to enjoy them all! It's odd for some people to understand this about us I think. We are actually looking forward to these things and looking forward to the misery. Because for us...this means we have our baby and we are doing our best job at taking care of him. And we are well aware it will be a learning experience for all three of us :)
As I write this I'm thinking about all the things I have to do in the next 4 days because we have to be "ready" when I go in for my amniocentesis (in case my body decides it's ready to have a baby), and there's really not a whole lot more to do. We are physically prepared...now we'll see if we're ready! Here goes parenting...
We are having a baby in 6 days! Yeah, 6. That's what I'm saying. It's kind of a scary thought for me, but I am so ready! Our baby boy will be delivered (pending plans go thru) on January 1, 2011 and we are so excited! It's only a few days earlier than the original plan, but feels like it shaved a week off. There are so many unknowns in our situation still and this makes me feel uncomfortable, but I'm ready for the answers to my questions and I'm ready to meet him. I want to see what he looks like. I want to see what he is going to smell like. I want to see how he is going to act. I want to see what characteristics of mine and which of Justin's he is going to have. It's just so overwhelmingly exciting it's difficult to really put into words.
This has been a long time coming for us and we have had some hurdles along the way. These have made some of this journey difficult but at the same time it has made it easier and made us ready for anything. Many have continued to tell us how much our life is going to change being parents. Well, I hate to say it, but our lives have already changed a lot from being parents and we are welcoming this change. All the crying in the middle of the night, all the poop diapers where you think you're going to throw up, all the days of sore nipples where your breasts feel like they will fall off from feeding, all the sleepless nights, and we're going to enjoy them all! It's odd for some people to understand this about us I think. We are actually looking forward to these things and looking forward to the misery. Because for us...this means we have our baby and we are doing our best job at taking care of him. And we are well aware it will be a learning experience for all three of us :)
As I write this I'm thinking about all the things I have to do in the next 4 days because we have to be "ready" when I go in for my amniocentesis (in case my body decides it's ready to have a baby), and there's really not a whole lot more to do. We are physically prepared...now we'll see if we're ready! Here goes parenting...
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