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01-8-2008 - Slevin is one month old today!!

My mood while writing this blog: Ecstatic

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I can't believe my baby boy is one month today already! More to the point, I can't believe I've not slept more than a couple hours a night for the last month and I'm still sane and alive lol!

He's absolutely thriving, and I love him so much, what a special little man... he's all gummy grins and coo's, and is generally such a happy baby. We are so blessed! He's starting to enjoy bath time now (at first he thought I was trying to kill him and just screamed) and actually smiles all the way through, he still loves nothing better than to be held tight against me, and is now outgrowing the 0 - 3 month clothing I have for him... It's only 2 weeks til my mom is here, and I have my suspicions that he will be in the low end of 3 - 6 month clothing by then! lol

I'm so excited or my mom to come... this is her first grandchild, and she is so excited and happy... I really can't wait for her to meet him. I know he will melt her heart just like he has done to everyone else he has met... I have my pregnant friend (due in November) telling me she hopes her kid is just like him... wrong, but I'll take the compliment for this little angel we've created.

I am doing okay, I've stopped being totally up and down emotionally, and am generally just getting on with and enjoying being a mom. I wish I had more time to exercise, but even walking outside here is a nightmare at the moment - solid rain for the last 3 days! I could use my treadmill, but when I'm home all I want to do is sleep! lol. The girdles have worked wonders for the water weight, and even without exercising I'm down another 8.8 pounds, making for a total loss of almost 38 pounds so far. I've got sucha long way to go, but it feels so good!

I also started expressing yesterday, and it's going really well, I think... I'm getting just over 2 oz per long sitting, although I usually pump once in the morning and then top up later so he can get a good feed. So far I'm only storing in the fridge, one feed at a time, so that Jacques can do a feed in the evenings for bonding, but if it keeps going so well, I'll be stocking up the freezer, too... It was actually quite heart-wrenching to see my baby eat from a bottle yesterday, it seems so unnatural to me now, but I know it's something I'll have to get used to!

Anyway that's it for the good news! I'll stop gushing now! lol

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5 Comments on Slevin is one month old today!!


sandrawb - Tuesday, 5 Aug
Isn't it just amazing to see something you've created grow right in front of your eyes! I've been very lucky as my son has been sleeping through the night for weeks now. He fell asleep around 9:30pm last night and woke up at 4am. I've officially stopped breastfeeding and it's heart breaking. My milk supply never matched his appetite as it was low from the beginning. I even took meds for two weeks to try to boost the milk supply. It worked while I was taking the meds, but as soon as I weened off the meds my milk went too. Chase wasn't gaining enough weight on breastmilk exclusively, so the doc had us suppliment with formula during his first week. Chase has chronic acid reflux too (which the doc says that most babies outgrow between 9 months and one year) so his formula has to be thickened with rice cereal. In any case, all this means he has to be bottlefed. However, it's been a challenge for me to accept and get over the fact that I wasn't able to breastfeed exclusively, and now can't at all. Nonetheless, he is thriving! He's already 12 pounds and he was born at 8 pounds 2 oz. I'm feeling great these days. The pregnancy hormones just made me an emotional wreck for my entire 40 weeks. I've been on cloud 9 since delivery. I've lost all the baby weight, which is great...but my tummy looks awful. I'm hoping that it looks better with more exercise and ab workouts. It's not fair to lose all that weight and still not be able to fit into my pre-pregnancy clothes because my tummy didn't shrink all the way back. Well, I'm sorry for writing a book...just felt the need to catch up with you since we haven't spoken in a long time. I hope you're having as much fun as I am! Oh...I'll be going back to work this coming Monday. I'm not thrilled about it at all...but I'm grateful that I've been able to take 7.5 weeks off!! :)

Martina26 - Tuesday, 5 Aug
U R Truly Blessed!!! It only gets better after the first month. They start sleeping at night longer and longer each week. Deacon started out sleeping from 10pm to 2 am, nurse, sleep for 4 more hours, nurse again, he did this till 10am. Now at 3 months he sleeps from 9pm to 4 am. nurse then sleeps till 6 or 7 bottle sleep til 9am. But I am running into him only doing the night nurse, and i havent pumped recently so i need to get back on a schedule. ;( Congrats babe,

carmendayle - Tuesday, 5 Aug
1 month already....Wow time fly's... Hows it being a new mommy?? I sure love it, that's for sure. My little one will be a month already next week I think...lol I can't believe it either. They grow way too fast. So when did your little man start smiling?? My Hannah will smile but not a stimulated one, I think it's gas, but I could have sworn she has 1 or 2 times looking at me and smiling... I thought I might have been crazy though. Hannah loved her baths from the 1st one, I am pretty grateful for that. She sleeps about 3 to 4 hours at night, and I thought that was good too. But I'm not really sure whats normal and not, since she's my 1st. Anyhow, I wanted to say Hi, and hope all goes well. Take care and enjoy!!!

annekat - Saturday, 2 Aug
I find your blogs comforting as i cant wait now to feel what you are feeling. sounds to be all well worth it in the end and amazing. glad to her the moods have settled in a month, and dont worry about the weight issue. i bet you looik great anyway!

orion-utopia - Friday, 1 Aug
wow, has it already been a month?? it sounds like youre managing really well...slevin doesnt know how lucky he is to have you as a mother. big hugs. ùb