AGE: 1 week
WEIGHT: 9 lbs already! He weighed 7lb 9oz on Sunday when we came home, so up more than a pound in less than a week. Yikes! I'm having pregnancy flashbacks already...FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: Sleeping, eating & pooping! And he does like his baths so far.
LEAST FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: Getting his diaper changed. And being cold.
MY CHILD IS A GENIUS BECAUSE: He can seriously hold his head up SO stinkin well! He's got the strongest neck ever. I've never seen a newborn with such strong neck muscles. He doesn't even flop his head down, he just gently, slowly puts it down.
So bear with me, this new weekly stats is a work in progress. I plan on changing it up a little bit. And it will morph into a monthly stats, but for now being he's so new i decided to do a weekly one. In essence, i think this will kind of be like Octaveus' online baby book. I was horrible about keeping one for Em, so i am determined to fill this blog with new teeth, first\new words, happiest moments ect. I will post a seperate blog about the birth story. For now i'm gonna try to stick to the first week of life at home with 2 kids and how we are all individually adjusting. Then, watch out cause i'm sure there'll be a ton of pics to follow.
It's hard for me to say really, how things at home with 2 are going, mostly because my mom was here for the week and just left yesterday. Call me a baby, or a new second time hormonal mama, but i bawled like a baby the instant she went to leave. Even typing this makes me want to cry. HATE.HORMONES! So as you can imagine, i was pretty much off of dishes\cleaning duty, as well as making meals. I DID manage to make our bed most mornings and i've been doing laundry daily. THAT is an accomplishment! Octaveus really is all around a pretty good baby THANK goodness! He eats like a champ, (obviously considering he's gained over a pound already!!) poops like a champ, (and likes to wiz all over the couch & wall when being changed) and of course sleeps a lot, even at night it's been okay. Last night i am happy to report we got a 3 hour & a 4 hour stretch in. Let's hope it keeps going that way. He really is not fussy at all, until of course today, i'm thinking he's having tummy troubles.
As far as i go, i am pretty much as expected. Emotional, hormonal ect. And i have forgotten how much worse new "mom brain" is than pregnancy brain. Boy have i done some stupid stuff this week! Not feeling the greatest, but i got sick the day after we got home with the sinus cold sore throat crud. And with the extreme lack of sleep, i am not getting over it any to quickly. I have a lot of complaints in the department of not feeling well, but i will spare you of what they are. I do however LOVE not being pregnant anymore and still am so thankful everyday that once he was born my back & hip pain were instantly gone and i have no more nausea. I've really been trying to soak up every bit of the new baby snuggley goodness over the week and it's been great! I've really appreciated the experience far more this time around, mostly i think because of being much more laid back the 2nd time around. And even though we absolutely were not planning on having any more children after this, i feel an profound sadness knowing that we CAN'T have any more. It makes me so badly want to just bottle up all these last "new" baby experiences because they go by SO quickly. I say we can't have any more kids because there was an issue with Octaveus blood type vs my blood type, making it that we should not have any more kids or it'd be very bad. Don't get me wrong, i am not boo-hooing or complaining. I sure know how fortunate we are to have 2 of the most beautiful children ever! I just wish the time didn't pass by so so quickly. And that he wouldn't change so so much so quickly. Having a child like Emelyne though, i can not even imagine what we are in store for with Octaveus & his personality!
As far as Aaron goes, though i can't speak for him, i can tell you he couldn't be a more proud daddy! Every time he holds him he makes some comment like "he's sure a good looking boy we made" or something to that effect. SO sweet! And though i have no expectation for him to do so, he diligently forces himself awake at the end of each feeding during the night to change baby's diaper & swaddle him & put him back to bed. He couldn't be happier with his boy, or to have a boy to complete the family.
Emelyne, LOVES her little brother. She wants to share EVERYTHING with him, toys, animals, blankets. And i'm sure the poor girl is so over being told "no leave him alone" all the time. She always wants to press the buttons on the swing or check and see if baby's eyes are open or if his tongue is sticking out of his mouth. She IS a super helper! Always willing to toss diapers in the trash or go get whatever you ask her to. She always wants to hold him, which is not nearly enough according to her because she's still getting over being sick so we don't like her to be touching him too much. She is however having some behavior issuses, not surprisingly. Around 3-4 pm everyday she pretty much has an emotional breakdown, and is having several issues daily with disobeying\not listening. It's not terrible, and i expected something of this sort. Between being sick still, adjusting to a new baby in the house, and being so sad that her Grandma Jen went home, i think she's doing pretty well actually. I find it funny being Em has always been so tiny for her age, and still is, that she now looks like a monster of a child to me. Especially her hands & fingers, look ginormous! Though being a boy and being a good eater already, i'm sure it won't be long til her brother catches up to her!
Okay i think i'm done for now. I've been working on this post for 3 days now. Time for some pics and i think it's complete!!
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