Wednesday, 25 February 2009

• Yes, I am still alive and well...

  I know, long time, no blog. Sorry. Just had a busy last 2 weeks. My mom flew in from out of state to see Gabe for the first time last weekend. So what do we do when mothers or mother-in-laws come to visit? We clean- at least this chick does! Especially if relations with said persons are kinda shaky. But that's another story for another time.

  I guess I haven't updated since before our 6 week check-up, so I'll start there. As of 2 weeks ago, Gabe weighed in at 11 lbs. 8 oz.! Guess the goat milk must be working, lol! He weighed 7 lbs. 9oz. at birth, so I'm guessing that almost 4 lbs. is a pretty good gain. And he's 22 in. long. So definitely something happening in the growth department. Well, yeah, duh! And the midwife gave me the good-as-new, all-clear sign. So now, since I'm not nursing , I can concentrate on losing about 50 lbs.! Well, I'd love to lose somewhere around 70 or 80 lbs., but 50 sounds a little more doable.  We'll see how that goes... I can't wait till it gets a little warmer so I can get out and walk! Not that I totally love walking that much, but it's free and low-impact and I can take Gabe along in the stroller.

  Gabe's started smiling and "talking" now and is just too cute! Of course, I'm his mom, so I can say that, haha. He's been sleeping through the night since about 5 weeks, waking somewhere between 6 and 7 a.m. Since Nate is up to go to work then, he just fed him and put him back to bed where the little guy would just go back to sleep for another hour or two. This week he's been sleeping right through til at least 8:00 a.m. WONderful! Now we put him to bed somewhere between 8 and 9 p.m. and he sleeps almost a whole 12 hours- yay!

  Last week wasn't so much fun though. He was sleeping through the night, yes, but he developed a killer of a diaper rash! Of course, it was mostly my fault, poor baby. I started switching him over to his cloth diapers at the beginning of last week as the supply of gifted disposable pampers was running low. And dumb me, I didn't realize how much more often I would have to change him with the cloth diapers since they don't wick the moisture away from the skin as well as pampers. Sure, I changed him a little more often, but not near enough. Like I said, poor baby! He was so fussy those few days! But, after several nights of letting him sleep butt-naked (with a blanket over him and a space heater in his room) to let the air get at his poor little bottom, a tube of Desitin, and diaper changing vigilance, we seem to have it whipped and he looks and feels much better. Now I will try the cloth diapers again, but this time I'll try to change him every time he wets and use Vaseline on his bottom. Anyone out there have anymore tips? I'm using prefolds with Bummis diaper covers. I really love them, the design and everything, I just don't love diaper rash! And I hope I didn't start something with the whole sleeping naked thing! He'll want to do that soon enough on his own!

  Here's some shots from the last 2 weeks...

  

  The other night with his Daddy. Be still my beating, melting heart! *sigh*

  

  In his stroller on a unseasonably warm day the other week.

  These last four are some shots I took the other day while he was sleeping on the couch. There was really good, diffused light coming in the window and I had fun!

  

  

  

  

  Ok, now I have to go make a bottle, get some baby poop out from under my fingernails, and put a load of laundry in the dryer. Hopefully it will not be 2 weeks before I post again!

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