Week Four: at a Glance along with some Mommy Guilt

Week Four: At a Glance
*Celebrated the Four Week/One Month Milestone with a party with Grammie & Alyson
*Mix of sleeping through the night with nights of waking up constantly wanting to feed
*Smiled a few times, but more when going to the bathroom or when napping
*Still grunting while pooping and now when starting to nurse
*Follows Mommy or Daddy with his eyes and head
*Pushes off with his legs to scoot him up my body or his changing table
*Blows bubbles with his mouth
*Most morning did not take morning nap which made him a bit fussy
*Finally able to enjoy nice weather outside (went out three days in a row)
*Said "Hi"! Both Mommy & Alyson heard this although we know it was just a sound and not the actual word, but it was still cute
*First projectile vomit moment
*Went out for our first walk
*Makes a "waving" motion while nursing
*Got a card from our Delivery Nurse

And now for the dash of Mommy Guilt:
Our baby is only four weeks old and I've already started to have Mommy Guilt. Isn't it too soon for that???? We have tickets to go see Harry Connick Jr tomorrow night and I really really want to go. Afterall, I haven't missed a tour in ten years. But I also really don't want to leave Alexander. I know it'll be good for Dan & I to have a date night, but I don't really feel as though I 'need' it. I also know I'll have a great time at the show but I'll miss him like crazy.

What to do, what to do! I know, I know - Go, enjoy ourselves and suck up the guilt that I have.

Photoshoot Pictures...

As promised here are some pictures of the photoshoot Alyson & I had with Alexander last Friday.

Enjoy

The two baseball teams of Mommy & Daddy

SO BIG!

Here he is hanging out with Grover & Friends

Four Weeks

Alexander is Four Weeks old today, not quite a month but Four Weeks. It's gone by so quickly. Maybe Grammie or Grandpa in NJ will get him a pony for his Month Birthday. Haa.

This week has been a very lowkey week and I think the weather has played a very large role in that. We've been hit with a spring-type Nor'easter and have been pummeled with wind & rain. Not ideal for going out. There is not a whole lot to post about because Alexander is doing exactly what he's supposed to be doing. Eating, pooping & sleeping. He may not be sleeping when we would want, but he does sleep. So we can't complain. However there is one thing we can praise & one thing we can complain about. He's very strong. I mean unbelievably strong for a newborn. The strength in his limbs is insane - did you ever think you'd need two adults to hold down a leg so you can finish changing his diaper? He also holds his head up quite a bit.
And for our small complaint... this little guy grunts all the time. I wonder if it's because he's finding his voice. It used to be grunting just when he was going the bathroom, now he grunts all the time. And it's frustrating when he wakes himself up because his grunts are so loud. Oh well.

He has his One Month check-up next week and my only hope is that he's gained the right amount of weight. I'm sure he has because he's been eating well but he just feels little to me. On the plus side, his diaper rash is all but gone, so that makes him & us a bit happier.

Since the sun is out today - we're going to go out and take advantage of it but I'll leave you with some pictures from this week.

Week Four Pictures

As promised here are a few pictures of Alexander from this week.

First off, Alexander showing off his strength in his legs, he was pushing off on Daddy so Daddy thought let's put it to the test. Obviously he wouldn't be able to stand on his own, but he did a good job of not just dangling there. (Doesn't he look like he's saying "What up Yo")












Then we have a very upset baby. Not only did he loose his pacifier (yes, we gave him one) and couldn't find it again, but he was also very hungry and Mom & Dad were not feeding him fast enough.






And once we changed him and gave him back his pacifier he was content for the moment.

Week Four

Alexander is Three and a half weeks old... my god that went by fast!
Everything kind of feels like a blur but I wouldn't change any of it. Well, maybe I'd like more sleep but we knew going into this we wouldn't get that.

Since Wednesday, we've been fairly low key around here. That's mainly because Alexander hasn't really wanted to sleep although that's what he needed the most. Daddy set up the mirror in the car so we can see Alexander in the back seat because Mommy & Alexander took our first outing together as Mommy can drive now. We went to Target & CVS just to get out of the house and run a few errands. It was nice to get out and wasn't nearly as worrisome as I thought it would be.

Thursday, Friday & Saturday were long nights, especially Saturday. Thursday & Friday nights he woke up a few times and didn't want to finish the night off in the bassinett. Saturday night was the worst night since we've been home. He really wanted no part of sleeping. He would eat, whimper, eat, cry, poop, and eat some more. But no sleeping.
This made for a cranky Mommy. Thankfully he slept through the night last night and is sleeping well now.

I do have some updated pictures that I'll add shortly but he may be waking right now... Enjoy your day