Baby, Christmas, Shopping and other random stuff

I could easily make more than one blog post with all the babbling I will do today, but since time is not my friend (ha) I decided to make one long babbling post. :)

Baby K is too adorable! Today we did some tummy time activities and I also rattled some toys and had a conversation with him.. His response was in cooing so I know he was agreeing with everything I said Ha!


We also had an afternoon play date at a friends house up the street. She ordered wings and fries and they were delish! We were chatting so much we forgot to take pictures!



 Little K does not like the swing or the bouncer at all! he lasts 5 minutes in it, he rather be held or in his napper in the playpen. We'll keep trying tho.


There are only a couple hours a day that he enjoys being in the wrap, which is good for me cause I get to make myself food for lunch! 


I'm down 21 lbs, 18 lbs left to get to my pre-preg weight, but 34lbs to get to my goal. I'll be focused more after the holidays.  Although right now it is tough to eat, being so busy. I started making wraps filled with lots of good stuff,  to make sure I'm getting lots of good nutrients for breastfeeding.

Chicken, lettuce mix, and avocado, yum!

During pregnancy my foot size whet up from 7.5 to a 9! So far it's pretty much the same, just not swollen haha.  I had these new boots from last year and they don't fit! :(


 So yesterday I did some online shopping. I bought 2 pairs of boots! They should get here tomorrow or monday.... they better fit!! There are soo many things I need for this winter! A winter jacket, sweaters... ugh!

I feel like I hardly have any time for anything these days, my days feel like 1 very long day. Everyday is pretty much exactly the same! Some days are better than others... Baby K sleeps 2-4 hour stretches after nursing, so at night I'm sleeping as soon as he is. :)



We are hoping to put the tree up this weekend. For now I put decorations around the house and put up the stockings... I put 3 up so it wouldn't look to bare.


I'm so excited for Christmas... But I do have a huge list for Christmas shopping! I need to get started!

Have you started your shopping!??

Wordless Wednesday

1 month old blog post!

Kristian is 1 month old!!!

Birth Weight 6lbs 12 oz (19 3/4 long)

2 weeks old weight 7lbs 13 oz

1 month weight 8lbs 11 oz (21 inches long)



At his 2 month checkup he will get his vaccines. The doctor gave me this list.


Some things this mama did not know about having a newborn....

Cleaning his nose. A friend recommended these drops and it works great to clean his nose.

His long long nails, I finally cut and filed them, but mittens are necessary so little one does not get to his eyes ha!

Breast fed babies need Vitamin D drops. Once a day. My doctor gave me 2 bottles to start giving baby K.


Fussy/gassy periods of the day. As my doctor says... do whatever works! The sound of white noise works great, cuddles and rocking works and some days I gave Gripe water if I hear his being gassy with pain. It happened a couple times.

These are the two books I like so far.  What to expect first year my friend recommended and I recommend as well now.


I love this sweet boy sooo much! Happy 1 month baby K! I get a little emotional about it, It still feels like I just had him yesterday. Love him sooo much! Even when he cries for 3 hours straight haha!

I'm 4 weeks old today!

1 day old

 I'm 4 weeks old! Look how big I've grown!

I make more cooing sounds and love to look around. I have hours of alertness getting to know my family and home.
I nurse every 2-3 hours and that makes me happy :)
But I do have periods of the day when I just want to cry and cry (ha) I want mom's cuddles and I love the sound of rain, ocean or water pouring, so mom downloaded many of these sounds on her iphone and has a playlist just for me... (haha)

To thank my mom for all her hard work I bought her this cute new coach purse :)




Monday I go for my 1 month checkup! I think I weight 8 lbs 12 oz. lets see!

Yay 4 weeks!!!
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Yesterday some friends and family came over 2 of my friends brought Kristian these cute gifts. Adorable.

It's been a pretty crazy week and I'm exhausted! Hope you are all having a good Saturday. I just spend most my day doing laundry... bahhhhhh!

My baby boy

I haven't been blogging about anything but my little boy, well he is taking all my attention these days. I'm so happy for the blogger App, it makes it easy for me to put in a quick post on my iPhone ;)

Breastfeeding is going well, baby and I finally have it figured out ;) so that makes us at 2 weeks of exclusive Breastfeeding. Yay! Although somedays I feel a little overwhelmed and exhausted and I'm still not comfortable with Breastfeeding in public yet. I'm working on that.

Wednesday I brought Kristian to get his hearing tested. They usually do it at the hospital when he is born, but my hospital missed that test.

It was so quick, less than a minute and he passed. Yay!

Saturday Kristian will be 4 weeks! Monday we will go to the doctor for his 1 month checkup. Tuesday he will be 1 month!!

I put away almost all his newborn clothes ;( and his swaddle blankets that use to fit his whole body only go mid waist now. My baby boy is growing so fast!

Babys first Christmas

Time is just flying by! I've been so busy with my little baby and Christmas is sneaking up so fast! I feel like i really dont have time for anything! Today I wanted to send out the announcement cards I made to family and friends. Let me tell you, it was challenging just going to the mail box. Baby K is going through a growth spurt and he is nursing so so often during certain periods of the day. I was concerned at first but twitter moms reassured me it was ok, and I spoke with my lactation nurse that confirmed it as well. So this made me feel much better.

I was able to go to the drug store this afternoon really quickly. I saw this cute christmas ornament! Hopefully we find time to put up a tree this year! I haven't had a chance to decorate at all yet. Because my little man just loves being in my arms.

Im 3 weeks old!

I can't believe that my little boy is already 3 weeks old!!!

We had to put away many of his newborn clothes already ;( he is growing big and strong. He moves his head a lot and is very strong in lifting it when he is on his tummy. He is starting to make cooing sounds too. Soo sweet! He stares right into my eye and it just melts my heart. I love him soooo much!

It's only been 3 weeks and breastfeeding is going well although there have been certain times of the day (6am to 1pm then about 6pm to 11pm) where the baby wants to he nursed every hour!!! He also refuses formula all together now. He prefers and only wants breastmilk.

I have a lot of amazing women around me in my life and amazing women on twitter that have really been supportive and telling me to keep at it and not to give up. I'm grateful for that. Thanks ladies! You all tell me it will get easier.... I'm holding you all to it! Haha.

I am proud of myself though, and when I think that I kept at it for 3 weeks I know I can keep going. If I don't drop from being super tired and exhausted that is haha.

I ordered a baby wrap this week too! The baby K'tan!

I bought it from www.peaceofmindbaby.com and since they are located in my city it arrived in only a couple of days! I tried it out yesterday and it's comfy!!

Wordless Wednesday

Sterilizing bottles-what do you do?

Today baby K had his 2 week check up. He is up in weight and his doctor was happy! He is now 7lbs 13oz ;) my big boy! Our doctor really wants us to breastfeed only, which we are trying. We are doing well but we top up with formula a couple times a day. I'm pumping between Feedings when I can to use that as the top up as much as possible. Either way it's working for us so far and doctor was glad we found what works best for us ;)

Before I gave birth I was always concerned about sterilizing bottles. I heard many different things from different people. So last week I asked his doctor If I should boil the bottles and nipples etc. He said I could if I want.... But didn't elaborate. So today I asked again ;) he said soap and water is just fine and boiling is not necessary. Which sounds great to me! I've been making bottle soup for 2 weeks now haha! He also told me to watch the documentary "babies". My SIL told me about this movie a couple weeks ago. So I'm eager to watch it.

How do you wash bottles? For my pump I have the microwave steam bags which I love.

After his appointment we went to buy some clothes and went to best buy to pick up pictures.

Baby K was soo good and just slept the whole time yay!

Im 2 weeks old!

I'm 2 weeks old!

I'm a big boy! Growing everyday! I outgrew some of my newborn clothes and my newborn diapers are pretty snug!

My umbilical cord stump fell out when I was 9 days old ;)

I love taking a warm bath, it really relaxes me. I still hate it when I get my diaper changed though, and cry when it's done.

I love to sleep and give mommy 3-4 hours stretches of sleep. Which means I'm only up twice at night.

I'm also much more alert and love the sound of mommy and daddy's voices. Daddy sings me to sleep and I love that!

Here I am at 2 weeks! Nov 12, 2011