Monday Already?

This weekend went by very quickly! I'm sure Nick feels the same. Only one more week until I start school. I can hardly believe it's that time already! Logan is two months old today. Where has the time gone? It feels like just yesterday he was born. On the other hand, I can't remember life before him either. He is growing and turning into a real little boy with a very cute personality. He is so smiley when he isn't uncomfortable or hungry!

Last Tuesday, at mom and baby class, he weighed 11 lbs, 5 oz! My guess is that this Tuesday he will be over 12 lbs! He is growing out of some of his newborn onesies too. He's getting so big!!

This weekend we spent with Martha and Doug out at their house. Nick suggested it Friday night, so we spent Friday and Saturday nights out there. Logan was pretty good the whole time we were there. He slept for his longest stretch ever, 4 1/2 hours, Friday night. Woohoo! I'm hoping that will become more of a habit.

Now that we've got his formula straightened out, I'm going to try and get his schedule/routine down. I really want him to get into some good habits, not only for us, but for my dad who will be watching him while I'm at school and Nick is at work. We've been doing pretty well so far when we are at home. I think we might just need to be home for a couple of weeks at bedtime to really get it down.

At 8:30, we either give him a bath or read a couple of books. We give him a bottle and put him down.

That's about as far as we've gotten for something that happens everyday. I'm really working on him not needing to eat more often than 3 hours at a time. If we can stretch his feedings from every 2 hours to every 3, he will probably sleep longer at night.

Well, I better get to bed while he is asleep! Goodnight!

(Oh.. just so I know how many people are reading this.. because I am a curious girl, would everyone mind leaving a comment? Thanks!!)

-Kristin

6 week checkup

Well we went to Dr. Alleman's today. Logan weighs in at 10 pounds, 12 oz! He is up 4.4 pounds in 5 weeks! (We left the hospital 5 weeks ago tomorrow, at 6 pounds 8 oz!). He is 22 1/2 inches long, up from 20 inches at birth. His head circumfrence is 37cm. I can't remember what it was when he was born.

With Dr. Alleman's reccommendation, we've decided to switch to lactose free formula instead of breastfeeding. Logan seems to be tolerating that a lot better than the breastmilk. He is almost a brand new baby! So for now, I am still pumping and storing my milk until I can make myself stop. I am hoping that somewhere down the line he'll be able to take the milk that I've stored. If not, oh well. He is so much happier now. It is really rough on me, but I will deal with it.

On Tuesday, Jeanene, Joey, Logan and I went to the Mom and Baby class again. This time, there was a pediatric linguist speaker. It was really neat learning how babies develop their language. She also stressed the importance of baby sign language. We will definitely be teaching him to sign!

Tomorrow, we are meeting Noelle and some other friends and their boys at Odessey 1 during the day. It'll be nice getting out of the house :)

We just found out that Logan will be getting a new cousin on Nick's side! Congratulations Michelle!

That's it for now. :)

-Kristin