Hello, Anders is 10 Months Old! This happened 4 days ago now...the time is slipping by. But wanted to get his update done now. Blogger fail...I did his complete update yesterday (I just left the window on my computer open so I can go and weigh Anders...) came back to it this morning and I didn't save it :( This is the worse...but hopefully lesson learned. So anyways here we go again...lol. Anders is changing so much...he is transforming into this sweet little man. The personality on him is just so sweet. Charming, silly, loves to smile and loves to flirt with anyone, he's just our tiny little peanut of a man <3 We just adore him and he has been they most perfect addition to our family. Our family room is almost complete...just some final touches and then decorating! So the boys have been excited to have a space for all of their toys (and to be able to play with the toys that have been stored since last summer) it's like Christmas all over again. Anders is loving it because he is no longer getting trampled. He hangs out in the main living room upstairs while his brothers play downstairs. My favorite thing that he is doing that is the most recent is he sits up on his own (from lying on the floor) he just looks so cute and is getting so pro at it now. At first it was a bit of a shock coming into the room and seeing him sitting up (when I left and he was lying down) now to see him in action is one of the cutest things. Maybe crawling (real crawling) won't be too far off :) Anyways on to his update. again. lol Weight- Anders is weighing in at 16lbs & 4oz. Our little peanut. We have small babies. Sizes- He is able to wear a lot of his 6-12m clothes...however he is growing out of them in length so I have pulled out some of his 12-18m clothes. He is still wearing Size 4 pampers :) Routine- 6/7am- Wake up for the day. I nurse him then I feed him a half a banana and some cheerios or some toast! 7/8am- He goes for his first nap (however on Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays, Isaiah has preschool so if Anders doesn't wake up before 7am he has to wait for his first nap (which I would then put him down after I drop Isaiah off at school...so 9:30am...we don't like these days and this is the reason I want to start waking him for 6am every morning...so he can for sure have that nap before we leave...and so we can start going out and doing things each morning (like parent link...or for a walk...or the park as it get's nice outside) When he wakes up from his nap I nurse him again and then give him some sort of snack. Then I get the kids lunch ready around 11/11:30am and give him lunch to. 12/12:30pm- He and Jens goes for a nap (the boys share a room...and I am so happy these two nap at the same time...PLT) 2/3pm Wake up from nap. I nurse him and give him a snack. We eat dinner around 5pm and that is when I also give him dinner (usually puree up whatever we are eating or sometimes we give him those little organic food pouches...I am gonna start making some baby food for him again though...cause he really loves purees) sometimes he doesn't eat what we are eating...so it will be good to have a couple frozen purees that he loves that I can just defrost for him if needed :) 6:30- We get ready for bed. We sing some songs (he is getting so good at it...he kicks his feet and moves his head and he is usually our little drummer or piano player) He always has a big smile when he is playing a lot with us. Then we read the boys some stories, brush their teeth and tuck them in. We then sing them 2 or 3 songs when they are nice and tucked in. Anders kicks his feet when I am singing to him <3 Anders & Jens go down at the same time as well...so this is very convenient...we are so happy how bedroom sharing is turning out :) Sleeping- He is such a good sleeper. He sleeps through the night. The odd night he will wake up for 1 feed...but 90% of the time he sleeps all the way through. Eating- He is a good eater. He loves to nurse still (he nurses 4 or 5 times a day) He also loves to eat. Although since he got the flu a few weeks ago his appetite is not as it was. I am gonna make him some baby food purees today to try and get him back into eating everything ;) So we'll see if that works. He loves bananas, toast, muffins, shredded cheese, greek yogurt, grilled cheese, french toast, pancakes, most of the foods we eat! Milestones-
10 Months Postpartum- Crazy how fast the time is going. I am doing great. This past month as been a wonderful change for me. I have been getting back on the Trim Healthy Mama Plan and working out on a regular basis (at least 5x a week) I've been seeing the scale going down. I won't talk too much about that...but if it does interest you I've started a new blog on my weight loss journey. Feel free to follow me :) That is where I will keep weekly updates and what not Cynthia's Weight Loss Journey Everything else is going pretty good too...definitely adjusted to a house full of boys! Getting more organized with my life and running my household. Just enjoying life <3 ...following my dreams...
-Cynthia
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Hello there, Well this mama is crazy behind on posts. I just want to whip together this post about his 9 Month Update. Now to just remember some of the key points that happened around his 9th Month. Alright so he turned 9 Months the day we left for my parents house during Christmas break (December 28th) That was a while ago now...almost a month to be exact. lol. This little boy is changing so much. As of 9 months...he has been able to sit up for long periods of time and can wiggle and worm his away around our living room. He loves to watch his big brothers as they play around him...He is a mama's boy and loves his Daddy too. He is starting to talk a lot and he loves to eat. He is still nursing at least 5 times a day. He still sleeps 12 hours a night and naps 2-3 times during the day. He wears 6-12 month clothes and wears size 4 diapers. I am not sure what his weight is but I will be sure to get his weight for his 10 Month Update. He still loves his jumper and still does not take a soother. He is starting to push his little bum back and go onto his back legs as if he wants to crawl. He is a very social baby. And we love him to bits. Sorry for the not so organized post. But I thought I would get his up before he turns 10 months...and I am working on that post right now...so it doesn't take me a month to put up. Lol. Mama is doing great. Enjoying being a mom of three and starting to drink more coffee too ;) hehe. ...following my dreams...
-Cynthia Anders turned 8 Months Old yesterday. It's actually insane how fast the time is flying by. This little boy is my world, he brings so much joy into our lives. Yesterday we had a Family Day so he got to experience his very first time going out with us to get our Christmas tree. Of course he just chilled out in the car seat while we drove around to find the perfect tree. He did so good. Seriously friends...he is such a good baby. So easy going and just full of happiness most of the time <3 On to the update. At 8 Months Old.... Weight- 16lbs (Yay he's gained weight!!!!) Sizes- He wears 12 Month clothes and is still in size 4 diapers. I've noticed he is leaning out a lot which is to be expected judging my the size of his brothers. Routine- We are still trying to figure out a routine that works for us. Since Isaiah has started preschool we are still trying to figure out a nap routine that works for Anders. I've tried a couple different things these last couple of weeks. 6:30- He wakes up and talks to himself in his crib until I go get him (he always wakes up happy) I then nurse him, change him and give him some fruit and cheerios or toast. 9:15am- He takes his first nap (this is where we run into a problem because he is ready for this nap around 8am...but we can't let him go down since I have to drive Isaiah to preschool. Sometimes Anders falls asleep on the way to school...and I've tried a couple times of waking him up when we get home (around 9:15) nursing him and then putting him back to sleep. This seems to be what works best for him. 10:55am- I wake him up from his first nap to go and get Isaiah from school. I nurse him when we get home and then feed him some type of baby puree or a muffin. 12:30/1pm- He goes for his second nap. I nurse him when he wakes up and then give him a little snack (puffs, cheerios, an arrowroot, fruit or his leftover muffin) He pretty much just hangs out with us, we play with him, practice sitting & standing, he jumps in his jumper, rolls around the living room. 6:30 he is ready for bed. I usually give him some more purees at this point and then let him play for a few more minutes while we sometimes read to the boys. Then I nurse him and put him to bed...he is going through a phase right now that he will only fall asleep (without crying for a half an hour) on our bed. Then when he is asleep we move him into his crib. I'll keep trying every night to fall asleep in his bed first...but usually cave and move him onto our bed (mostly because the boys bedroom share and Jens needs to go to sleep around 6:30/7 as well) Everything is a learning curve. We'll get it eventually. It will take time to learn this ;) Anders sleeps all night (except for last night when he woke up to nurse at 4:30am...then went right back to sleep) that never happens FYI. greatest baby ever. Sleeping- As I stated in the routine. We are still learning his nap schedule (he should technically have 3 naps...which he get's to have when Isaiah doesn't have school) Also learning his bedtime schedule. But when he falls asleep he is amazing. He loves his sleep. He does still have to CIO to fall asleep, but I know that that is just his way of doing things. It broke my heart for the first couple months of him doing that...I'd just want to go get him and try and rock him. Believe me...I've tried to do that...it ends up being stressful on both of us and I found it's so much better for everyone if I just let him CIO. He falls asleep after 5-15 minutes. Eating- I am still breastfeeding him and he loves to nurse :) So happy with this experience! But this baby LOVES food. He loves to nurse, he loves to eat solids. We mostly do puree's although we are starting to introduce him to finger foods now (as long as they are soft enough for him to gum) He does have 2 little teeth now but still has to gum everything he eats. I give him foods like grilled cheese, toast with butter, muffins, pears, banana's, we've tried a few tastes of greek yogurt. We've also tried some small pieces of meats and eggs and rice...but learned he is not ready for that as he just gags :( which is NOT fun to see....so we'll wait a bit longer for that. Milestones-
8 Months Postpartum- I am doing awesome :) Things are going really good for me. I feel like my body is going back to normal. I haven't really lost much weight so that is something that I find a bit stressful, but I do know that it is not gonna come off on it's own. Now I know what they mean about saying it get's harder the more kids you have and the older you get. But I can feel the motivation flowing through my body and hope that I can develop some good routines for myself in the next months to come. My Sister is getting married in the summer so I have goals I'd like to reach for that special day! But all in good time. I am honestly just so happy where I am at right now...and I think that is the first...most difficult to learn. To Love yourself...whatever stage. I Love my life, I love my Husband, I love my boys, I Love my family & friends...I am just so incredibly blessed with everything around me...and I feel so content with having me realize that those things are the only things in life that matter ...following my dreams...
-Cynthia Hey, It's actually pretty crazy that Anders is 7 Months Old. Where the heck did the time go? This little boy brings so much joy into my life and I am so thankful for him. This little dude enjoys life to the fullest and is seriously the easiest baby I know. He sleeps 12 (sometimes 13) hours at night, naps during the day, nurses, sometimes eats some puree's or practices his cheerio grabbing skills, plays, rolls around, jumps, sits up (almost unattended), and just loves to watch the world around him. So...much...of awesome exploding from this little man. The most exciting thing that is new with him though is he said 2 of his first words. First one was "Ba Ba" Second one "Ma Ma" Yes!!!!!! This mama is so proud of him. So sweet. Anders is seriously so sweet. That is the one word that sums him up when people ask me what kind of baby he is. I look at him all day long and just think "You are too sweet Anders" <3 Renovations are still going on in our house. The Drywall is all done. Next up painting the walls, putting in the rug, and all the finishing touches. Then this winters project will be our bathroom downstairs and then the basement will be 90% complete (we'll deal with the laundry room in the spring/summer) But it is so nice to finally see the end coming. Exciting knowing that in just a few short weeks we will be able to use our family room, set up my craft room and set up the guest bedroom. YAY! Nothing else really going on in our house. The boys are getting excited for Halloween and Isaiah is getting very excited for his 4th Birthday!!!! I better get crackin' on making some Birthday Party Decorations! Anyways on to the update for Mr. Anders <3 Enjoy! Weight & Length- He had his immunization appointment a couple days ago. Things are going great with him He is a happy healthy baby. He weighed in at 15 lbs 4 oz (So he seemed to go down a few ounces since I had him checked a few weeks ago) But it seems normal now that he rolls all over the place and jumps in his jumper once or twice a day :) His length....26 inches long! Sizes- He wears 12Month clothes (a lot are still big on him) and he wears size 4 diapers. We are officially don't cloth diapering now that we introduced him to solids. Routine- He doesn't have a set schedule yet. Isaiah started pre-k the beginning of October and so Anders wakes up around 7 or 8am we need to drop Isaiah off for 9am (this is the time Anders is ready for a nap so he pretty much just has a power nap in the vehicle while we drop Isaiah off and run errands) I nurse him when he wakes up from naps during the day. He stays up for about 2 hours and naps for about 1.5 hours throughout the day. I feed him puree's at least once a day. At around 7pm he nurses one last time and I put him to sleep for the night. I am ok with this schedule. I do however want to try to stick to something every day that will work for him...his morning nap is the thing I'd love to have figured out. Sleeping- He naps good during the day (1.5-2 hours at a time) and goes to sleep around 7pm and sleeps until about 7 or 8am. He loves his sleep. And he is also getting used to sharing a room with his brothers. Jens will often wake up a couple times a night and it doesn't even wake Anders up :) Eating- Well he still loves nursing. We have been very slow at introducing him to solids. I have tried to give him a couple things cut up and learned that he is not ready for solids. He loves puree's so I will be working on a little menu for him so I have something to follow and know what I will be feeding him :) I hope he loves foods as I love to cook. So far he's tried, apples (loves), banana's (loves), avocado (did not like), pears (loves), sweet potato (loves), rice & ground beef...from a cabbage roll (loved), cheerios, mum mums, arrowroot cookies, rice cereal (loves) & oatmeal (didn't mind) He still nurses every time he wakes up and then I offer him puree's once a day. Milestones-
7 Months Postpartum- I am doing really great. Things are seeming more manageable these days. I am on my last day of my 6 Week Yoga session and I honestly have loved every class I've been to. It has changed me totally. It's been wicked seeing my body transform...being able to do some poses I wasn't able to do when I first started. It's been sweet being able to have "mommy time" and has been something I looked forward to every week. I won't be committing to twice a week anymore but I am hoping I could do a drop in yoga class at least once a week. Jayden and I's schedules have been getting a little out of hand and I am finding that we have way too many things on the go. Just feeling like we need to simplify our life a bit and spend more time with eachother and with our boys. I haven't lost weight at all...however I have maintained...so that's great. But I am struggling to get back on track. Just gonna focus on eating healthier and adding daily fitness into my life. Then hopefully I'll start seeing more results. But for now I am just learning to love myself...even though a lot of days I really feel like I don't. But I'll lose weight eventually. ...following my dreams...
-Cynthia Hey friends! So our little dude is 6 Months Old! My oh my this little guy is changing by the minute. I am so proud to be his mama. This little boy brings so much joy to my life. Things are great in our life at the moment. We are getting into a routine. I feel like things are way better than they were even a month ago. I Love routines and I love the feeling of being so happy at this very moment. Anxiety is a rough thing to experience, so I am over the moon that things are much much better. Anders is such a perfect little baby though...I am not making things up when I say that. Lol. I am so blessed and so very Thankful that he is our best baby yet. God is good <3 Anyways here's the update. Also keep a look out on our youtube channel as we are planning on uploading more family video's. The Madsen Fam **Also I wrote up this update before he turned 6 months (September 23rd)...however I took the pictures just yesterday (October 22rd) lol. So he is actually almost 7 Months in the pictures...but still counts as 6 I guess. Kinda sad I didn't get his one last picture before we buzzed his hair. Oh well. Busy mom life. Hopefully I step up my game and get more organized.**** At 6 Months Old... Weight & Length- He sits at just under 15lbs :) not sure his length. Sizes- Anders is in size 12-18M Clothes (Although he could still fit in some 6-12M) He seems to be slowing down a lot in his weight now. He is in size 4 diapers. He is still in cloth diapers during the day and when we are home (disposables at night & when we go out). Routine- He has a pretty good routine. I do want to make it even better though so I am working on his night time routine at the moment. 7-8am he starts his day. I nurse him and he stays awake for about 1-1.5 hours. I put him in his sleep sack in his crib and he falls asleep after about 10 minutes of laying there (sometimes crying until he self soothes with sucking his thumb) I have been trying to take the boys to parent link so I'd like to work on waking him up at 7am putting him for his first nap at 8 and then taking them to parent link (indoor play programs) for 9:30/10am. After waking from his first nap he stays awake for about 2 hours...naps for 1-2 hours then repeats this for the rest of the day. He is ready for bed around 8pm but this one is a trick one as he likes to be nursed to sleep and this time is his most fussy time...it takes me some convincing to get him to sleep and to get him to realize that he's tired. I have been nursing him to sleep on our bed...letting him sleep there until I go to sleep around 10-11pm then when I go to sleep I nurse him again and then put him in his crib. But this needs to change (as he is rolling all over the place now and this can be dangerous for him) Sleeping- This baby loves his sleep. He is still not the greatest napper (although he does nap about every 2 hours during the day) he sleeps from 8pm (1 dream feed around 11) until 8am (I've even had to wake him up at 9:30am once) So blessed. So Thankful. Eating- He has been Exclusively breastfed. Although these past few weeks we have been giving him a taste of what we may be eating here and there and he seems to love that. Last night I gave him some organic rice cereal mixed with water & mashed up banana and he devoured it. Feeding this baby solids is going to be so much fun. We have also been practicing giving him cheerios & those little puff thingy's (so he could practice grabbing them) Yesterday he also enjoyed an arrowroot cookie and LOVED that. But it's time to start whipping up some yummy homecooked creations for this baby. Also experimenting with baby led weaning a bit too. Milestones-
6 Months Postpartum- Things for me have been going great. I am so thankful I had a doctor's appointment and figured out my thyroid meds. I am now on the correct dosage and feel so much better. That crazy anxiety that I was experiencing has seemed to fizzle out (Don't get me wrong as a Mama of 3...I have my days) but I don't feel anywhere as I felt 2 months ago. PTL. I have started going to Yoga...and I Love it. Totally up my alley and I am not sure why I didn't try it out years ago. Love it!!!! I cannot believe what a workout I get from it as well. I seemed to have lost a couple pounds since starting it. Now I can start focusing on good nutrition and I will be in business. So nice to get rid of that yucky anxiety & stress though so I could see clearly and start focusing on healthy decisions...whether that be physically or mentally. I am starting to do some projects for my home and gonna be working on some halloween/fall crafts with the boys for the house as well. I have also started some Christmas knitting for my nieces and for my boys as well. Isaiah had his first day of preschool on Thursday (let me tell you that last week was so emotional for me) I can't even wrap my mind around how fast time is going. It wasn't long ago I was doing updates on him as a tiny little dude. Crazy. But I am so excited for this next stage in our life. So many awesome and wonderful positive things to focus on. Until next time. Thanks for reading! ...following my dreams...
-Cynthia Hello, Happy 5 Months to our sweet little man. What? Did I just say that? How in the world is he 5 Months already?!!!! Anders is such a happy Baby! He sleeps, He wakes up he's starving, so I feed him, he's super happy, so we play, then he get's tired and goes back to sleep. He is rarely fussy. I cannot praise the Lord enough for how blessed I am. Sweet little Anders <3 Life in our world is still pretty crazy. We are definitely feeling the crunch of time as we try really hard to finish up Jayden's Music Room in the basement! He starts teaching Guitar Lesssons this coming Tuesday and we need to have his room complete for then. Just a few more things to do though...a few more days. When we started reno's we thought "oh we'll have all summer we can just get this whole basement done in that time". Wrong. We have a crazy list of things to do so far and are running out of time. But oh well. That is life. Our new plan is to tackle things as we can now...evenings & weekends. Now onto the update. At 5 Months Old... Weight & Length- Anders is about 15lbs 7oz & around 24" long. I feel like he is really slowing down with weight now, but he still has those super adorable thunder thighs! ;) Sizes- He is in Size 4 diapers (but they are pretty snug) We still use Cloth Diapers but not as much. He wears 12 Month Clothes. Routine- Anders has a really great schedule and we are trying to develop an even better one. Baby steps. 7-8am- He starts his day. I nurse him and change him. Then he plays and hangs out with us. Around 9 or 10am- He goes down for a nap, and sleeps for about an hour. This pretty much repeats all day long. I do want to start doing more of a structured day though...having different things to do with him throughout the day. But honestly I am happy and content with how things are going...and he is so happy so he must feel the same. Sleeping- He Loves sleep. Seriously. He naps pretty good during the day. But this kid at night...oh man, we are blessed (knock on wood) He falls asleep around 8pm, I wake him up around 10-11am (depending on when I go to sleep) to change his diaper, put him in his sleep cocoon & nurse him...which then puts him right back to sleep. He doesn't wake up at all in the night. The very rare time will be if I don't feed him before I go to sleep then he will get hungry around 4am. So I don't do that, lol. Eating- He is exclusively Breastfed and we will continue this for another month for sure. Anders loves to nurse he is showing no signs of being interested in eating food. So we'll see how it is looking around 6 Months. Milestones-
5 Months Postpartum- Things are going well at 5 Months. I got my first period back after having Anders about a week ago. Nothing to be embarrassed about...it's life. Things have been great, but they also have been hard as well. I am learning to take things 1 day at a time. This past month for sure has been a trying time for me. I have been experiencing higher anxiety throughout the day. I have realized though that there is just a lot going on in my life...Buying a new house, having a 3rd baby, starting renovations, things changing in my personal life around me as well. I think I really want to do a blog post dedicated to this topic though...my struggles, what I am experiencing and steps I am taking to really benefit myself! I really want to talk about these things, because I feel as a Mom we tend to not share these times of going through things. I started this blog so I could share my life, that means even the things that I would normally not want to share. My goal in the next months to come, is to become more active on my blog & spending more time making video's of my little family (for Youtube) and spending less time on facebook. Focusing on my life and creating a more positive atmosphere ;) Thanks to those who read my blog...it's about to get more fun, I want to share more of my life! Thanks for stopping by :)
...following my dreams... -Cynthia Hello, Our little dude is over 4 Months Old already...What the hey? He is growing so fast...it's actually scary. He is changing everyday and I still cannot...not even a little bit...get over his massive chubby cheeks. So freakin adorbs. Anders is such a great baby, out of all of our boys he has been the easiest to handle. He loves his sleep at night, loves to nurse and is just happy in general <3 Blessed. Our house is crazy busy at the moment. We are about halfway done our basement reno's now and are hoping we could finish up the rest before Jayden goes back to work...the countdown is on. I am blown away by how amazing and how handy my Husband is. What a gem. Anyways on to the update. Here it goes... At 4 Months Old... Weight & Length- Anders is about 15lbs 4 oz & not sure his length. Sizes- For diapers he is comfortably in size 3 diapers. Still loving cloth diapers (are not doing them 100% of the time..just when we are home all day) He wears 6-12 Month clothes...I did think he was gonna fly through them and move on the size 12-18 soon...but he seems to have slowed down. Lol. Routine- He wakes up for the day around 7am. Nurses. Hangs out for about 30 minutes then has his first nap. Wakes up. Nurses. Hangs out for about an hour or two then goes down again. He does this all day. His awake times are getting longer. He has a fussy time at night around 7:30/8. So we put him in his swing and he falls asleep in there. Then when we go to sleep around 11 I nurse him and put him in his crib. He is an amazing sleeper as he sleeps all night through (sometimes only wakes up once) Sleeping- Like I said he is amazing at sleeping. He goes down around 8pm (I dream feed him around 11) and he sleeps the whole night. If he does wake up (which has not been often) it will be around 4am. Eating- Still 100% breastfed and I will do this for as long as possible. We will introduce solids around 6 months :) Milestones- He's learning new things and loving it ;)
4 Months Postpartum- I am feeling really good. I would say my biggest stress is wanting this weight to come off (but that is going to take time) this is something that is hard for me to come to terms with :( I have not been feeling well with my stomach...it has been very upset for weeks and even months now. I never really noticed it too much, but the more I focused on it the more aware I was becoming. So I recently made the decision to go gluten free for a while to see if that helps me feel better. I think it has been about a week now since going GF and I honestly feel so great. I am no longer bloated (I do get gas...but it's probably from all the dark greens I eat lots of now...Kale, cabbage, Broccoli...lol) But I feel so much better. My Bootcamp is done now and I won't be joining again as I feel like it did it's job to get me motivated. I have been out for 1 jog now...lol...how exciting...1 jog...haha. But it's the first of many I am sure. I got some new running pants, so that is enough motivation right there! I am on the road to becoming more healthy...to listening to my body and learning what foods are going to benefit me and make me feel good. I am really just wanting to get more positive in my life...to focus on myself, on getting fit, on feeling good. I want to have nothing but positive surrounding me...that includes positive people too ;) Thanks for stopping by :)
...following my dreams... -Cynthia Hello, Well little Anders is over 3 Months already. Very behind on his update. But I figure an update late is better than no update at all. Time is getting away from us. Like it is seriously on fast speed. We are in full Renovation mode at this point in our life. We bought our house about 6.5 Months ago now and we LOVE it. But now that Jayden is done Teaching for the summer we are in the process of gutting our basement and he will redo it all from floors...to ceilings! BIG job! But I have a hard working Husband who just wants to get it done. I am learning that it is NOT summer vacation for him and that it is pretty much his Summer Job. So I need to get in Wife mode again and be prepared with meals :) So that's my goal this next while is having meals prepared for him and letting him relax when he's finished working at the end of the day <3 Let's talk about Anders though since this is HIS update...lol. Anders is such a beautiful little boy. He is so full of life, the moment you look into his eyes and he looks into yours a huge smile from him follows that. So cute. He is getting so much more fun now...learning new things...learning how to move his legs & hands and learning to grab at things. He is getting very stable as well and shouldn't be long until the jumper or Jumper-oo is his best friends. He is in a really great schedule now too. Perfect little baby. Anyways here is his update for this Month. At 3 Months Old... Weight & Length- Anders is 14 lbs 3 oz. I am not sure his length. Sizes- This chunky monkey is in Size 3 Diapers (although he can fit in Size 4 Diapers...which he is currently in until my next diaper order comes in from amazon beginning of August) But that is weeks away so we may just have to keep him in 4's. lol. It feels & looks like he is slowing down a bit now in the growing department. We have started cloth diapers again and love it. He is on the small setting still but will probably be moving to the medium setting. We are loving Grovia AI2's. He is wearing 6-12 Month clothes (Some are even just the perfect length and I feel like he won't wear long. Routine- He is actually creating a nice routine for himself :) These are all approx. times as it may change by half hour/hour on a daily basis. 7am he Wakes up for the day. I nurse him. He stays awake for about 45 minutes then goes down for his first nap. He sleeps for about 1-1.5 Hours. Then wakes up. Nurses and then he usually has about 1-1.5 Hour stretch of being awake then sleeps for 1-2 hour stretches throughout the day. This goes on all day. We have been doing play time during his awake time. We'll talk to him, play peek-a-boo, do tummy time, bouncy chair with toys time. He goes to sleep around 8:30/9pm every night. Jayden and I go to bed around 11pm so I slip into his room and dream feed him before I go to sleep. Sleeping- We really have been blessed with good little sleepers :) Anders LOVES his sleep. He goes down for the the night around 9pm, get's a dream feed around 11, and 90% of the time he will wake up in between 3:30-4:30am for a feed. Then wakes up at 7am (ish). He naps so well during the day...and I don't even have to nurse him to sleep anymore. Glad that's over with. Eating- We are breastfeeding exclusively. That is going fantastic. He still nurses on one side each feed...unless he is having a growth spurt then wants to nurse on both sides :) Milestones- He seems to be a little behind on some of the things that are "suppose to be on track" lol. But he is going at his own pace and I think he's perfect <3
3 Months Postpartum- I am loving life at this point. I feel like this time is the sweet spot after having baby. They start to get into an awesome routine by now and you can really just let loose and enjoy life at this point. He is in such a great routine that I am able to focus on myself now. I am able to get out for coffee, and girls nights, and just go places without him if I need to. Once he is nursed I can leave him and have about 2-3 hours before I need to be back to nurse again :) I am working on a healthier lifestyle, trying to eat better & trying to add more fitness in. I do an outdoor bootcamp twice a week but I really want to go running every morning :) It's just waking up that is the tough thing. Everything is just going great! I am so happy with everything and with this awesome experience with a third little boy! Isaiah and Jens are such awesome big brothers and it's so nice to have little helpers and ones that love their brother too! Thanks for stopping by :)
...following my dreams... -Cynthia Hello, Our little man is over 2 Months Old! Time is flying...and it is really just not fair. But on a better note...he has changed so much and it is truly beautiful seeing him learn new things! This baby is sooooooooo good! So lucky to be his Mama...and we love him so much <3 Anders is in his own room (he has been for several weeks now) He loves it and is doing so well...I will have a post about his nursery soon...just gotta hang up a couple more things and it will be complete! His Brothers are absolutely in love with him...there are times when they love him just a little too much...haha. Isaiah can give some very rough kisses when he get's carried away...it's a good thing baby's are tougher than we think. Having two older brothers makes for a tough little brother :) My little boys are so precious and it is amazing seeing the love the two older boys have for their little brother! Life is good! At 2 Months Old... Weight & Length- 12lbs 6oz and he is 22 inches long. Sizes- I just put his 0-3 Months clothes away about 2 weeks ago and pulled out the 3-6 Months clothes...however he is growing at lightning speeds and I will be going through his 6-12 Months clothes very shortly. A lot of his 3-6 Months clothes are just fitting! Yikes! He is in Size 2 diapers (We didn't even get through all the Size 1 diapers) We just got our box of Size 2's and honestly I have a feeling he will be growing out of them in a couple weeks...sigh. I will be starting cloth diapers again though...I am feeling read to take that task on. I miss using them. Routine- I am actually so thankful that he is such a good baby. We are getting into a beautiful routine! 6:30/7:00am- Wake up. I nurse him. Have my morning coffee and just hang out until the boys wake up. Some mornings start a little later...if Anders sleeps a bit longer. But usually is is around this time. He stays up for about 20 minutes then goes back to sleep. naps for about 1-1.5hours. He nurses every 2-3 hours during the day...and naps for about 1.5-2hour stretches. We haven't established a night routine yet...but I am working on that. The problem is with Jayden and I staying up late...lol. Anders just hangs out with us until we go to be (he is usually just sleeping on me until that happens) Then I nurse him and he goes to sleep in his crib. Sleeping- He is such a good sleeper. Oh my word! We end up putting him in his crib anywhere from 9:30-11pm (depending on when I go to sleep) He wakes up around 3am for a feeding. Then again when we wake up around 6am. So he wakes up once every night (maybe twice) Praise the Lord!!!! Eating- Exclusively Breastfed and so happy with that <3 It's going great! Milestones- He seems to be on track with development.
1 Month Postpartum- I am loving life with 3 little boys. They definitely keep me on my toes. I sit at about 168lbs now. Weight has stopped just falling off now...and now I have to work to get it off :( Lol. Breastfeeding is definitely helping me this time...but now it's time I start to do my own working out and eating better. I started my bootcamp a couple weeks ago. That is going well (I have missed some classes) but when I do go I feel so great. I have also started weigh watchers, still not 100% on track but I don't think I will ever be...but being on the program definitely keeps me accountable...and helps me to keep in line about what I am eating. I am excited for working out...and eating better! I am wanting to add in my morning running again...but that is going to take time to build up too...also to wake up at a decent time in the mornings. My goal is to wake up at 6am so I nurse Anders then go for my run...sounds so perfect. I know I will get there...eventually. ...following my dreams...
-Cynthia Hello,
I thought I would sit down and write up our Birth Story! Before the time really passes us by. He turned 2 Months on the 28th....better late than never I guess. Enjoy :) Wednesday, March 25th, 2015 I had my prenatal appointment! Everything looked fine and my Doctor said that we could do the membrane sweep if I wanted to. Of course I wanted to as Jayden's last day of teaching was that coming Friday (then he had spring break the whole next week) If baby was to come early that would be sweet (was what we thought) After getting the sweep done...I felt pretty gross and crampy most of Wednesday. I even got a couple strong Braxton Hicks that evening. Most of Thursday I felt yucky. I even lost my mucus plug (sorry TMI) So I had a feeling it would be long. Still again Thursday evening I had stronger Braxton Hicks. Friday, March 27th, 2015 I talked with my Grandmother (Kookum) on the phone later in the morning. She asked how we were and if everything was ready for Baby. It was a good chat. I told her I was feeling like he would come early...like any day now. The day went on and I felt really nothing at all. Just Braxton Hicks every now and again...but nothing serious. We had a Girls Night planned for this night. I decided to stay home from going out for dinner with them but had planned on them coming over after dinner for a couple drinks and snacks! Our house was a mess. Jayden got home after school with the news of him pulling a muscle in his thigh. I was not impressed as I was hoping for help tidying before the girls came over in the next couple hours. Even though I was frustrated in that moment I am very glad this all happened this way. He came home and rested on the couch..in pain...while I had been getting contractions (feeling like they were a bit stronger than braxton hicks at this point) about 4pm. Anyways I was a little peeved because I needed to get the place organized and go out to get a couple snacks for the girls. I rushed around cleaning like a mad woman (angrily...that's the best time to clean...cause you are super focused...am I right? haha) *I love you Honey...and I am happy you pulled your muscle in your thigh because this is why I went into labor...angry cleaning* (a little message to hubby) haha Anyway, my contractions were coming hard. As I was doing the dishes...contracting...cleaning the bathroom...contracting...sweeping the floors...contracting...mopping...contracting...Jayden hobbled over the the toy area and had Isaiah throw him the toys scattered across the living room floor so he could organize. Guys...I literally was cleaning...pausing to take deep breaths from contractions...then cleaning again. The contractions where coming I would say every 5 minutes at this point but only lasting like 10-15 seconds. After we were finished cleaning I would say the time was about 5:45pm by this time. I decided to go to the store to get the snacks I needed. The contractions pretty much slowed down while I was out. I might of only got 2 or 3 while I was away. But as soon as I got home again they started up. 6:30pm ish. I had them off and on but very far apart at this point. They were definitely stronger than Braxton Hicks. I would say they were happening every 10-20 minutes but only lasting 10 seconds. The girls came over around 7:30pm. At this point contractions were less than 10 minutes apart but still only 10 seconds ish. There were a couple I had to breath through and this was hard as I didn't want to make a big deal out of it while they were over...haha. I am not really sure when they left. 9ish? When my friend Shannon decided she was gonna go home and get here exercise ball for me. They all left and I continued to labor. At this point they were 5-10 minutes apart & 30-50 seconds long. Having to breath through some of them. I was even starting to feel a bit of pressure through some of them. The next couple of hours where just like this. By 10:30pm I started to get tired and frustrated because I really didn't know if this was the real deal or if it was false labor again (like I had with Jens) it seemed to consistent to be false labor but I really wasn't sure. So I decided to go and have a shower to see if that would "Stop" the contractions since that is what would work in my last pregnancy. I just wanted to go to sleep at this point. Since it had been going on all day long! I went into the shower and I think I may have had 1 or 2 contractions while I was in there then there was a huge gap of like 20-30 minutes of not getting any contractions. So I crawled into bed 11:15pm and decided to try and fall asleep. I was able to fall asleep but was woken up every 10-20 minutes with BIG contractions...I could feel them in my lower back even more now. I could feel lots of pressure. I woke up a couple of times to go use the bathroom...and walk around...bounce on the exercise ball...listening to worship music (adore) trying to just have calm time through the contractions. 1am at this point. Still 15 minutes apart. I went back into bed and lay there...looking over at Jayden as he is snoring away (glad he is getting some rest because I knew that this was turning into something) I didn't know what I wanted because the contractions (when they would come every 15 minutes) were VERY strong....I didn't want to lay down anymore but I was sooo exhausted. I tried to sit up but they were painful...I tried to lay down...painful...(this is it...I thought to myself) I felt really strange around somewhere before 2am (I am sorry I am not exact on times from this point on...but trying to remember as clear as I can.) I went to the washroom and noticed that I was bleeding (sorry TMI) again. So I freaked out...lol. Woke Jayden up and rushed around the house trying to get all of our hospital stuff ready by the door as he called his brother Jared to come and watch our boys. Jared was over within 10 minutes! So we were ready at the door and when to the hospital. Contractions where still 15 minutes apart and some even farther at this point....but Strong...and painful...like baby was right there. The nurses were so great...I got into my room and wanted to use the washroom...I said there was lots of pressure when I went to the washroom. So they set me up to the monitors and they checked me. (2:30am I believe) I was 7cm already. They called my Doctor and I guess the Doctor had read my results wrong at my Wednesday appointment when she said I was negative for Strep B because I was actually positive...this was BAD news as I felt like I wanted to get this going soon. Because I was positive I had to get a dosage of antibiotics in and wait 1 hour for them to get into my system.... They asked me if I wanted to get an epidural...but my contractions were so far apart (painful at times) that I felt like it wasn't necessary. I felt as though I could do this on my own...I KNEW I could! I had to wait 1 hour for the antibiotics to get into my system before we could move on to the next stage. My contractions were getting really strong during this time. But Jayden was there holding my hand and coaching me through each one. The contractions got stronger....and stronger...and freakin' stronger...Jayden would push my lower back through each one. The next couple of contractions...I want to explain...as I am just not sure how I survived them. I would start to get one...Jayden would come and push on my back and I was on my side...they hurt...I would curl up and tighten my stomach...but then I would realize that I need to relax...so I would try so hard to do that and was able to mange them so much better....I would also think that the contractions are getting him that much closer to use meeting him...I wanted to meet my baby so bad. Just knowing that these hard, painful contractions where doing their job...made this experience so much better for me...I learned to go through them...reteaching myself each time to "relax" cause I did just want to curl up in the fetal position and tighten up my muscles...I would have to remember that if I relax they will be much easier. I've mentioned to Jayden a couple of times that I didn't want to go through labor again...ever... Just before 4am I felt a pretty big contraction that I am sure I made some pretty crazy sounds for...I didn't want Jayden pushing on my back anymore at this point...and I felt a crazy amount of pressure with that contraction...the doctor had been called...I was freaking out at this point because I knew it was time soon...and my doctor wasn't there.... Doctor showed up after 4 and man was I happy to see her...because those last two contractions I thought I could push at any moment. She got ready and checked me I was fully dilated. She broke my water and at this point I looked at her and asked if we can push now....she was like "Yes" when your ready you tell us. We waited for the next contraction and when it started I started to push. I think I had 3 contractions...3 times pushing...then the next one I said "I can't do this!"...."Yes, you can Cynthia...your here...this is it....he's coming...I can see his head" So the next contraction I pushed and out came his head and then another contraction and pushed the rest of my baby out (sorry for being so graphic) It truly is amazing how much of a relief you get when your baby is born...it is intense pushing out a human being...but such a beautiful experience at the same time. You feel so many different emotions in that time. He was born at 4:21am! They put our sweet little man on my chest and he just kept staring up at my! Not sure where the heck he was...just taking the shapes and noises around him. Jayden cut the cord! My Doctor is amazing....I seriously love her. She delivered all 3 of my babies and I didn't tear for any of them...she guided me through and encouraged me when I thought I couldn't do it. I will forever be grateful that she was there doing an amazing job as I experienced these times in my life. Thank You Doctor B!!!! <3 It was about 10-15 minutes after delivering Anders that the nurses asked if I wanted to nurse him. So I got him in position and he latched on right away. He knew exactly what to do...so that was nice! They eventually took him and weighed him and got him cleaned up a bit. He weighed 6lbs 3.5ounces and was 18.5 inches long. The rest of the day was obviously so amazing...the crazy love high you get when you have brand new baby. It's the best. He nursed about every 2 hours. Jayden stayed the night with me in the Hospital so Jared stayed the night with the boys again :) We had to stay 24hours because I had the antibiotics for Strep B...so they needed to monitor Anders for 24 hours! But the next day around 8:30 we were free to take him home. I couldn't have asked for a better labor & delivery experience...it was so perfect and it was nice to be able to take it all in...and actually "enjoy" it! We love our little Anders...he is a superstar in our house! Thanks for reading! ...following my dreams... -Cynthia |
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