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 :)
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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 :)
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