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
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