Hello, Our little man just turned 1 Month Old! So crazy. Here is an update :) Weight/Height: Jens weighs 9 lbs 11 oz and measures 21 inches He is starting to definitely get some baby chubby-ness and it is so adorable. He has a nice round milk belly :) Sizes: At 1 Month he fits 0-3 Month or newborn clothing. Size 1-2 Months from H&M (their sizes are different...I mention their clothes because we buy clothes for our boys from there when we can) He is in Size 1 Baby Dry (although I prefer swaddler) Pampers and he is still in his knock-off Little joey cloth diapers (on the biggest size) and just growing out of his newborn grovia. We will be getting some more cloth diapers for him shortly. Routine: He is getting there with a routine, he is a really good baby! 8am - 9am: This is wake up time, it is usually around 8:30am, I am sure this will change when Jayden goes back to work and wakes up at 6:30 or 7:00am every day. I want to make a personal goal for myself to wake for 6:30am to go for my morning run and be back for 7 so Hubby can shower and get ready. So we'll see. Back on topic of Jens, he wakes up in between these times, we get up come down stairs, change his diaper and I nurse him. Then he usually goes back to sleep. He nurses about every 2-3 hours during the day time. I don't really have times yet because it is still very different everyday. He usually has more awake time during the afternoon and evening before bed. There can be periods during the day where he will lay on the floor with his blanket and toys for a good 30 minutes before getting restless. 10pm-11pm: This is when we usually go to sleep for the day. Now we are definitely hoping to change this eventually as well. Once we get a second monitor for our bedroom (since he will be in there for a while) we will put him down for even 9pm (which he pretty much does anyways) but we really need that monitor so we can really have our alone time for the night and cuddle up on the couch together! Sleeping: He is doing really great with sleeping. He usually goes down around 9pm (but then waits for us to go to sleep which not gonna lie sometimes is as late as midnight) and he wakes up every 3-4 hours...mostly 3 hours...goes right back to sleep after a change, feed and burp. Wakes up around 8:30am. He still sleeps in his cradle all night :) Eating: He is only on Breast milk...exclusively! Happy baby! Milestones: Of course there are very few milestones for this little dude...but here are a few I can think of.
1 Month Postpartum: A little update for myself. I am feeling really great. I actually recovered very quickly after having Jens. The first few days of the first week after delivering...I had some really bad cramps. I felt them for about a Week. They were really bad at times, normal though, just my uterus shrinking back to normal. At about 2 Weeks I was able to fit my belly band (size small) it was really tight, but I guess it is suppose to be like that. I don't wear it all the time, I should though. My postpartum bleeding has stopped around 2.5-3 weeks mark. Haven't had any complications with any of that kind of stuff. I weighed in at exactly 1 Month postpartum and I was 175 lbs (I think I weighed in at about 195 when I was done my pregnancy) So 20 lbs gone at 1 Month Postpartum is pretty good. I still find it extremely hard to believe that I still weigh this much though...not gonna lie it is really hard to think about. But everything is going really great, and I am happy and in the grand scheme of things the number really doesn't matter...as long as I am doing the most important thing...which is loving and enjoying my baby (and toddler) I have started working out a few days ago (I worked out twice so far) I plan on doing a workout (by workout I mean Jillian Michaels DVD) at least 3-5 times a week. Then I want to slowly incorporate some running (which will probably be fast walking at first) I want to run 5-7 times a week. I am also working on switching to only real foods in our house (which is really hard especially after the whole being pregnant and eating whatever I felt like eating) So yeah adding fitness and nutrition slowly to my lifestyle is something I enjoy doing...my goal to work out so often ever week is because after a few weeks of doing it I eventually really love doing it, and it just becomes easier and easier. I may start doing a blog post once a week on just stuff to do with fitness/nutrition so it can keep me on track better. But I am enjoying everything, all the snuggles, nursing, changing and just being a Mama of two :) Life is so glorious! Thanks for reading. ...following my dreams...
-Cynthia
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