Hello, So I want to just do a quick update of Jens and just how everything is going...and how our first Week with our second baby has been going. I am going to do Week to Week updates on the blog until he is a Month Old and then I will do Month to Month. The reason being they change so much this first little bit and are constantly on different routines and what not...that it would be nice to look back at these the next time we have a new baby and see what things Jens has in common. Cause I really don't remember all the stuff that happened with Isaiah...I have some stuff written down, but I want to document even more this time around...just for comparison purposes...and because I will be so busy with 2 boys that I may not remember anything from Jens if I don't write it down...lol! Here's the update part of the post ;) Enjoy! Breastfeeding update: Tuesday July 9th, 2013- When he was born he swallowed a lot of mucus on the way out. The Doctor said it was because he was born so quickly. So the whole first night and first few days even he kept swallowing (because he didn't know how to spit up yet) He latched on pretty quickly and nursed like a pro right from the start. But the first night and next day he didn't want to nurse all that often (he would go even up to 4 hours in between feeds) because of the mucus. The Doctor said this was normal, he won't want to eat until he get's rid of most of that mucus. By Thursday morning my milk came in, in came in first on the right side and then a few hours later on the left (because he favored the one side more) When my milk came in he was in heaven and man does this little man love his milk. He seriously is a nursing pro and loves to nurse. But because he still had the mucus in his tummy he would want to nurse quite a bit over the next few days and then he would be too full and get super uncomfortable. Jens takes a soother and I am so happy I decided to try to push it on him, because it helps a lot with his mucus and wanting to suck constantly. Over the next few days Jens has been getting more and more into a routine. He nurses about every 2 hours in the daytime (one side each feed) and at night he goes about 3 hours. This pretty much sums up the first week of his life for the breastfeeding part of it. He is really loving it and I am too (I missed it) and am so glad he is taking to it way faster and better than Isaiah did...it's nice that I know what I am doing this time around and that Jens seems to be too! Crazy how each baby is so different! Sleeping update: Well like I mentioned the first few days were pretty rough because he had so much mucus in his chest and little tummy. So he would wake up very often because he was just uncomfortable! Of course I couldn't sleep because every time he would make a move I would be up to check on him. Towards the end of the week though he would only wake every 3 hours for a feed and change and go right back to sleep. Sleeping from say 10pm-9am. Development and other exciting things: Isaiah and his Brother... Isaiah does not really like his Brother. He definitely notices that my attention has gone to Jens, so he wants more of my attention (which I am trying really hard to give him) But when I nurse Jens, Isaiah get's really clingy and wants me to hold him so he will pretty much walk right into Jens :( If Jen's is lying on the sofa Isaiah will stumble right onto him sometimes if we are not quick enough to stop him. I know he will get better with his Brother...we are just trying really hard to explain to him that he needs to be gentle with Jens. Towards the end of the week he was starting to get a little more used to Jens being here, I think he realized that the baby is not going anywhere! Jens is a tough little guy. He is constantly lifting his little head back. You really need to be ready to support his head when he flings it back. But he can keep it lifted for seconds at a time. He loves to stare at you if you are holding him. He really just loves to be around people :) When he is lying down he loves to move around, there are times when I seriously feel like he will roll over at any moment. Not even kidding! He arches his back and neck and I think it won't take him long to figure the rolling thing out! He likes tummy time, in fact his favorite position to fall asleep is on his tummy cuddled into someones chest. Sleepy little baby. This baby has some lungs. Seriously he is like a little but loud dinosaur. Especially when he is hungry and is not getting his milk fast enough. Jens will be the singer of our Family. Nothing like Isaiah, Isaiah was such a quite baby...even a quite cryer. Not Jens...total opposite! His Belly Button stump has not fallen off yet. It looks really great though looks like it could fall off in the next few days for sure. Drying up nicely. He had his first bath at 4 days old and hated every minute of it! Because he had a lot of the mucus problems we kept him sleeping on a pillow with him propped up on, so it took me a few days for sure to get him used to sleeping flat on his back. I started swaddling him towards the end of the week and he absolutely loves it. Jen's got his newborn photoshoot done when he was 5 Days old :) We are excited to see the rest of the pictures ;) I think that is pretty much it for the first Week of little Jens's life. Crazy how much he has changed.
Until next week ;) Thanks for stopping by ...following my dreams... -Cynthia
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