Hello, Well our little dude is 2 Weeks Old now. Where does the time go. I am sure you will hear me say this like every update from now on...because it is so true that the time flies when you have kids. Seriously we are enjoying every minute with our little men in our life. So amazing. I cannot believe the changes that are going on with Jens, you can literally see newborns growing in front of your eyes! Instead of wishing them to stay this small forever...I've learned that I need to just enjoy every single little moment that is happening in front of me. Jens had his 2 Week checkup. The Doctor was really happy with how everything is going. She is happy he is doing so well with breastfeeding and says everything looks great. He doesn't have any signs of jaundice, so that is perfect. He weighed in at 7 lbs exactly :) So 3 lbs over his birth weight. Happy Doctor and happy Mama! Anyways on to the update. Enjoy! Breastfeeding update: It is actually starting to feel like things are normal around here. Jens seems to have moved himself into a nice little routine. Throughout most of this week his schedule has gone something like this... He nurses about every 2-3 hours during the day and he will nurse on one side each feeding (there may have been a day or random time that he would want both sides or 1.5 rather) then his nighttime feeds looked something like wake every 3 hours...just to nurse than go right back to sleep. He favors one side more than the other (my right side) but he will take both no problem...this baby is a pro nurser (like I said before) I am so happy with how this is going for us. I must add that I absolutely love my bamboobies...but the regular ones do not work whatsoever for us right now because there is tonnes of leaking going on. But the overnight ones are perfect (I still do need to change them for each feed though and sometimes in between feeds. I am really happy with my supply at this time and hope I can keep it up as well as start pumping at some point. But as for the nursing update...we are doing fantastic! Sleeping update: Well I am proud to say that sleeping is going great. Seriously this baby is awesome. I think there was only 1 or 2 nights this week that he wanted to nurse more often and was a bit more gasy and upset tummy-ish! Other than that he wakes every 3 hours to eat and get a change and then goes right back to sleep. However we picked Jayden up from his Rock and Roll camp on Saturday and got home really late at night. For the rest of the week he has been sleeping not so well. He has been waking up every 1-3 hours at night but goes right to sleep after the change and feed...so I guess we can't complain ;) All in all he is a great sleeper. Loves his sleep. We also noticed that he LOVES to be swaddled and he actually sleeps in longer periods when he is swaddled :) He is starting to have more and more awake time too which is kinda fun :) I also forgot to mention last week that Jens sleeps in his cradle. We don't really do the co-sleep thing, just decided it's not for us! I am happy he is happy with his cradle :) Especially when he is swaddled up! Development and other exciting things: Isaiah and his Brother... Isaiah is definitely coming around and is starting to really like his little brother! He is more cautious when Jens is lying on the couch and he will no longer just walk into him or fall into him. He actually got to the point this week where My Mom told him to kiss the baby and he did go in for a few kisses :) So cute! My Mom was also teaching him Jens's little body parts showing him his little hands and Isaiah seemed really fascinated by that :) So that's awesome progress. I think he will love his little brother in no time. He is also getting less clingy with me, even when I am carrying Jens! Yay Isaiah! Jens still loves to look around. He is getting to the point where he is perfectly happy and content when he is lying beside me on the couch or just in the same room as us. He loves to be around people. I cannot ever resist those eyes though...so amazing and filled with wonder! Still digs his tummy time...I actually put him for a nap on his tummy and he had a very good sleep. But I decided that swaddling is for us, and it gives us more of a piece of mind. He will last about 10 ish minutes on his tummy until he decided that is enough. We only do tummy time like every other day (we definitely need to do it more...I know) Because he loves to be swaddled why wouldn't he love to be carried in a wrap right? He has only done the "Zoolander face" a few times since he has been born (that we know of) Isaiah would do it all the time....lol (love comparing them) but I caught it on camera and seriously he is just the cutest little man! Jens's belly button looked really great towards the beginning of this week. But around Friday it started to look a little infected. I have been trying to remember to clean it everyday (it's been every other day) When we went to get Jayden on Saturday it was probably at it's worse (and smelled pretty bad too) He is still a tough little man. Loves to fling his neck back. When he is sitting in his bouncy chair, he will actually wiggle his way to the point of almost falling out (within a few minutes) so we strap him in now...haha. He is very loud...when he doesn't get his milk...screams at the top of his lungs. Still takes a soother, there was a short period where he did not like it (I bought two different kinds...pretty sure they are in another post) he hated the one so we tried the other and then he started taking the soother again. So sometimes he needs one to fall asleep or to hold off for a feed when we are on the road! Jaydens first day home with us was Sunday! It was so nice to see him cuddling Jens and enjoying our little dude. He missed a lot of snuggles! So he is definitely catching up! Well I am pretty sure that is all I can think of for this week (I forgot to take notes so I needed to remember this all) So that is our little Jens update for his second week of life. Can't believe he is two weeks old! Yikes! Love him to pieces!
...following my dreams... -Cynthia
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