Hello, Our little guy turned 3 Weeks Old, It is insane how fast the time goes. He is changing so much ever single day! Life is so amazing, and we feel so blessed to have these two amazing little men in our life! Not a whole lot happened this past Week. Jayden's Grandparents came over for dinner and came to get some cuddles in with Jens. So that was fun. Also we have been getting our tent trailer ready, because we are going camping on Monday to like Wednesday. Yeah other than that not much went on for this Week! Here's the update! Enjoy! Breastfeeding update: Nursing is going so great. I am so happy with how things are going. He is so awesome with adjusting and it is so much easier the second time around! During the day he nurses about every 2 hours and at night it is about every hour. A few days ago though I was slightly concerned about my supply, because the right side seemed to be filling up all the way between feeds, and the left side not so much. I did some research and asked some other Mama's about it. Apparently it's normal, and all breasts are so different from woman to woman. He just favor's one side over the other (which is the case for a lot of babies) He is getting enough milk, the only thing I need to adjust to is that they sometimes will be lopsided...which is no big deal to me...just a little silly sometimes I guess. He is nursing on one side per feed and seems to really enjoy that! I have been taking some fenugreek pills though and have noticed an increase within a few days. Maybe my glass of red wine a night will help? haha He had his first bottle this week as well :) Sleeping update: He has not been sleeping all that great this Week :( He just sleeps all day long and then wants to be awake more during the night. I think we are gonna try to keep him awake longer periods during the day to see if that will help the night time sleeps. Daytime he wakes up every 2 sometimes 3 hours. Night time it is every hour lately...which sucks. Jayden has been helping so much and there was one night where he actually stayed up with him, because he tossed and turned for about 2 hours. I needed the sleep so bad that night, so my Hubby was so awesome for doing that. He is such an amazing Husband! Development and other exciting things: Jens Loves to be held! When I feed him he always wants to be cuddled afterwards until he falls asleep. If I put him down too quick, he will get mad and get really fussy. So I really need to get a good cuddle and burp in before setting him down. He still likes to be swaddled. He sleeps longer when he is swaddled...but there are times where he gets a bit fussy and needs to have one arm free (he likes to grab at his hair) and feel different things! His awake times during the day are about 20-30 minutes at a time, but seems to be getting longer as the days go by. I forgot how tired and how much they sleep for the first several Weeks! Cloth diapering is going so great. We Love cloth diapering. We are using them all day (but we don't have enough) so we do them so good all day for one day and then we may miss the next (while they are drying) Our favorite ones are the knock-off little joeys! So cute and trim! Isaiah is starting to like his brother more and more. He has been doing this for a while I just forgot to add it last week...two things actually, When I am nursing and using a nursing cover Isaiah will come up to me and say "Bebe" and try to pull down the top of the cover to peek at his brother. So I let him look through the top to see him and he will want to do that a few times during a feed :) Also when Jens is in the swing he will go up to him from the front of the swing and say "wee" while pulling in the swing and pushing it back out! He's getting there! His belly button is healing up nicely. He is more and more curious when he is awake. He loves to stare at you, or look around and focus in on things. Jens does not like to nurse while we are laying down on the bed! He has to be held. It is bittersweet, because those early mornings when I am super tired and just want him to lay down and nurse in bed with me...he doesn't want to...But I don't like co-sleeping anyways which is why it is fine with me. Just would be nice once and a while. We do have a chair in our room though so I can get nice and comfortable in the middle of the night. He has outgrown his premie clothes. So he is moving on to his 0-3 Months (which are still huge) and 1-2 Months H&M clothes. He is still in newborn swaddles diapers and has outgrown the homemade diapers I had made for him. He is making his first cooing noises and grunts a lot. Starting to hate his soother (which sucks for me) hopefully we can get him to like them again. Monday we went on our first Camping trip. It was so cold, so glad we bundled up and had our snowsuits. So when he turned 3 Weeks we were still camping (Tuesday) we leave tomorrow afternoon. There is the update for you. I can't believe how much he is changing. Thanks for stopping by.
...following my dreams... -Cynthia
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