baby life 0-4mos

As I slowly settled into motherhood, I didn't realize how much sleep would affect me, or a lack thereof. Crew wasn't even a bad sleeper! He was pretty normal, ate every 2 hours and slept in his bassinet really well. I guess before him I had relied pretty hard on a good 7-8 hours of sleep. Now waking up so often made me exhausted, for the whole day!

I got used to it pretty quickly. We were still staying at my mom's house so I wouldn't come out of the room until noonish every day because Crew would sometimes just keep sleeping and so I would too. Being cramped in one room with all our stuff and the baby's stuff wasn't my favorite. We bought a house but it didn't close until November 1st, and Crew arrived October 18th AND it needed a lot of work so we didn't end up moving in until February 4th.

Crew's circumcision was not the best experience for me. The doctors asked if we wanted to be in the room and Damon and I both said yes. Then once he started fussing a tiny bit from the doctor undressing him I knew I wouldn't be able to handle it and left. After it was all done, the doctor came and got me. Crew would not stop crying for a while. Nursing him didn't even help. It was so sad.

Aside from that experience, he really was an angel newborn. He only cried when he needed something and once he got it he stopped. He never cried for no reason which was really nice for us (such a blessing). When he would wake up to eat, he would more moan for food instead of cry. Long story short, we rarely heard him cry.

He loved getting his diaper changed, looking in the mirror at himself, and his binky really calmed him down. He took a binky at 3 weeks old without a fuss. It has definitely been a life saver, probably too much of one to where it will be hard to ween him off but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.

Having a little human control my life took some getting used to. I was really happy to take care of him all day long, but it was really nice when Damon would come home (it still is). I actually had a hard time remembering to feed myself because I was so focused on baby Crew. My body would forget that it was hungry or something. I got back to my pre-pregnancy weight pretty quickly then got even lower than it. Thank you breastfeeding. My parents said I was looking too skinny so I made it a priority to start eating more.

At 1 month old he was 9 pounds 6 ounces. He's always been super good at holding his head up. I remember the same day he arrived he laid on my chest and held his head up to look around. My dad thought something was wrong with him cause when he was held he would crank his head back to see what was going on behind him. He would always say "HOLD that baby's head!" when it was really Crew throwing it back. He would get the cutest smile when he was "milk drunk." It was the best thing ever. He also would smile in his sleep, that was the best.

At 3 months old he was around 13 pounds. He started moving his arms a ton and kicking his legs when he was excited or upset. He loved to be sang to and was smiling, cooing, and laughing at this age. My dad now says "he is SO stiff! Bend baby!" But we just call him really strong because he sticks out his legs straight when you hold him in the air. At 4 months old he went down to around 12 pounds and is 25 inches. He rolled over from his belly to his back sometime in January (we can't remember the exact date) and again Feb 9th (remember that one) and hasn't done it much since then (its March 9th). We thought he was teething around 4 months but he is probably just a slobbery baby who was trying to get used to a new house.

He went through a nice peeing without a diaper for his first couple months of life, now he just pees in the bath (every time).

He still wakes up about 3 times each night to eat (he is almost 5 months). He used to be pretty easy to put down for a nap but it has been a STRUGGLE. Ive had to nurse him to sleep the past couple days and it KILLS me because I know how bad of a habit that is. I just don't want him to be hungry (crying face).

We attempted to give him some solids to see if that would help him sleep longer, NOPE. So we aren't giving him any more since we also recently discovered that its not the best to feed a baby solids who is younger than 6 months (whoops).

03.09.17