9 weeks old

Last night we switched from the Rock n Play to the bassinet. He wasn't attached to it like Piper was, and he wasn't sleeping great anyway, so why not make the transition to flat sleeping like the rest of us. He went down like a ton of bricks at 11...for 30 minutes. At 11:30, he chugged 3oz and wouldn't fall back to sleep until after 12. Then he woke up at 4 and 7am. And he's still sleeping (it's after 8). So there you have it...crappy sleep, but transition complete. 

Now we just need his Merlin sleep suit to get here so we can lose the dang swaddle. Or as I'm sure Luke would refer to them- miniature straight jackets. My god, how he hates those things.

Every day gets better and better!

Two months old!

Luke is 2 months old!

He:

rolls front to back

Sucks his fists

Has gone on two 4 hour drives  to and from DC

Only had a couple severely gross blowout diapers

Sleeps 11ish to 3-7am (usually around 5)

Smiles and plays happily after eating 

Has baby acne/dry skin on his cheeks

7.5 weeks old!

So, apparently having two kids is really time consuming. I don't know how the true bloggers do it. 

Updates on Luke:

He's almost 8 weeks old!!!

Jan 7th-10th- he slept through the nights! In a major way! 11pm-6:30/7am. And half the time, I had to wake him up to be fed.

Last night, he woke up once around 3am. Which is still obviously totally fine because up until this point, he's been pretty unpredictable and torturous....wanting to go to bed at 12,1, or 2am.  He's becoming such a little sleep rockstar.

Here's what we did to achieve the 11pm sleep time:

Between 7-9, get him to nap. This is always almost impossible, so it means wearing the ergo carrier and forcing it.

At 9pm, take him out and feed him 4 oz of formula. He is breastfed, but he snacks on me and is terrible with big meals, so this is my way of knowing that he is getting a good filling meal.

After food, it's playtime. 

At 10:30, bath! 

11pm - Swaddle, breastmilk and bed. Some nights he goes to bed awake, drowsy or completely passed out from boob. 

Let's hope it keeps working!

Xoxo

L

He has arrived!!!

Many apologies for the delay, as the past few days have been a smidge hectic...HOWEVER, I would like to announce the arrival of our littlest addition,  Luke!

He came screaming to Earth at 2:44pm on Thursday, November 19th after a nerve wracking but ultimately uneventful c-section. He was so beautiful that upon first glance, I almost passed out from happiness:)

I'll update with details shortly!

Xoxo

Laura

Last morning!!!

Aaaaaaahhhhh

We're about to have a baby!!!

39 weeks!

It's the final countdown!!!!!

I can't wait! This weekend, Jeff and I are doing every last detail that needs to be done before the baby such as cleaning the house top to bottom, installing the car seat, building a crap load of baby gadgets, food shopping so Piper doesn't starve at grandma and grandpa's...getting a facial, because I may never sleep again after the baby is born. Yay! It's all happening!

I have a pre-op appointment on Tuesday, and then the cesarean scheduled for Thursday. I can't help but be bummed that no doctor in their right mind would let me deliver naturally again after what happened last time. I hate that I'll have a longer recovery time, which will prolong the time I have to wait to roughhouse  with Piper, and that someone will gruesomely be slicing into my abdomen, but hey...I've gone through worse at this point. And all that matters is his safe arrival. However, my mom did donate blood last week in the event that I bleed out again and need a transfusion. She's the best:)

Four full days left and I plan to fill them with seeing as many people as possible and doing as much as my broken body will allow:)

It's happening!

Pee!!

Piper peed on the potty!!!

This is a big deal, right? Because it certainly feels like a big deal. If I didn't have a newborn coming in less than 2 weeks, I'd probably allow myself to get far too excited over the prospect of changing fewer smelly, disgusting diapers. But with a newborn, we all know that isn't reality. 

Anyway, I'm proud of my little girl... 3 weeks after her second birthday:)