4 Weeks

Bodhi is now 4 weeks old!! It has gone by so fast already. I can tell he has definitely grown but is still small. We get stopped every where and asked how old he is and told how cute he is. It is nice to know our baby is so cute but Eddy and I are not the type of people that like being stopped by strangers and getting a lot of attention. It is especially awkward when they touch him. So Bodhi is still struggling with sleeping at night. The longest he will usually sleep for is about 2 hours at a time. We have decided that he has his days and nights mixed up. I decided to look up how to help your baby sleep through the night and I found this site, http://parenting.ivillage.com/baby/bsleep/0,,40rf,00.html, that has 8 tips for helping your baby sleep through the night. They are:
1. Keep to a Routine- Help your baby realize that night is for sleeping and day is for being awake. This means waking your baby up if they like to sleep more during the day.

2. When your baby is napping during the day keep him in a well lit area- This encourages your baby to take shorter naps and will help him sleep better at night.

3. During the day nurse in a quiet darkened room- This causes less destractions so the baby will eat longer and get all the nutrients he needs during the day.

4. If your baby uses a pacifer allow him to meet his sucking needs at your breast instead- Regular nursing sessions during the day may help to reduce his middle of the night waking.

5. When nursing, feed your baby off of one breast- This will provide him with more of your rich hindmilk, which may also help to space out his nighttime feeds.

6. Carry your baby- Especially in the evening to help him transition to sleep, carrying him around in a swing or just in your arms helps him relax.

7. Keep the evening calm- Try to do calming activities in the evening. For example if your baby finds baths calming do those in the evening. If your baby finds them stimulating and it wakes them up do them in the mornings.

8. Nurse in a darkened room at night- Try to keep him calm and relaxed when he wakes up to eat at night. Try to avoid changing diapers at night so that he can learn night time is for sleeping.

I have been trying to use these tips for the last couple of days and so far they seem to have helped a little bit. Bodhi may not be sleeping very long at night but he has been falling back to sleep after eating a lot easier and faster than he was before.

3 Weeks

Everything is going pretty well at our house. Bodhi is at the stage that he wants to eat almost constantly and doesn't want to sleep at night. When we first brought Bodhi home the doctor told us to keep him on a schedule during the day, so wake him up every three hours to eat, and then at night just let him sleep and wake up on his own to eat. By doing this she said that he would be more likely to sleep longer at night. We have been really good about keeping him on this schedule. Instead of sleeping longer at night he has just kept this schedule of waking up about every three hours which has been fine. But now he is waking up every hour- hour and a half to eat for about 3 hours or more and then will sleep for about 3-4 hours. I have heard that this is a stage that babies go through at three weeks to help your body produce more milk since they are growing and will need more milk. Last night was lots of fun with him waking up every 20 mins from 11:30 till 3:00 am. Hopefully this stage will end soon, especially before I have to go back to work. Bodhi has also been awake more often during the days which is fun and has started to smile, although he does not smile at anything in particular. So that is about all our life consists of at the moment.

2 week check up

Yesterday Bodhi and I both had our two week check ups! Bodhi went first and he is doing extremely well. He now weighs 6 lbs!! The doctors were very impressed with his weight gain. I just hope he doesn't grow up too fast:( He also now has the cutest little tummy button, his umbilical cord fell out about two days ago.

My doctor appt. went really well as well. My blood pressure is finally down and they are letting me go off the meds they put me on in the hospital. I have lost 31 lbs in the past two weeks and now I only have about 25 more to go before I am down to my pre-pregnancy weight. (yes I gained 56 lbs during my pregnancy but a majority of that was water weight from my swelling due to my preclampsia) My incision has healed really well and I am no longer on any pain killers. I am still not allowed to drive or do anything too crazy but I can walk normal now, bend over, and get in and out of bed and chairs without wanting to cry:)

Eddy has gone back to work and says he misses us lots, and of course we miss him lots! I am not totally looking forward to going back to work I will miss my little baby but it will be nice to get out of the house.

This Friday my mum and I are going to take Bodhi, Courtney, and Nevaeh to the zoo. I know Bodhi will have no clue what is going on but I am excited we love the zoo and go often. This weekend is also my first Mother's day which should be fun. We are going to a big luncheon on Saturday with Eddy's family and mine. I love having my family so close and being able to celebrate all the holidays and having them close to help out. I was so lucky to have my parents out here just in time for Bodhi's birth it was such a scary time and it was so nice to have my parents as well as Eddy's there for support and they helped out soo much!

I have more pictures I want to post but I need to find the cord for my camera. So hopefully soon I will have pictures!