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| 10 lbs 4 oz and 23in
EATING
Pio has been a good eater and nursing is now finally painless! During the day he goes between 2 hours and 4 hours between feedings and at night he goes 3 to 5 hours! Nursing sessions are lasting longer and he's finally consistently nursing on both sides!
SLEEPING
Pio usually sleeps three hours at a time but he has given me a couple nights where he slept a five hour stretch at a time and I felt quite spoiled! He's still sleeping in the little rocker but often towards the morning I pull him into bed on my side and let him sleep on his tummy which he loves! I may invest in a side rail for the bed in order to be able to still pull him into bed with me once he starts rolling.
INTERACTING
Pio is responding more and more to our expressions and voices. When he gets excited he starts moving his arms and legs a lot more! He stares more intently at us and he is awake more often during the day.
MOVING
Pio is playing with his hands more often and he is finding his hands to suck on more often. I think he is going to be a thumb sucker! He is improving in his head control, but he really doesn't like tummy time unless he's sleeping. We think he gets frustrated that he can't see what's around him when he's on his tummy.
PLAYING
He's batting at hanging objects with better accuracy these days!
COMMUNICATING
He's cooing more! Hurray! He responds to us talking to him with coos at times which is adorable! And of course he cries per usual when he's hungry, tired, frustrated, etc.
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| Hard to believe my little boy will be bigger than me someday! |
I've done a trial of using the Bounty select a size paper towels with a spray bottle filled with water and baby castile soap instead of the conventional baby wipes. I even cut the paper towel roll in half so it goes farther. It seems to be working really well and I like that I can easily control how much paper towel I use and how much moisture depending on the mess! I think it should save us a little on the cost of wipes in the long run.
Recently, I was getting really down about how much longer it is taking than I anticipated to drop the postpartum pounds. Pre-pregnancy, I tended to wear a lot of natural waist fitting skirts and dresses and most of those clothes no longer fit around my waist. I was getting more discouraged the more my closet dwindled down with clothes I couldn't wear. Also, certain outfits I owned aren't as practical now that I'm nursing. So my amazing hubby gave me the go ahead for a thrift shop spree :)
I went with my mom and we found some really fun summer outfits that flatter my new curves and constant nursing schedule. I feel so much more confident now that I have skirts and dresses I look forward to putting on!
Anth has been super helpful in helping to motivate me in losing the extra weight and being encouraging and understanding when I get discouraged. He's doing a calorie counter himself as he finds it motivating but I find it hard to count every calorie throughout the day. I'm going to try to just generally eat less and exercise more. He got our bikes up and running for the summer and Anth and I will switch off watching Pio so we can take turns exercising. Pray I stick to it!
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| Sweet family memories! |
Oh, hurray, another Pio update!! That second photo of him with you is wonderful. He has such a great "I'm cool" expression on his face. lol.
ReplyDeleteHahaha :) Thanks :) My sister said it looks like he's the one taking a "selfie" of us!
DeleteI buy almost all of my clothes at thrift stores - it's great to be able to come home with a few "new" things and not feel too guilty, since you don't have to spend much.
ReplyDeleteI've found that I've had to change my wardrobe in a lot of ways to deal with all the stages my body goes through: early pregnancy, late pregnancy, post-partum, nursing. I no longer have many "normal" clothes - they all have to work double-duty at least!
What style of dresses have you found that work well for nursing (but aren't immodest)? I have basically no dresses that I can nurse in :-(
Also, try not to be too anxious about the baby weight. Your baby is only two months! I think I've heard that when baby is between 3-6 months they have a big growth spurt and eating a lot, and the mother tends to lose more weight. Also, I hate to say it, but I've found that the last 5-10 pounds just won't fall off until the baby is fully weaned (by which point you could be pregnant again anyways). Women's bodies just likes to hold onto a little extra until then.
Keep in mind too that oftentimes, your body simply changes shape after having a baby. After my first child wasn't so little, I started exercising a bit (just going for walks each day with the stroller), and eventually weighed even less than I had when I'd gotten pregnant. But I still had some clothes that just would NOT zip up anymore. Your bones spread out with pregnancy (hips and ribs), and sometimes the fat redistributes in different places. One more reason it's good to slowly accumulate a wardrobe that works for different sizes and shapes!