week 2

Week 2 started with going to the doctor's office on Friday for our 1 week weight check.  This was my and Wells' 1st time leaving the house since we got home from the hospital and every time we are leaving the house we get dressed up in one of our sweet outfits in the closet.  I love the little embroidered trains and the collar on this day gown. 

We had a little scare from attempting fingernail cutting right after we got home from the hospital, so we decided to let them be.  He tends to only get a small scratch here and there but it's worse when he gets in the car seat so the mittens go on then!  

We weren't supposed to see the doctor but my Pediatrician is awesome and came by to chat and check on us for a little while anyway.  After a couple of breastfeeding confusing days, I had no idea how the weight check would go, but my big boy was back up to his birth weight exactly! 9 pounds 2 ounces once again.

He did great at the doctor appointment and we felt great after talking to the nurse about everything.  She said his belly button stub wasn't close to coming off so be patient and continue with sponge baths.  Because breastfeeding was going so well and he was already back up to his birth weight, they said we don't have to come back until he is 1 month old!  

This week was full of a lot of firsts.... Saturday we took our 1st road trip (only an hour and a half drive) to the Camp House.  It felt great to get out of the house and have a change in scenery, but packing for just 1 night is kinda humorous now that we have a baby.  We tried out the Baby Bjorn for the 1st time and took Wells for a ride around the property on the Bad Boy Buggy.  

He slept the entire time and didn't seem to mind the bumps or the heat one bit.  We did a lot of relaxing and outfit changing.  

We relaxed both inside and out on the porch...

Sunday, on our way back home, we had our 1st trip to a restaurant... at a small town country buffet!  He didn't make a peep.  

Harper ALWAYS wants to be next to Wells

He found his thumb one day... I wish he would find it again but I think it was a fluke

He wore a precious bubble for the 1st time on Wednesday, the day that Momma drove him to Mobile for the 1st time by herself and went to lunch with Mimi and Nat & babies (we should have taken a picture of the lunch table and us adults being outnumbered by all the kiddos).  

Wells had his 1st babysitter... sorta.  After lunch, Mimi kept Wells in the waiting room while I saw the dermatologist (apparently having some kind of allergic reaction, when I am not aware of anything I'm allergic too.  fun fun).  

We also tried tummy time and "played" on the play mat for the 1st time!  

  Yep, before we knew it, we turned 2 weeks old!  Time is FLYING by!  

Age: 2 weeks old

Likes: laying on his tummy, being held, eating, being awake more!

Dislikes: bath time, getting put to bed, being swaddled (a big thing we figured out this week... he would spend so much time fighting the swaddle that I tried just a blanket one night that he slept SO much better... he hasn't been swaddled since)

Eating:  Still breastfeeding every 3 hours during the day.  Everything is going much more smoothly: less discomfort, and he is much more consistent from side to side, just eats for less time total.  

Sleeping:  There are nights here and there (especially the night we spent at the Camp) that he just doesn't want to go down to sleep and is very fussy, but once we finally get that 1st sleep down, he does well throughout the rest of the night and wakes up hungry about every 3-4 hours.  The 1st night we didn't wake him up to feed him, he slept from 10:15pm-4:45am!  I was happy with that.  

Diapers: size 1- and boy do we fly through them!  probably almost 10 diapers/day

Clothes: I've sadly put aside some of his newborn clothes that just wouldn't fit anymore; only a few cotton sleep sacks and Feltman day gowns left that work.  Otherwise he is completely in 0-3 month clothes and even the 0-3 month white Gerber onesie is very snug!  

week 1

Let's give an overview of the first week of Wells' life!  We stayed at the hospital Thursday night when Wells was born until Saturday afternoon.  We had a flurry of visitors, a tiny bit of relaxing time, a lot of breastfeeding practice, and lots of bonding time with little Wells while we were there, but we were so ready to get home.  

On Friday, the hospital took Wells' official hospital portraits (and Ben followed the photographer with our camera so that we could get the same shots).  These are a few of my favorites

Saturday afternoon we decided to check out and head home!  It was quite a process of packing everything up and getting everyone ready before being discharged with all of our instructions (you know, that "instruction book" that comes with babies... right? hah).  When we left the hospital, Wells was weighing 8 pounds 12 ounces (down from his 9 pound 2 ounce birth weight).

Wells wore the same Feltman Brothers Day Gown home from the hospital that both of my sisters and I wore home from the hospital.  We had another option that was a brand new blue day gown, but this was gender neutral (because my parents didn't know if any of us were boys or girls) and very special to see my son wear the same thing I did!

The blanket draped over him in the car seat was Ben's when he was a baby, so he was covered in special items from both of his parents.

We settled in after a rainy car ride home and were grateful to be brought groceries and dinner for the night.  Wells was NOT a fan of his first little sponge bath...

...but he actually did really really well his first night at home!  We woke him up every 3 hours to eat and he actually slept great swaddled up in his bassinet between feedings.

Harper isn't so sure what this thing is that we have brought into his house but he seems to like the baby.  When he gets close he wants to lick him, and otherwise he is pretty protective.  I think he's just wondering where all of HIS attention went!

The rest of the week went well, with Daddy going back to work on Monday and me having wonderful helpers come spend the day with me (my mom, Natalie, Ben's mom, Amy), cook us dinner, help with laundry, etc.

My 3 Boys

1st time wearing a bib

enough pictures momma!

and then before we knew it, he turned 1 week old!

Age: 1 week old

Likes: laying on his tummy on our chests, bedtime songs and prayers, & sleeping

Dislikes: bath time, clothing changes, & being consistent with breastfeeding

Eating:  Breastfeeding every 3 hours during the day.  Pediatrician told us to wake him up every 3 hours to feed him at night for the 1st week only (despite my hesitance to wake a sleeping baby).  My milk came in on Monday and all of a sudden he didn't want to eat for as long on each side... going to Natalie ALOT to ask questions because it's TOUGH to get a hang of this breastfeeding thing.  

Sleeping:  We have been surprised at how well he is sleeping and just know that things could be SO much worse! Waking up every 3 hours throughout the night is a difficult thing to get used to, but he is falling right back to sleep so we get about 2 hours of sleep at a time.  

Diapers: as soon as he was born they put him in size 1 diapers- we tried a newborn diaper on him and it didn't keep all the yuckiness in, so we have several packages of unused newborn diapers!!

Clothes: Newborn clothes are too short for him and his LONG body, so he has mainly been wearing 0-3 month clothes.

It was honestly a wonderful 1st week! We love you Wells!