7 weeks, 1 day

Charlie's 1st Valentines Day

Rob and I wished each other a Happy Valentines Day at 4:00 am this morning. We weren't being all romantic - we just had to get up because Charlie had a stuffy nose and I asked Rob to put the humidifier together while I fed him so it would clear up his nose. I know, it's so romantic its making you sick.

Charlie gave me a great Valentines present: smiles for the camera.

Sleeping through the Night?

On Tuesday, my Dr. cleared me to take baths. I couldn't take baths not because of my incision but because my cervix was still open. So on Tuesday night I finally took a bath and brought one of my baby books with me that I was behind on.

In the book it says babies may fuss at night when they complete their REM cycle which occurs about every 3 hours. Charlie did make a little noise (but no crying) about every 3 hours so I would bring him to the nursery to feed him, assuming he was stirring because he was hungry. The book said to feed when he cries not just when he makes noise.

So Tuesday night I decided to try it. I fed him at 10:30 pm and didn't feed him until 5:30 am! I could have probably let him go longer but I was worried he was starving. Then last night I fed him at 9:30 pm and he didn't start getting fussy and crying until 7:00 am! I hope this trend continues!

Charlie's First Superbowl

We had some friends and family over for Superbowl Sunday and Charlie celebrated his first superbowl.

365 Blog

A 365 blog is a blog that has a new picture for each day of the year. In an effort to make sure I am taking pictures of Charlie often, I created a new blog - a 365 blog for Charlie. I wish I started it when he was just born but he's just shy of 6 weeks so he's not THAT old. I think it will be neat to go back and see how he's changed over the months.

I'll still post here and there may be duplication of photos on the blogs, but if you want to see what Charlie is up to, you can check out his new blog: http://charlie-monkey.blogspot.com/

A little background on the name: Rob started calling him Monkey because when you put him on your shoulder, he climbs up you like a little monkey. We now call him our little monkey.

How We Go Green

You hear about all the diapers in the landfills but who wants to use cloth diapers?! We have a solution: wash them. That's right - they hold up pretty well in the washer and dryer. They do seperate into two pieces though so just glue together and you're good.




The other day Rob found a baby wipe in his clean laundry and today I found a diaper in Charlie's clean laundry. Looks like I'll be doing more laundry - joy!

Introducing the Bottle

I've been wanting to use my breast pump so we can have a supply of milk in case Rob needs to feed him for me so I broke out the pump on Saturday. It took some getting used to but it was successful. The moment of truth was when Rob was going to introduce the bottle to Charlie...Charlie took the bottle like a champ! We fed him 2 oz and he finished in ~7 minutes. He typically feeds for 15 minutes when I feed him. I have no idea how many ozs he gets when I feed him and if its easier for him to feed off me or the bottle. We'll probably figure these things out with time. For now, I'm excited that I'll have some freedom with the feedings.

Look at him looking at his daddy...



Happy mommy