2 weeks!

[district12ravenclaw]

Owen is 2 weeks old today!



Me - Continuing to heal very well. BFing still has its ups and downs, but I'm feeling good about it overall.

Steve - Goes back to work tomorrow. I'm really bummed about this, but I know that Steve hates being away from work for so long. He told me last night that he feels so useless because he can't feed Owen when he's hungry, but I assured him that it's been very important having him around. He's out getting Owen's birth certificate right now.

Owen - Such a cute little man! His evening fussiness has definitely increased, and he seems to cluster feed a lot. He'll go 3 hours without eating, and then he'll eat every hour for the next 3 hours, usually for only about 15 minutes. We don't put him down to sleep at night until we go to bed ourselves, at around 11 or 12, and he'll sleep until usually 5am. Despite the long stretch, it's still really difficult for me to get up and feed him. After feeding him, he'll go back down until 9 or 10. His umbilical cord stump fell off yesterday, at 13 days.

Comments

[themakingofme.livejournal.com]

He's so big for 2 weeks!
as for the cluster feeding, Your body is adjusting to his feeding, the more he feeds, the more milk you will make. You, your body & Owen are figuring out the right amount. It will all work! Im all proud of you for breastfeeding! I know how tough it is!

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

I know it, he's a bruiser :)! Thanks!

[happy7777.livejournal.com]

holy cow, you have GREAT long stretches of sleep! We still haven't gotten longer than 4.5 hours at a time (and that has only been 2-3 times). Thomas is usually up every 2-3 hours all night. Good job sticking with the BF. It has been relatively easy for us, and I still get frustrated!

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

I really did luck out with the sleep; I just wish I could hurry up and get used to it; I'm half nodding off when I feed him in the middle of the night!

[t-marie-o.livejournal.com]

He's already loosing the "newborn" look quite a bit, amazing.

Good luck in being home w/out Steve. At least you had 2 weeks, that's awesome! If I have a week w/ Jim I'll be lucky.

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

I know, he's growing up too fast! I think I'll do pretty well without Steve at home, but I sure will miss him.

[unfshine.livejournal.com]

Wow! He is looking so much older already! You are so lucky to have those long hours of sleep right now. With Leo, I was seriously a ZOMBIE.. he would wake up to eat every 1 1/2 - 2 hours.

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

I've been way lucky on the sleep, though last night was a little rough when he got up at 2 and wouldn't go back to sleep until about 4.

[staciebratton.livejournal.com]

He totally looks like he is throwing up a gang sign! :)

I am impressed that he will sleep for so long! Jacob has started giving us one 4 hour stretch between feedings every night. So along with the feeding and having to keep him upright for 20-30 min after, I have been getting 3 hours in a row and it is fabulous! :)

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

Haha, my baby's a gangster!

[mama-gryphon.livejournal.com]

Is he only doing 15 minutes because he's falling asleep? Sounds like it going well otherwise.

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

Sometimes it's because he falls asleep, and no matter what I try, he refuses to wake back up. Sometimes he just pops off, and when I try numerous times to put him back on, he doesn't want it. He's a grazer I guess :).

[mama-gryphon.livejournal.com]

Mooooooo! Alex went through a phase like that. It was hard until she decided to change her mind. We'd tickler her feet, give her a little jiggle when she started to nod off, etc. Hang in there!

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I do all that stuff too. I'll tickle his feet, scratch his back, rub his head, and he just conks out :).

[mama-gryphon.livejournal.com]

Sometimes there's no fighting a food coma.

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

That's for sure!

[danalc.livejournal.com]

OMG, Happy 2 weeks Owen! Ive enjoyed all the pis.

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[granada.livejournal.com]

What a cutie!!!! He looks like he's grown so much since he was born. Good to hear you're healing well.

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

Thanks! He really does look more grown up.

[jenjunum.livejournal.com]

That picture is hilarious. The combination of the hand and the facial expression is too funny.

I'm sorry Steve has to go back to work. I'm glad you had two weeks together as a family though.

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

He makes some pretty funny facial expressions :). I'm very happy we had these two weeks together; I just hope he doesn't have too hard of a time getting up in the morning.

[rancid13.livejournal.com]

Happy 2 weeks! I can't believe how quickly time is passing. Yay for longer stretches of sleep for both of you! Tyler was up every 3 hours on the dot for the first couple months, and nursing sessions were usually 30-45 minutes each. :)

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Sounds like Tyler was very predictable. That's one thing I can't say for this kid :).

[rancid13.livejournal.com]

He was somewhat predictable, excepting for the growth spurts which were totally random (as far as eating and sleeping went)...He didn't get on any sort of schedule until 2-2.5 months along. Until then, we just went with things on an as-needed basis.

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

Okay good, I was worried that I should start putting him on a schedule. We don't put him down for the night until we go to bed ourselves, which is usually around midnight.

[rancid13.livejournal.com]

Nah, we just pretty much let him dictate the schedule for the most part. After a couple months of going to bed late (midnight or later), I decided we needed to do something to move his bedtime to an earlier time b/c I needed sleep badly. We started to introduce a bedtime routine (bath, bottle/nurse, bed) and gradually moved his bedtime up by 10-20 minutes each day until he was down for the night between 7-7:30 and we've kept it there since then. On days he doesn't nap well we'll put him down a bit earlier but so far haven't kept him up later than ~7:45 b/c I'm afraid of messing with his schedule and paying for it later...

[mwright626.livejournal.com]

Sounds like things are going great!! Sorry Steve has to go back to work :( I know how hard that is.

I'm so jealous of the sleep! Clustering feeding SUCKS. It does pass though. Hang in there!

I love that picture -- it looks like he's tossing a pizza or something. Hee hee!

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

Thanks! He has quite the penchant for cluster feedings; luckily, they aren't in the middle of the night.

[punkwan44.livejournal.com]

You're lucky he sleeps that long, that's one thing I worry about when I have kids is not getting sleep because i NEED my sleep, and he is already looking a little older and so adorable :)

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

I'm a huge sleeper too, so I'm lucky that he can go for as long as he does.

[luvnu43.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you are feeling good.

What a cutie!

Would you consider introducing bottles so Steve can feed Owen? I know you have to wait until the baby is "hooked" onto BF, how long does that take??

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

Thanks! We're waiting for the "magic" 4-week mark to introduce bottles. I've only pumped once though, so I should probably start working on a supply.

[luvnu43.livejournal.com]

Ah, I knew there was an appropriate time to do that...but this non-mommy couldn't remember what that was!!!

Pumping for a supply?? Oh geez. I have a lot to learn....

[sidneymintz.livejournal.com]

He's gorgeous :)

This period will be a blur in no time. You're doing great.

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[jillyb.livejournal.com]

Awww, so cute! Happy 2 weeks :)

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[wildcat22.livejournal.com]

Adorable pic! Just an fyi - Lauren did that cluster feeding thing too! She'd eat every 2.5 hours or so during the day and then every hour on the hour from 6-9 or so. Then I'd wake her up before we went to bed around 12am and feed her again and then she'd sleep until 5 or so (and then slowly it was 9am). I LOVE it. I plan to purposely feed my next baby that way!

Sorry Steve is headed back to work. I agree, men like to feel useful and I think babies in general make them feel a bit useless:). DH loved playing with Lauren, but I know he was glad to get back to the routine of work. Keep enjoying everyday:)

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I thought they only cluster fed during growth spurts, but it seems to be his MO. As long as he keeps them during the day, I'm okay with it :).

[pupsgirl.livejournal.com]

So precious! He has already changed so much!

Glad to hear you are feeling good!

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[luvbeingamommy.livejournal.com]

Wow, 2weeks already? He is so adorable.

Ugh, I hated the cluster feeds, seriously it would drive me up the wall!

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I guess he is just a grazer, because he'll only eat for about 10-15 minutes before he's done.

[vwinkel.livejournal.com]

That picture cracks me up. It's as though he's saying, "Oy! Enough with the pictures already!"

[stevesbabygirl.livejournal.com]

Thanks!