Cody ~ 5 Weeks

I know I haven't written in a couple of weeks, but all you new moms know how busy we get. In the last few weeks there have been a bunch of firsts.....

Cody's belly button finally fell off, so it was time for our first bath. I knew he would like it, because when I washed his hair in the sink he would stop crying, but he really loves tubby time and thank goodness it makes him sleepy.

My son now grunts. It seems anytime he gets angry his fists ball up and here come the grunts. I actually think its adorable (along with almost everything else)

We had our first time in the pool. Daddy and Cody had a fantastic time in Aunty Ambers pool (of course I am not getting in a bathing suit yet) Another reason I think Cody loves the water. He was very content as Daddy was swishing him all along. I hope to have him in the water a couple of times a week.

The last first was our after hours visit to Cody's peditrician. I had switched his formula to Good Start which most of our friends used and almost immedietly Cody broke out in a rash and was up every hour and 1/2. At first I thought it was baby acne but when we woke up on Sunday a rash was all over his face and neck. We went right into the doctor. We got a gel for his face and switched right back to Similac but the sensitive rs formula. I am happy to report my little guy is back to his hansome self and is back to sleeping at least 3 hours at a time. Also he weighed in over 9 lbs and is 21 1/2 inches

Family Time ~ Week 3

Last week was full of visits and fun time. My Mom was here until last Saturday, My Dad and Chris came on Wednesday until Thursday and Melissa came in on Thursday night and stayed until Sunday. Wow, it was wonderful. Everybody met our little guy.

Thank goodness for my Mom and Melissa. My mom would take Cody every morning for a couple of hours so I could sleep and Melissa took him Friday night and I actually slept 9 hours and with my husband. It was heaven.

Starting Monday it was just Cody and me and thats ok. I've been doing fairly well. We have sort of, gotten into a schedule (thanks to Melissa). Cody has been sleeping anywhere from 2.5 hours to 4.5 hours at night and and 2-3 hours during the day. Depending when he wakes up in the am, we usually go back to sleep until 8 or 9am. We get up and take a bath/change, eat and play time. A few days we've gone on little trips to Target and back to the same schedule, eat, change and playtime. This has been working out well so far. I know, he is only 3 weeks old so this will change a million times, but for now it is working....

At Cody's check-up this week, he gained 10 ounces. After his first check-up he was down to 6lbs, then 6.5 lbs, now he is 7.3 lbs and 20 1/2 inches. He is becoming a big boy. He is finally fitting into some of the newborn outfits. I can't wait to see how much he gains in 2 weeks, because let me tell you, he eats like a piggy, but whatever the little prince wants he is getting. :)