Wednesday, September 12, 2012

6 Month Update


Age: 6 months
Date of Appt.: September 12th, 2012
Weight: 18lbs 5oz
Height:  28inches
Sleeping Patterns: You are still a great sleeper.  Lately you've started waking up around 6am and talking to yourself, we just leave you alone and you eventually fall back asleep for at least another hour or two.  You still take about two naps a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
Eating Patterns: you usually eat about 4 bottles a day and you eat solids now!  well pureed solids anyways.  In the mornings we do cereal and a fruit, for lunch you have vegetables, fruits and a meat and then before bed we do cereal and a fruit right now.  Over the next month I am hoping you will eat more meals a day since you have been introduced to lots of foods already :)
Anything You'd Like to Add?:
You are a pro at sitting unassisted now, which is a position you like to be in a lot since you can see everything.  You have your two teeth and the doctor thinks you will get some more pretty soon!!  You are so much fun with your babbling and interacting....you grab EVERYTHING now and it usually ends up in your mouth or close to anyways lol.

Monday, September 10, 2012

Life Lessons of a (Some What) New Mom Cont'd...

Eating becomes a challenge...
...well at least eating hot food when you want it does lol.  It never fails, dinner is finally cooked and set out on the table, you sit down and as you are about to scoop that first bite into your mouth...the crying starts...or the fussing or just the general need for attention.  Most moms become pros at the one handed eating, you learn to master the knife and fork while entertaining baby at the same time!  It's not always easy but it can be done!  When the little one starts eating....that's a whole other story!  Right now I don't have to worry about that too much, but I know my days of eating while everyone else eats will soon be over, because for a while I will have to help Cole eat his dinner, until he gets the hang of feeding himself.  I enjoy this time though, so you won't catch me complaining.

You learn to love your new body...
....or you work extra hard to get your old one back.  Personally I am still working towards LOVING my new body....I like it, but can't say I love it.  I attend a bootcamp fitness class three times a week and enjoy spending that time on me and I am really liking the way my body is changing because of it.  You learn to just adjust to your new body, on the bright side it might mean a new wardrobe ;)

No one expects you to be "Super Mom" except for you...
I think a lot of new moms go through this...you expect yourself to be able to do everything...and you just can't! You can't expect to always have a super clean and tidy house, for dinner to be on the table by 5pm sharp, for your child to be well behaved, fed, cleaned and ready to go!  There is a lot to do as a new mom and eventually you get a schedule down, it might take a while, but you do.  I try to get cleaning in during nap times and food prep in while Cole is busy entertaining himself on the mats in the living room....and everything else will get done when it gets done.  My house never seems to be clean enough or tidy enough...but it's really all just baby stuff EVERYWHERE....and I'm ok with it!  If you spend too much time dwelling on everything you haven't got done or still need to do, you are going to run yourself into the ground.

My "Me" time often becomes thinking time...
Me time usually is comprised of going to bootcamp and coming home and taking a shower.  I should be spending most of this time focused on me, but instead I find myself running through every decision that needs to be made and making lists of things I need to do. When I'm in the shower I often find myself thinking about EVERYTHING....from what I should do with my hair to what I am going to make for dinner to all of the things that need to be done around the house!  I feel like my brain never shuts off.  Bootcamp usually takes my mind off everything for the hour that I'm doing it....it's the drive there and back that I spend thinking.  Lots of good decisions have been made in the shower....


Clean? What does that mean?!...
Nothing ever seems clean enough anymore.  I can vacuum, mop and tidy up and give it a day or two and everything seems in disarray again.  Most of the mess is baby stuff everywhere as I stated earlier.  Baby clothes, baby toys, books, blankets....everywhere lol.  I tidy everything up and then just have to take it all back out again when it's time to play (which is always).  I know it really shouldn't matter, I just miss having a semi-organized house.

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Life Lessons of a (some what) New Mom

I'm sure all new mothers go through this...that eye opening experience that life has changed.  Now I'm not just talking about life in general...it's obvious that life is going to change once a baby enters your world, I'm talking about the less obvious life lessons you learn one you become a mom...the ones no one really talks about.

1. You learn who your "REAL" friends are...
Since having a baby, I apparently am not as much fun anymore....at least not in my friend's eyes...or that's how I see it, because it feels like everyone has dropped off the face of the Earth since giving birth.  The majority of my friends don't have children and probably won't for a while, so I get that having a baby around isn't always what they want.  A couple of weeks ago DH gave me the "you should call your friends" speech and to be honest...maybe I should...BUT I got tired of having to always be the one to initiate conversation and then having it die out quickly.  Friends that I thought would be around more aren't and others have surprised me and have made the effort to stick around.  It is kind of sad, but I have made so many new friends since giving birth that it doesn't really bother me!

2. There is NOT enough time in a day...
Some days seem to stretch on forever and other days you feel like you blink and it is over.  This week especially I just feel like I do not have enough time to get everything I need to get done done!  I wake up, give Cole breakfast, change his diaper and get him dressed, walk the dog, get myself some breakfast and then the day really gets started...chores need to be done! time to vacuum, sweep, mop and do the laundry! when that's done it's time to tidy up the toys and put Cole down for a nap.  While he is sleeping I prep his baby food for the freezer and tidy up a bit more, sometimes try to sneak in a nap of my own depending on how much sleep I got the night before.  Then we run and do our errands...our groceries, Wal-Mart trips and other adventures and then it's pretty much time for Daddy to return for work and for dinner to get started or for me to head out to bootcamp.  Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't trade it for the world...sometimes I just wish the day was longer or I was faster lol

3. I didn't think it was possible...but I love my husband MORE...
Everytime I watch hubby interact with Cole in any way...I love him more.  I love watching him play with Cole, feed him, make him laugh or go for his "Daddy Walk".  I go to bootcamp three times a week, it is my bit of time away, and Mike takes Cole while I go and they have a blast every single time!  Sometimes I come home and Cole doesn't want anything to do with me.  I love that they have a great relationship already and like the bolded sentence said....I didn't think it was possible but it makes me love him even more.

4. A baby's smile or laugh can make your whole day better....
I can be having the worst day or be at my wits end with something and then Cole smiles or laughs and the world seems right again.  There is no better sound than the sound of a baby laughing and baby smiles are just so genuine that you can't help but smile back.

There are a lot more lessons I have learned since becoming a mom...some of them big and some of them small.  This list is just a start of what I'm sure will be a LONG list :)