1 Month!!!

again, I am a little late.. we should just accept that I will most likely do these posts well after the actual time. :)
so Charlie-man turned 4 weeks old Friday, June 19th and a month old Monday, June 22 :)

1 Month Recap:
Weight: Gained 4 pounds
Went to: dog park, doctor, grocery, home depot, target, Nanna and Pop's house
Features: skeptical look, giggles and disgusted sound
Sleeping: if we're not gassy, we sleep 9pm-1/2am-5am-7am! Momma gets some good sleep
Eating: on average we eat 27oz per day with a boobs at night

We just started seeing things and are very interested in the world. We love to pull on daddy's glasses, momma's necklace and anything else within our reach. We still love the wubbanub and hate being cold.

We spend most of our days snuggling momma and plotting ways to keep her next to me.

hiccups

So Charlie-man is 3.5 weeks old now! Time is flying
This last week was pretty rough. Charlie got super gassy and fussy - hubster and I were at our wits end.  The pediatrician said it sounded like a milk-allergy and for me to cut out all dairy. All I eat is dairy :( That solved it though. Charlie is back to normal!

Charlie
9 pounds :) little man eats very well!!
Eating: 3-5oz per sitting to a total of ~25-30oz per day! no wonder little chunk is putting on the weight!
Sleeping: we had a rough patch with the milk allergy, but the last 2 nights are back to normal. I go to sleep around 9ish and hubby feeds Charlie around 11pm and 2am, then I feed him around 4:30am and 8ish. I get 2 solid 4+ hour blocks of sleep. it's amazing.
Firsts:

• "walg"- walk/jog in stroller
• staying home with daddy ALONE for 2+ hours
• trip to home depot

Mom
I gained 2 pounds this week. I haven't been able to work out and haven't been sleeping. None of these are good for my waist-line. ugh. I have about 15 pounds to lose now- super depressing. I don't even want to work out.

I will make a post soon on first month baby survival gear. There were definitely things that we needed to survive these last few weeks. I cannot believe my handsome little man is almost a month old.

2 weeks post partum

So, it's actually 2.5 weeks.. lol. like you're surpised at my punctuality. 

Charlie
Officially almost 8 pounds!
We survived growth spurt #1- it lasted from 8 days old to 11 days old. I thought we were all going to turn into Jack Nicholson from the Shining.

crazy eyes anyone?

after the spurt was finished little man has gone from 6 pounds something to 7 pounds. That atleast made it feel a little worth it. 

We are officially out of newborn diapers and now into size 1. We have some leaking issues with every brand we have tried- Charlie has daddy's chicken legs. :)

1) Eating- little man eats 2-5oz per session (every 1-3 hours). he's an eating machine. hence the weight gain. 

2) Sleeping- I get to sleep 9pm to 4am every night. it's pretty good. sometimes I get to go back to sleep from 4:30-8ish. As we enter the 18 day old growth spurt I see that not happening. :(
3) Firsts-

• walk around the park
• doctor visit
• trip to Pop and Nanna's house
• bath (oh did that go bad. REALLY bad.)

Mom
Recovery is going well :) I can pee without it stinging! victory. stitches are still in there though. I want to get back into a workout routine.

I am down 15 pounds, still have ~10 to lose. they are coming off slow and I am STARVING all the time.

The Hospital Bag

so I always saw these posts while pregnant "What do you need for the hospital" and I did a TON of research to make sure I had everything I needed. Most of the posts put what they packed and then what they actually used. I generated my pack-list based on what they used and still had WAY too much.

Disclaimer: I am a minimalist, who likes to pack as little as possible and refuses to carry a purse most of the time ;)

What do you need at the hospital?
1) flip flops/ easy on off shoes. flip flops are great since you can wear them in the shower too.
2) shampoo/conditioner/soap. my hospital room only had "body/face" soap.
3) robe. I brought a light weight robe for walking around for some modesty.
4) cell phone/ charger
5) granola bars
6) tooth brush/tooth paste/deodorant
7) hair brush
8) something to wear home and something for baby to wear home
9) carseat on take-home day

What did my hospital provide? (that I remember using)
1) water bottle
2) mesh undies- yeah they get mocked, but they are comfy, hold up the giant pads and you throw them away
3) GIANT pads, ice pads, absorbent packs etc
4) pillows out the wazoo (you can double stuff the cases if you want)
5) hair dryer
6) all things for baby (diapers, wipes, Vaseline, gauze, clothes, pacifier, blankets)
7) all things for breast pumping
8) night mask
9) ear plugs
10) towels
11) meals and snacks
12) any medications
(13- they also provided toothbrush and toothpaste but I am particular to my own)

1 week down, a million to go :)

Charlie-man is a week old!! I cannot believe it.

Momma recovery:
1) things "down south" are healing. first few days were really, really rough- word of advice, get epifoam at the hospital & buy some dermaplast spray.
2) I can finally eat proteins!!
3) broccoli gives little man HORRIBLE gas
4) I'm down 8 pounds [edit: 14 pounds. 8 pounds to go for prepreg/post IVF weight.  Ideally, I would like to lose 10-13 more]. considering little man was 6 pounds I am a little bummed but my boobies are huge so maybe it evens out?
5) sleeping pretty well :)
6) I am still living in sweat pants lol too afraid to try on my jeans

Charlie-man:
1) already back to birth weight
2) loves him wubbanub & mamaroo
3) First activities

• car ride
• grocery store visit
• stroller ride (just around the neighborhood)

4) sleeping really well. I feed at 10pm & go to sleep. hubster feeds by bottle at midnight then I feed 4am, 6:30am, 9am, 11am, 1pm, 3pm, 5/6ishpm, 8pm and we continue then next day. It seems to work really well for all of us.

The Birth!!

Charlie-man arrived at 12:30am on May 22nd.  We went to the ER after I had an uncontrolled heart episode and after they stabilized me, we went to Labor & Delivery.  We started pitocin around 3pm and nothing happened until about 8pm.  From 8pm - 11:30pm we went from 5cm dilated to 8cm dilated.  I suddenly felt big pressure and we went to 10cm in 5 minutes! It was go time.. after only 45 minutes or so of pushing, out popped little man! He is so perfect. I am so happy everything went well and he's good.

We spent Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday in the hospital and finally got the clearance to go home.  Charlie man is super easy going for the most part and a really sound sleeper.  We had a little trouble feeding at first but he's getting the hang of it.  We'll do a 1 week post tomorrow for postpartum and Charlie recap :)

the end :)

So 38 weeks.. :) we didn't actually make it to 38 weeks but we'll call in 38 weeks. this will be pregnancy summary.

How far along? technically we stopped at 37 weeks + 6 days so "38 weeks"

Total weight gain: final weight gain 22 pounds.

Maternity clothes?! finished in sweatpants and large t-shirts

Stretch marks? no stretch marks! woohooo

Sleep:  rough at the end, my heart was going bonkers

Miss anything? blue moon beer. BEEEEER. [same] 

Movement/Symptoms: charlie still super active & hiccuping. my feet sweel huge too

Food cravings: ice cream.

Anything making you queasy or sick: proteins. the whole friggin' pregnancy

Gender: we are like 99% it's a boy.. we will find out soon enough!

Symptoms: heartburn is the devil! [ooh yeah]

Belly button in or out? even flatter belly button? I didn't know that was possible. (it never flipped)

Wedding rings on or off? just the wedding bands. no engagement ring. [same]

Happy or moody most of the time: still crying and moody all the time

Looking forward to: Charlie! I was so nervous until the end that something was wrong or he would be damaged or something.