4 weeks

very happy

balding on top

I left Rorek with his Daddy for a bit and this is how I found him.

10 lbs 2.5 oz (clothed)

20.5 inches

starting to wear 0-3 month clothes

size 1 diapers since birth

wants nothing to do with a pacifier

very warm blooded, spends most of his day in just a onesie

sleeps while away from home, in carseat, in baby bjorn carrier, in stroller

still working on the swing, bouncy seat, and pac n play....

25 days

50 minutes
calm and usually asleep

we like our hands

we do not like to be swaddled

40 minutes

We are in the process of learning what we "like" and what we "don't like".

And trying to learn to sleep somewhere less human like.

One day at a time....

Bath time...#2

I failed to take a picture of Rorek's bath, but remembered at the end of his second to get a picture. Bath number 2 went a LOT better than #1. He cried for the first and sat and stared for the second. I think maybe we improved the way we gave the bath or possibly the water temperature.

Finally out of the house

Not a happy camper...

I love this little boy!!!

We figured out a more comfortable position...and are getting a few zzzz's while mom types this update.

Rorek and I ran a few errands today. It was a much needed day out of the apartment. The morning was spent with many cries. Rorek sleeps endlessly as long as there is a human below him. A minute after you put him down, he is awake and squealing. So, my shower was spent to the tune of a cry. This is when I knew we needed to go somewhere.
Andrew rode the bus to work and ran home, so we were able to use the car. We renewed our car registration, returned a few things to the store, bought a few things, and got the mail. I got the joy of breastfeeding and changing a diaper in the backseat of our car. I didn't feel right feeding him at any of the places we went, so that left me one option. The negative of breastfeeding. After his meal he slept the whole time out and then an additional 2 hours in his carseat when we got home. A total of 4 hours of sleep!! I am still in the debate with myself on how long is too long to sleep, do we wake a sleeping baby to feed, do we wake up to feed on both sides or allow to sleep after one side....etcetc....

3 weeks down, a lifetime to go :)

This is the only time he has actually slept in this thing. He slept 1.5 hours here. Usually he wakes a minute after being set down.
Lot too enthuised with his mom, the shirt says "Mommy's New Man".

This is how I, Ingrid, spend a great chunk of my day and when daddy gets home we transfer him over for some dad time.

Today we managed to get out of the house a couple of times and Rorek kept his end of the deal, stay asleep :). I had a dental checkup/prescreening that he slept through. Now I "get" to wait until Jan. to actually get a cleaning. The joys of being a dependent, you get to wait and wait. We also left the house to get family pics taken at the school I worked at. They were much much cheaper than going with a private individual and less time consuming. Rorek once again slept right through it. So, we have some cute pics of our fam and a sleeping baby, and a sleeping baby by himself. Although, all the sleeping out of the house made up for the crying in the house. Keeping to a schedule to get to these places made an unhappy baby.

Other, than this I feel like I got nothing done and look around and think I need to get something done. But with breastfeeding I have to plan the feeding with enough time to get it done before we leave. I'm not sure how long I will last with breastfeeding. It's not tough, I do like doing it, it's free, but I just feel like I do nothing else. It's only been 3 weeks is my constant reminder. I have my whole life to get things in order (ie put away the clean dishes).

Our cutie

Part 2-"Dress Up"

Is this considered abuse? Or is it okay to put my child through this? Our neighbor gave us this costume for Rorek. Her children were never the right size at the right time to wear it. I think he is pretty darn cute in it, even the picture of him crying ;).