Oh, you know, just me and my BFF, laughing at silly noises.
4:30 a.m. : Noah is too excited for Mama's birthday to sleep
- Papa: what'd you get Mama for her birthday, Noah?
- Mama: stinky poops!
- Papa: ah... Personal.
- Mama: homemade!
- Papa: you're a good son, Noah.
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He’s able to hold himself up longer every day, and seems to be growing more interested in his toys’ faces.
Noah, why you no like sushi?
My brother and his sweetheart of a girlfriend came over yesterday and also bought sushi for dinner as I hadn’t had any in a long time. I’d given it up because it seemed to make Noah fussy and upset…. Well… It STILL makes Noah fussy and upset. :(
No more sushi for mama. :(
Noah and mine’s average day
Noah is now 7 weeks old minus a day and has been pretty predictable for the past three weeks.
12:30 diaper change and nurse
2:30 am side lying nurse
4:30/5 am diaper change and nurse
7:30/8 am wake up, nurse, diaper change, baby massage and Noah goes on the play mat while I wash my face and brush my teeth, then it’s tummy time!
I find this hour to be his most alert period of the day, when we have the best conversations and he makes the most progress. :) it’s like he was saving up his energy all night!
9 am Noah goes into his jacket and then I open the door, and let him sit in front of the door in his stroller to happily watch the neighborhood while I quickly put on pants, a sweater, socks and weather appropriate shoes. Most days, I’m lucky if I can leave the house in a shirt that isn’t spit up on or sweated in from the night before; without anyone but me to watch Noah, and him being a high need baby, i cant leave him alone very long to change let alone shower, so i often spend the day in the shirt I slept in until Chris comes home and I can shower and change.
once we are both clothed, I either put Noah into the ergo if it’s sunny, or into his stroller with a rain cover if it’s raining. Then it’s off for a walk. This is Mama’s exercise for the day, about 4.5km of interval walking and speed walking, not counting all the baby carrying and lifting all day.
9:45/ 10 am home for a nurse, diaper change and a little more playtime.
10:30 am if he hasnt been bathed in a few days, and edpecially if we are going put and seeing froends, he gets a bath.
Then Noah goes into the ergo or ring- sling and Mama dances and bounces around the house.
11/ 11:45 am Noah is asleep and Mama gets to eat, drink, comb her hair, and maybe watch tv or clean up around the house.
He seems to sleep best and with the least restlessness if I just keep him on me, rather than try to put him down.
12:30/12:45 Noah wakes up for a nurse and diaper change, then falls back asleep.
2:30/2:45 Back up again for a nurse
4/4:30 Up for a nurse and diaper change. He is fussy now though, wanting to be up, play and watch the world, but also still tired.
5/5:30 he eventually falls back asleep after some whimpering and fussing that can only be remedied by repeating back the sounds he makes as sympathetically as possible, as if to say, ” I understand, baby. Mama knows you’re tired and don’t know how to fall back asleep. I’m going to help you. I’m not going to leave you to suffer.”
5:30/6 pm papa is home and Noah goes to his papa for snuggles and smiles.
6-9 pm Noah’s fussiest period of the day, where the whole day has caught up to him and he’s exhausted and alternates between 5-10 minute dozes, snacking for a few minutes, and crying that can only be soothed by mama holding him close and bouncing, or Papa cuddling him In bed waving the blow dryer over him. he used to be easier to soothe by simply sucking on Papa’s pinky, but it doesn’t seem to work as well anymore.
This is also Mama’s free time of the Night. I love my son, but having Chris come home every night and take Noah is such a relief. Getting to make dinner, eat without wearing him, eat a FULL meal, shower, take a bath, or even sit on the couch, gives me so much pleasure.
9 pm if Noah has had a good night and slept more than nursed, we let him sleep. If he’s been fussing all evening and needed extra attention, we run a bath. Even if he cries during the bath, he is immediately calm and happy afterwards, especially once we turn on the blow dryer.
9:30 pm mama lies down with Noah and nurses him to sleep. Usually by 10, he’s fast asleep.
12:30… And repeat….
Hello hormones, I’d wondered where you’d gone
Now I’ve tears in my eyes and can’t sleep because all I can do is marvel at the little man beside me, how beautiful he is, and how we MADE him.
It bewilders me how I can love someone this much in this way. This must be motherly love. it can’t be compared to any other kind
The secret to Noah’s phenomenal weight gain? He still nurses every two or three hours.
While side and back lying positions allow me to sleep, it also means Noah will sleep with my breast in his mouth. He wakes up the moment I try to move it away, or if he stirs and goes for a suckle and finds it missing.
On the other hand, if I leave it, sometimes he drifts awake and opens an eye, sees me, gives me a sleepy, toothless grin, takes an appreciative suckle, and falls back asleep. Those moments bring tears to my eyes.
