Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Bongo Room
John's dad, Greg, is in town to see Austin. We went for a walk yesterday and had brunch at Bongo Room. They have these really gourmet pancakes. I had caramel apple pancakes with praline cream. Greg had red velvet pancakes and John had a skillet. You have to have something non sweet to counter all the sugar in the pancakes. It was SO good. It was 50 degrees outside and drizzly so I bundled Austin up. It was so funny! John kept saying you are putting too many clothes on him, but once we got outside I think Austin was the only one who was warm. I definitely didn't have enough clothes on! Here is a picture of Austin all bundled up in his carrier.
Friday, September 24, 2010
It's been a while...
Well Austin will be 3 weeks tomorrow. Time flies, but at the same time it feels like he has been here much longer. I don't know if that made any sense...
Well last week my parents were here. They were a HUGE help. Not only did they help with Austin but we also did some things around the house that needed to be done. We even rearranged the furniture in the living room.
This week I've been here by myself. I've had some melt downs and John has been late to work most days and left early. I hope they understand that we are new at this...haha!
So here are some updates on what has happened since I posted last:
1. Austin finally gained enough weight that we don't have to keep going to the ped. As of Tuesday he now weighs more than he weighed at birth. I'm sure one day we will look back and this and wonder how we could have been concerned that he wasn't gaining enough!
2. Breast feeding is HARD. I've been having a really hard time with it. I haven't given up yet, but have met with 2 lactation consultants + 1 in the hospital. I finally have enough milk that we don't have to give him formula anymore, but I'm still pumping a lot and giving him a bottle. Hopefully this will end soon so I'm not tied to my pump every couple hours!
3. I gave Austin his first bath in his bath tub. Guess what...he peed and pooped in it! Haha. Anyway that was an experience, and I did it by myself so you can imagine how difficult that was.
4. Austin has started to sleep in his bassinet at night, he doesn't sleep through the night, but at least we don't have to always hold him.
5. John and I continue to have trouble being able to tell when he is going to pee on us or himself when we change his diaper. We go through SO many clothes and changing pad covers.
6. He is starting to get a little more control of his head, but by no means has full control.
7. He is smiling more now. Also he loves his hands. He touches everything and is constantly trying to feel things. He even grabbed onto my glasses with a death grip yesterday. I'm sure he didn't know what he was holding but still it caught me by surprise.
8. John HATES cloth diapers! Haha! We are using a diaper service that we prepaid for, but I still keep finding Austin in disposable diapers. Oh well, he will get the hang of it eventually.
9. I have started to leave the house more. At first I couldn't because I couldn't carry the car seat carrier with him in it up and down the stairs. Now we just need to get more of a schedule down so we can go for walks outside.
10. I've lost 30 of my 45 lbs!! I hope the next 15 come off as easily...
I have taken some pictures and will post some later. Austin is waking up, so gotta go.
Well last week my parents were here. They were a HUGE help. Not only did they help with Austin but we also did some things around the house that needed to be done. We even rearranged the furniture in the living room.
This week I've been here by myself. I've had some melt downs and John has been late to work most days and left early. I hope they understand that we are new at this...haha!
So here are some updates on what has happened since I posted last:
1. Austin finally gained enough weight that we don't have to keep going to the ped. As of Tuesday he now weighs more than he weighed at birth. I'm sure one day we will look back and this and wonder how we could have been concerned that he wasn't gaining enough!
2. Breast feeding is HARD. I've been having a really hard time with it. I haven't given up yet, but have met with 2 lactation consultants + 1 in the hospital. I finally have enough milk that we don't have to give him formula anymore, but I'm still pumping a lot and giving him a bottle. Hopefully this will end soon so I'm not tied to my pump every couple hours!
3. I gave Austin his first bath in his bath tub. Guess what...he peed and pooped in it! Haha. Anyway that was an experience, and I did it by myself so you can imagine how difficult that was.
4. Austin has started to sleep in his bassinet at night, he doesn't sleep through the night, but at least we don't have to always hold him.
5. John and I continue to have trouble being able to tell when he is going to pee on us or himself when we change his diaper. We go through SO many clothes and changing pad covers.
6. He is starting to get a little more control of his head, but by no means has full control.
7. He is smiling more now. Also he loves his hands. He touches everything and is constantly trying to feel things. He even grabbed onto my glasses with a death grip yesterday. I'm sure he didn't know what he was holding but still it caught me by surprise.
8. John HATES cloth diapers! Haha! We are using a diaper service that we prepaid for, but I still keep finding Austin in disposable diapers. Oh well, he will get the hang of it eventually.
9. I have started to leave the house more. At first I couldn't because I couldn't carry the car seat carrier with him in it up and down the stairs. Now we just need to get more of a schedule down so we can go for walks outside.
10. I've lost 30 of my 45 lbs!! I hope the next 15 come off as easily...
I have taken some pictures and will post some later. Austin is waking up, so gotta go.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Sleep...finally
Well John and I FINALLY got more than 3-5 hours of sleep last night! We noticed when we went to the doctor on Thursday that Austin will sleep in his car seat. So, at 10:45 last night we put him in it. John rocked him in the car seat and he fell asleep. We put him at the foot of our bed and went to sleep. I woke Austin up at 2 this morning and fed him. Then I went to bed and John worked on getting him back to sleep. It took about an hour, which I think is ok since it took me an hour to feed him. John got him back to sleep and then I woke him up again to feed, but this time to my surprise it was 7:45 this morning! Jeez he never even woke us up to change or feed him. That was a very welcome change of events. We still try to put him down in the bassinet or pac n play during the day, but he still wakes up about 2 minutes after we put him down. This means we will probably be doing the car seat again tonight.
Grandma and Grandpa Dahir are coming next week. I hope we have this worked out by the time they get here, but at least we have a system down so we won't be up all night.
Grandma and Grandpa Dahir are coming next week. I hope we have this worked out by the time they get here, but at least we have a system down so we won't be up all night.
Friday, September 10, 2010
First Check Up
Austin had his first week check up yesterday. We went to this pediatrician because of a referral. I loved her! An added bonus, she is from TX and went to UT Med school. When I found this out I knew it was meant to be :). He lost 2 more ounces since we left the hospital. That's a total of 10 ounces since he was born. She said this was normal. His belly button was trying to fall off so she helped it along by putting a chemical on it, it fell off this morning! She said he was in perfect condition. We go back next week for a 2 week check up.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Austin pictures
Austin and John havig tummy time.
Waiting to leave the hospital
A few hours old
Right after I gave birth. 
Just after he was born
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Bath time
We gave Austin his first bath today. We figured after he peed on himself twice yesterday and hadn't bathed since Sunday in the hospital that he needed one. Also, he really stinks! Haha! We thought he still had pee on him, but we gave him a bath, which he DIDN'T like until we massaged his head. He still stunk after. So we started smelling different body parts to see if we missed something. We found the source of the smell...his belly button. We don't think it is infected, but we are going to the pediatrician tomorrow so we will ask just to be sure.
On another note, we FINALLY were able to get him to sleep laying in the bassinet by himself. Granted it was at 5:30 pm and he only lasted about 1.5 hours, but we made progress at least. John and I still took advantage of it and napped when he did. We just hope he sleeps better tonight!
A note about mom: my feet and ankles are SO swollen!! OMG my ankles are growing ankles. I've tried icing my feet and drinking more, but I guess it just takes time for the swelling to go down. Besides that and being a little uncomfortable at the deliver site, I'm doing well. Of course this is because John is here to help me, I can't imagine having to do this on my own. I'm so glad his company gave him a week off and didn't make him use his vacation time. I'm going to get his diaper bag ready for our doctor appointment tomorrow. Wish me luck, I've never packed a diaper bag before :)
On another note, we FINALLY were able to get him to sleep laying in the bassinet by himself. Granted it was at 5:30 pm and he only lasted about 1.5 hours, but we made progress at least. John and I still took advantage of it and napped when he did. We just hope he sleeps better tonight!
A note about mom: my feet and ankles are SO swollen!! OMG my ankles are growing ankles. I've tried icing my feet and drinking more, but I guess it just takes time for the swelling to go down. Besides that and being a little uncomfortable at the deliver site, I'm doing well. Of course this is because John is here to help me, I can't imagine having to do this on my own. I'm so glad his company gave him a week off and didn't make him use his vacation time. I'm going to get his diaper bag ready for our doctor appointment tomorrow. Wish me luck, I've never packed a diaper bag before :)
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