Wow - almost a month has gone by with no blog updates. I'm so sorry, but it's been a bit of a hectic month so far.
January 2nd started the stomach bug in our home. Thankfully only Bryan and I got it. Griffin was spared.
Then I had to get back into the swing of working, which requires me to go to bed at 9pm most nights so that I can get enough sleep before Griffin's 4am-ish feeding. I may or may not get more sleep after that feeding. It just depends on Griffin's mood (
read: if he's pooped in the last 24 hours, or if he's fussing in intestinal agony).
Then, my computer died. Well, hopefully not fully died. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it just needs a new battery. I ordered the battery Monday night and it just arrived a few minutes ago, so I'm excited to get home to try it out after snuggle time with my Wee Man.
Then, I got a cold. At first, it was just a sniffle. Now it's in my throat. I had no voice at all on Tuesday. I have very little voice now, and what voice I do have breaks like a teenage boy's. So....on to the actual updates.
Update on Griffin
He's perfect (duh!). We went to his 2 month appointment and he weighed in at 13lbs 2oz, was 23 inches long and a head circumference of 40 inches. He's dropped from 95th percentile in height and weight at birth to 50th and 75th, respectively. I'm not concerned with this, as we have some very-large-at-birth babies in our family who then end up average sized.
Griffin is slightly ahead of the curve for motor development apparently. The doctor was surprised that he was already swatting at and reaching for toys. He started that on Dec 31st - over a week before hitting the 2 month mark. The doctor called him "a little over-acheiver."
Last weekend he started really "talking" to us. He smiles a lot and it's so cute! He has an ordinary smile, but then he has the very happy smile where he smiles with his mouth and his eyes. He gave me that one last night as he was drifting off to sleep. Talk about melting my heart!
The reflux is much more under control, but if he misses/spits up a dose of the Prevacid, watch out! He gets very fussy at that point, and rightly so. Thankfully those days where he doesn't get the full dose are few and far between.
Update on me
I'm 100% healed from the c-section and I'm slowly weaning off of the breast pump. I'm down to 2 pumps per day. I would love to just call it quits and stop tonight, but I just can't risk another bout of mastitis. I will probably go down to 1 pump a day over the weekend and then by next weekend hopefully be done. It's so annoying to continue to pump when Griffin doesn't even take the milk now. We found that if he has both breast milk and formula, he gets horribly constipated (
see above note on my sleeping habits jiving with his pooping habits), so since I've never made enough to exclusively feed him, we've just cut it out completely.
I'm back at work, back to volunteering on
RESOLVE's helpline and currently considering becoming a Peer-Led Group Leader with RESOLVE. I am also reading some again (
gotta do something while pumping!) and watching movies more. Griffin is getting into a slight schedule these days so it's getting easier to enjoy other activities since I sort of know when he'll be sleeping.
I've started a "supper club" with two of my friends. We are going to get together every other month at one of our homes. We will each be responsible for either the main dish, side dish or dessert. The person doing the main dish will also host the dinner. We are rotating the main dish/hostess duties so that we each get to do it twice. I'm very excited for this, and I have to thank my buddy Bridget for the idea
(Bridget - if you still read this blog, email me! It's been WAY too long!)
Lastly, I've started to watch what I eat again and I'm trying to get some "movement" worked into my day. This "movement" so far has been 2 nights playing with our new Wii Fit Plus (
thank you, Santa). It's a work in progress....
Update on pictures
Once again I have to postpone the pictures from the camera. I finally found the card reader, but just haven't had the time to pull the pictures off. Perhaps this weekend I'll get to it. It will be much easier once my computer is back up and running, which will hopefully be later tonight.
