month 4

What a wonderful experience this has been so far! This month's milestone for us is the lack of using the breastpump as before. You are finally getting it! What a joy to know that I pumped for 16 weeks and that you finally got it. It is SO much easier to just nurse and not have to pump and clean parts, make bottles, etc... In fact, it's strange this week not having to wash bottles. Wow!

I'm really getting used to life with you and wonder how was life before you? Your smile, the laughter in your eyes, and the little expressions you are already making. I cannot believe how blessed we are to have you in our lives.

We're struggling with daytime naps. You are such a fighter and don't want to miss anything! I'm hoping that now that you are older that we can try some sort of schedule, though I doubt it'll happen since your mommy is an ENFP. In other words, she doesn't have organization and planning in her genetic makeup!

We love you and feel so lucky to have you in our lives. We hope the very best for you. Everytime I put you down for a nap I pause and say some prayers for you. I really want the best for you in this world.

I just survived my first day working upstairs with a nanny downstairs. She is only here once per week as the other 2 days I work during the week is my husband’s and mother’s responsibility. It wasn’t so bad! He’s been refusing bottles for two days, but today he DID take one bottle from her. I have to make sure he does that or I will be tied down and possibly complaining for a whole new reason. I don’t want to do that.

She is a great nanny. She was young and seemed to have a lot more energy than me. I can say that meeting her and seeing her hold my little one made me realize how much more twenty somethings were made to have children. It’s hard as a thirty something sometimes. I can’t explain it, but I’m tired a lot and all the running I did earlier in life has my back hurting at times. I wish I could hire her for months… But, she’s through a staffing agency and as soon as she finds the full-time position she is looking for, I’ll be a second thought (I’m only one day a week).

Yesterday was Lucas’ 4 month appointment. He weighed 14 lbs 12 oz (25-50%) and length was _________ (will fill this in later) (25-50%). His head circumference was also 25-50%. He’s grown!