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Heather's Dish

Week 5: Growing Up Too Fast

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Per the usual, I really can’t believe that Weston is 5 weeks old now.  5 weeks!  That’s practically a teenager!

 

This week has been full of ups and downs, but ultimately I have been falling more and more in love with our little guy every day.  He’s a handful and quite the stinker, but I think I already knew that going into this.  I mean, I know his mom and dad after all…

After last week’s visit to the doctor it was obvious that he’s been growing like crazy, but all of a sudden I’ve actually been seeing how much he’s growing.  For example we moved on to size 1 diapers and hopefully the end of the random leaks.  We haven’t had one for a week and a half now, which I’m so very thankful for.  Not that it was really that big of a deal, but changing onsie pajamas on a newborn in the middle of the night after you’ve been awakened again by said newborn is just not my idea of a good time.  The larger diapers are certainly helping that!

 

A few days ago I decided to put Wes into one of his newborn onsie pajamas since they were all clean and we needed to wash the stuff he had been wearing (0-3 months).  Well, after working hard for about 5 minutes I was able to shove him in there only to find out the following:

  • his feet are way too big for the newborn onsies;
  • his arms are way too long for the newborn onsies (think 3/4 length baby sleeves…kind of hilarious);
  • his legs are way too long for the newborn onsies;
  • his entire body is too long for the newborn onsies;
  • the newborn onsies do fit his little midsection.

Y’all, we got a long ‘n’ tall one on our hands.  I have a feeling I’m going to be the shortest one in the family very very quickly, which is saying a lot since I’m 5’10” (aka not short).  Just look at how much smaller the newborn onsie is that we brought him home from the hospital in versus his new pajamas!  The funny part about the 3-month pj’s is that his feet and body are already almost maxed out in it while the rest of it swallows him whole.

Although he’s in a cranky mood by the time Nate gets home in the evenings, one of my favorite things in the world is to watch my husband talking to and playing with our little boy.  I said it last week too, but the time is coming closer to where he’s going to only want to hang out with his daddy and I’m going to become just a boob to him.  As sad as that could make me, I’m just so excited to see him go nuts when Nate walks in the door and watch them play together all evening long.  He’s going to be so much like his daddy!

Another little development this week:  SMILES!  He’s not doing it all the time, but this week he started locking eyes with me and giving a random and huge toothless baby grin.  Y’all, everyone says it but I have to admit:  there is literally nothing in the world that a baby smile can’t make better.  I swoon every time!  Even though I look like a total fool talking to him about random things and smiling like a nut I can’t help it – those baby grins are addicting!

We went out this week and bought him a Baby Einstein play gym because he’s been interacting more and more with toys during our playtimes.  So far he’s not the biggest fan in the world, but that’s how he was about his swing and now the best chance for a nap from him IS the swing.  Kids these days.  One minute they hate everything and the next minute it’s the favorite.  Who knew?

 

Something I meant to tell you guys a while back that I can’t help but look back and laugh about:  this book, given to us as a sweet gift, I can’t even read to Wes.  Seriously, I started to read it to him and started sobbing after the first line.  Nate was in the other room and heard me trying to read through my tears and gave me grief for FOREVER about it…but I can’t help it.  It’s just such a sweet book, and even though it made me cry before having Wes, now it’s just insane how much I love him and hold that book to be true.  So many people told me about how moms and sons have a special relationship, and now I see what they mean.  I have yet to make it all the way through the book without crying like a maniac.  I think it’s one his dad will have to read to him…

As for me, things have been going well but I’ve started to experience some soreness around my incision site and so I’m taking a week off from our walks until I see the doctor.  I really don’t know if anything is wrong, but with a major surgery like a C-section I’m not going to take any chances.  I haven’t been lifting anything heavy and the walks have been painfully slow, but I’m still a little worried and just want to make sure everything is OK before I start being active again.  Honestly I’m a little more than bummed about this; our walks were a great way to get me out of the house and expose Wes to some great fresh air and sunshine.  Not to mention that being active at all was feeling fantastic!  Better safe than sorry though, so it’s ibuprofen and ice until next Wednesday.

 

Speaking of doctor’s appointments, I had a follow-up blood glucose test this morning with the endocrinologist I was seeing for my gestational diabetes.  I’m a little nervous, although deep down I think everything will be OK.  I just can’t help but remember that I didn’t think I would have gestational diabetes in the first place and know that even though I was able to control it with my diet and exercise there’s still a chance it could have stuck around.  I’ve been eating well and still watching my carbs, but I hope it goes well tomorrow.  I have a follow-up appointment next week and probably won’t know the results til then, but if y’all are needing anything to pray about…there you go. 🙂

 

Otherwise Nate and I are doing pretty well.  We have been trying to make time for snuggling and family date nights and doing what we can to focus on one another.  I’m so happy to have such a sweet little man but am definitely looking forward to a more predictable sleep pattern and being able to interact with him more.  Snuggles are fabulous (duh) but I could always use more baby grins, baby chuckles and play time in my life!

 

So that’s sort of it for now – although any day and every day there are changes happening!  I hope y’all have a fantastic weekend!

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  1. Ace @ the toasted sprinkle says

    April 19, 2012 at 3:25 pm

    One of my mom’s favorite books to read to us as a kid was “Love You Forever,” even though she had two daughters. I can still recite the poem from it. I was really excited when a friend of mine received it at her baby shower a few months ago. It’s a really fabulous book, I think it translates well to mothers and their daughters also. We used to read it back to back with “I’ll Always Love You” a book about a kid and his pet dog. Both equally sweet tear jerkers.

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  2. Lindsay @ Lindsay's List says

    April 17, 2012 at 1:37 pm

    oh my word! He is SO cute!
    (baby AND hubby!)

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  3. Kristen says

    April 17, 2012 at 7:56 am

    LOL! My daughter is 8 months old, and I’m only NOW able to read her On the Night You Were Born without sobbing. Those postpartum hormones are real! Isn’t it incredible how instantaneously you love your baby?! He is precious, Heather. Blessings to you and your family in this sweet season of life!

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  4. Catalina @ Cake with Love says

    April 15, 2012 at 9:24 pm

    Such a cute baby, makes me want to have my own asap 🙂

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  5. Jennifurla says

    April 14, 2012 at 5:30 pm

    that is one of the cutest…babies…eveer, I have a new 3 week old

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    • Heather says

      April 14, 2012 at 10:00 pm

      Thank you! And congrats on your little one…this is such a cute age, right?!

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  6. chelsey @ clean eating chelsey says

    April 14, 2012 at 5:28 pm

    omg – that book is my all time favorite. I saved my copy that I got when I was in kindergarten. It’s being saved for my kids!

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  7. Kim in MD says

    April 14, 2012 at 7:56 am

    Oh…Weston just gets cuter and cuter with each post! He’s ADORABLE! This is such a sweet post, Heather. It gets easier with each passing day. Before you know it, he will only be fussy when he is tired or hungry, and there will be more smiles than tears! I hope everything goes well with your blood work and appointments next week. I will keep you in my thoughs and prayers!

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  8. Ashley @ Josh & Ashley's World says

    April 13, 2012 at 7:16 pm

    I adore his mohawk!!

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  9. Ky G says

    April 13, 2012 at 6:25 pm

    Enjoy the naps in the swing while they last 😉 It took me 2 LONG napless weeks to figure out that my little guy no longer likes the swing, bouncer, boppy or sofa to nap in. He now likes to be wrapped in a blanket in his carseat! No more naps for mommy since I have to watch his now VERY mobile almost 10 week old self.

    And be careful with your incision, I was given the all clear with mine at my 6 week checkup only to end up in urgent care 2 weeks later with what they call Seroma of the Incision. I’m still trying to heal from that.

    Good luck to you! 😉

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  10. Anna @ On Anna's Plate says

    April 13, 2012 at 5:15 pm

    Awwww…I can’t wait until Lila is smiling like that 🙂

    I hope your test results go well– I’ll be thinking about you!

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  11. Jen says

    April 13, 2012 at 3:56 pm

    haha, it is too funny that we are not the only ones with the baby stories: my girl gets swallowed in her PJ’s but her arms and legs stick out, and she goes nuts for her daddy while for a while I felt like Betsy the Cow (=milk provider) 🙂 You will have so much fun with your little one, you will forget the rough days. Just wait until he laughs for the first time. I thought my heart would break, it was the greatest sound in the world, Jen

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  12. Urban Wife says

    April 13, 2012 at 2:33 pm

    You’re in my prayers, as always….enjoy your weekend! 🙂

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  13. Nicole says

    April 13, 2012 at 2:33 pm

    That is the best book ever – definitely beats out every classic novel ever written! I still cry when I read it!

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  14. Amy says

    April 13, 2012 at 1:32 pm

    If you’d like random reading advice from a complete stranger, try some of the other Robert Munsch books. He’s hysterical. My favorites are Thomas’ Snowsuit, I Have to Pee and The Paperbag Princess.

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    • Heather says

      April 13, 2012 at 2:35 pm

      i always love some funny books…i’ll check those out!

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  15. Lindsay @ The Lean Green Bean says

    April 13, 2012 at 1:02 pm

    read that book to him. even if you have to do it silently. over and over again. my mom used to read it to me when i was little and is a HUGE part of my childhood memories. I can still hear her voice in my head reading it to me before i went to bed at night. i will absolutely be reading it to my kids some day.

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  16. Jan says

    April 13, 2012 at 12:33 pm

    It’s been 11 yrs since my first baby, and honestly I still struggle to get through that book :0)

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  17. Jen E. says

    April 13, 2012 at 12:29 pm

    I don’t even have kids and that book makes me tear up! It’s ridiculous. I always think as I’m reading it to one of my little charges that this is the saddest children’s book I have ever read. And I swear I’m not a crying but this one got the better of me last night too – Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge!

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