Here's a little summary of the last six months since Luca came around:
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| 2 Days before we met Luca, on our way to our last "preparing for childbirth" class. FYI: It didn't help me that much! |
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| Luca's First Day: July 10, 2014 5 lbs. 5 oz. 19 in. |
Random tidbit- My mom had me 3 weeks early on a Thursday at 7:24 pm. I had Luca 3 weeks early on a Thursday at 7:26 pm. Crazy! I wish my mom could have been there to walk through everything with me, and tell me her birth story one more time, but I know even in loss God provides what we need when we need it. I had sweet friends visit, check on me, and my husband was so awesome and helpful during labor.
Month 1 - What the Heck Are We Doing
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| Zombie Papa |
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| Zombie Mama |
Luca pulled a bait and switch after about a week. We knew nothing about babies in general anyway, and I can remember when he was about 5 days old watching a movie in our room while he slept in the pack and play beside the bed. Cue the Staples phrase, "That was easy." Ha. Hahahaha. Luca did a 180 about 2 days later, started crying, and didn't really stop until he was about 13-14 weeks old. Rough. Again, I fought really hard not to wish the time away. Looking back, there are a few things I would do differently, but for the most part, I think we came out the other side of The Baby Fog pretty much in one piece.
Highlights from Luca's first month:
-I watched every single episode of Downton Abbey Season 4, NY Med, and Boston Med while I fed Luca or pumped in the middle of the night.
-I was so mad that when my child was finally sleeping a little bit longer (like 4 hours instead of 3), I would still have to get up and pump. Seriously, to me, in that moment, nothing was worse.
-I would wake up, even when he was sleeping well, dreaming that he was smothered in blankets or I was crushing him (we don't co-sleep, so my dreams weren't even possibly happening, but I woke up so panicked every time.
-We were super thankful for the people who brought us a meal - our community group and several other friends were so generous and thoughtful towards us, and it was awesome not to spend too much time thinking about what we were going to eat
-Luca weighed 7 lbs. 8.5 ounces at his 1 month checkup.
Month 2 - There Are No Words
Whew. Luca's second month was the height of his fussiness. This was also the month Alex started working two jobs and my dog of 15 years, Poucha, had to be put to sleep. I think these pictures sum up how we all felt about Month 2.
Highlights from Luca's second month:
-He weighed 9 lbs. 4.5 oz. at his 2 month weight check.
-He cried a lot.
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| Hulking Out |
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| If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. |
Month 3 - Emerging from the Cocoon of Chaos
Highlights from Luca's third month:
-He finally smiled!
-He started sleeping through the night 7 pm to 7 am with a dream feed around 11 pm!
-We had our first scary moment when we had to take him to the ER for spitting up blood. Thankfully he ended up being fine, it was just a precursor to my mastitis that developed a few weeks later.
-He was baby Batman on Halloween. We ate at BurgerFi. When you're baby is too young to remember things, you commemorate holidays by doing things you like to do :)
-After he had escaped every possible swaddle known to babies, Luca must have heard the rumor that if babies roll onto their faces while they're swaddled they get to stop being swaddled. So that's what he did. It only took a few days for him to adjust to sleeping unswaddled, and all was well.
-Luca weighed 9 lbs. 14.5 oz. at his 3 month checkup.
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| "I'm Batman." |
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| Smiles! What a beautiful sight! |
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| Sweet sick boy after our ER visit |
Month 4 - We Have Arrived
Highlights from Luca's fourth month:
-We re-introduced formula. He wasn't gaining weight well at all suddenly (which I'm pretty sure was a result of the mastitis I mentioned earlier), so Alex worked really hard at getting him to take a bottle, and after about 3 days of attempts + the purchase of one bottle warmer (thanks for the idea Amy Moseley!) he became a pro. :)
-Luca dropped his dreamfeed. I went in one night, he wouldn't wake up to nurse, and that was that. I never did it again, and he kept sleeping all night. Woo hoo!
-Since crying had previously taken up so much of his time, he now has a lot of extra time on his hands to be very, very silly and cute.
-Luca weighed 10 lbs. 4 ounces at his checkup.
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| Goofy baby |
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| More silly faces :) |
Month 5 - He's Gaining Weight!
Highlights from Luca's fifth month:
-Luca's first Thanksgiving was spent with our friends the Breges. It was laid back, fun, and the food was yummy :)
-Our friend Lauren stayed with Luca while we went out to celebrate our anniversary with a yummy steak at Hayes Barton Cafe. It was so good to get an evening out!
-Luca weighed 12 lbs. 6 oz. (gaining 4 times as much as he had gained the previous month)! I know nursing is great and free and best for babies, but I'm thankful for the development of formula so that babies can still be healthy when nursing issues come up.
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| Tummy time is fun. Well, not really, but mirrors help :) |
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| On our anniversary date :) |
Month 6 - Half a Year Already!
Highlights from Luca's sixth month:
-Alex and I got another date night out thanks to our friend Corrinna. We went to see The Hobbit for Alex's birthday. We love to go to movies, mostly for the popcorn, and we hadn't been to see one since Luca was born. It was fun, even though I'm not a fan of LOTR movies generally. I'm coming around a little, since Alex is good about explaining and I can appreciate the spiritual undertones.
-My dad came for Luca's first Christmas, and we had a good time together celebrating Jesus and his coming to earth to save sinners. Luca LOVES his Grandpa Dan, and the two of the got some quality time together :)
-Luca will start some rice cereal this week and move on from there to solids. My baby is growing up! He loves standing up in his exersaucer and watching Rupert. It's like a diver in a cage - he can play with Rupert without fear of consequences :)
-Luca currently weighs in at a whopping 13 lbs and is 25 inches long.
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| Meeting my dad at the airport :) |
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| Yay! Grandpa is here! |
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| Alex doesn't like a whole lot of hoopla for his bday. I made him a Nestle Crunch "cake," since that's just about the only dessert he likes. The rice is there so the candles will stand up on the plate... clearly we're not Pinterest people. |
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| We also couldn't find our lighter, so he pretended to blow out the candles for me to get a picture of him with Luca. My husband is such a good sport :) |
If you read this particular blog post, you are probably either family or a very patient and sweet friend of ours ;) This recollection of events of the last 6 months will help me when I eventually fill in that cute baby book I bought that is collecting dust somewhere in the house. Baby brain is (almost) as bad as pregnancy brain, and I don't want to forget the details of our sweet baby boy's first 6 months!
I leave you with the month-by-month pictures I took of Luca in the little stick-on ties I got from Etsy:
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