Okay, where to start?? LOL Douglas is now 2 days shy of one month and loving life. The first couple days were really great as we had NO visitors and it was soooo cold we stayed home all the time. Was great. Just nursed on demand and cuddled. Didn't get much sleep but since I was staying home I could cat nap on the couch. Connor (4yo) loves "his Douglas". Whenever I say to Douglas "hows my little boy" Connor tells me its HIS DOUGLAS! And when dd says hi Mr. Douglas again, we are reminded hes not MR Douglas, just Douglas! its so funny to watch. Sean, the 16yo could care less right now. Its just a baby and his patience seem to be going down hill. We will be in the car and D will cry and fuss, (not a happy car rider right now) and Sean will tell Douglas "stop" "Dont start" "oh please, we are almost home" Drives me crazy! He also not a comfort when D is crying at home and I need to go to the bathroom or shower or something. That is the hardest part right now, other htan lack of sleep. Elizabeth, 13yo, is great. She is like a second mom at times. I can leave D with her at any time and she will find some way to keep him mostly quiet. Its really great when I need to eat and D wont sleep. She will take him for 30 minutes so I can make lunch and eat. Otherwise I would never get hot food!! As I said, Connor loves his little brother. Tries to get him to go play Legos all the time and play PS2. So funny. He tries to share food to but I think we finally convinced him that D only eats Mommy's milk. Which is strange too, to have a 4yo staring at your boob while baby feeds!!! Connor was a boob-monster when he was younger. He would feel up who ever was holding him!!! LOL Was really funny and he didn't really out grow it until about 2 1/2 yo and then he would still rub them when I held him at times. So now to have him watch Douglas eat is odd!! LOL
Douglas has his nights mixed up with days but we are slowly getting it turned around. He is now up every 2 hours at night to eat, which drives me crazy but he does sleep with us so its not too bad. There are nights where he never seems to detatch and those nights I cant handle it. I have no idea what he weights as we dont see the dr until 2 months old. But dh got on the scale with him and he was up to 10+ pounds. So over 2 pounds in 2 1/2 weeks!! Like I said, he likes the boob and is on all the time!!! I finally have a scheduled nap around 12/1 in the afternoon. He will sleep for two hours, as long as I only put him on the couch to sleep, not his hard matress or playpen. Boy likes comfort!! LOL Thankfully things are settling down and getting on a schedule. Just need to get over the car issue, but that is okay, he only fusses a max of 15 minutes in the car before he's asleep, but once you stop, he starts again. Love reading how everyone is doing and seeing new pictures. Sorry I dont have a current photo to post right now. Just a new avy pic to go by! LOL Enjoy your LO!