I can’t believe our little man has been here for 2
months! He’s grown so much since we
brought him home, and I just keep reciting the cliché “time flies!”
He is the happiest baby – especially in the morning (which
he does not get that trait from me, that’s for sure). He weight 10.13 lbs at his 2 month appointment and was in the 25th percentile for height and weight, which is great
because he was only in the 10th at his 1 month appointment. His favorite position is laying on our chests
and seems to really enjoy tummy time and is starting to take more notice of the
toys on his play mat. Although he has a
tendency to only turn one way so we’re working on building up those other
muscles. I feel like we’ve gotten his
cries down and know whether he’s hungry, uncomfortable, or tired (which are
really the only reasons he cries). He is
so good during mass, except when the bells go off during the consecration,
those startle him every time. He started
wearing 3 month clothing even before he turned 2 months old and he’s already
growing out of some of his 3 month outfits!
Chris and I are just loving every moment of watching Gabriel grow and
learn new things about the world around him.
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| 2 months old! |
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| First walk around the neighborhood |
After he was born I struggled with what to do about going
back to work. I always knew that I would
not go back for the next school year but had thought that I would at least
finish out this school year. But as the
time grew nearer for me to go back, I started panicking about leaving
Gabriel. Yet, at the same time, I did
not want to leave my job high and dry. I
was torn and I did not have peace about going back for the remainder of the
school year, but I also did not have peace about just up and quitting. Finally, after praying A LOT we made the
decision that I would go back until spring break and then not return after the
break, which essential boiled down to me going back for a month. I now have 2.5 weeks left before spring
break and I am counting down the days.
Leaving him every morning is so tough and I now have a new found
respect and admiration for working moms.
Not that staying home is a “piece of cake” but being “on” at work after
being up multiple times a night nursing is rough.
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| our little angel |
My mom has graciously offered to watch Gabriel while I am at
work. So far this has been working out
really well. I was worried about her
getting to us on time (I get my hatred of early mornings from my mother) and
about her using our cloth diapers but so far she has been doing an awesome job
on both fronts and I am at peace know that Gabriel is with someone who loves
him so much.
Speaking of cloth diapers…I am quickly becoming “that mom”
who is obsessed with her cloth diapers.
I’ve decided that in an effort to truly (I mean it this time!) get back
into blogging, I am going to do my own "reviews" of the diapers in our
stash. Chris and I wanted to try as many
different brands/styles as possible which has been fun. Here’s a current break down of our “fluff.”
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| Clean diapers! |
BumGenius Freetime – 5
BumGenius Elementals – 2
BumGenius 4.0 – 4
Fuzzibunz First Year – 3
Grovia AIO – 2
Grovia O.N.E. – 1
Grovia Hybrid shell – 2
Grovia soakers – 2 organic cotton 2 stay dry
Best Bottom shell – 2
Best Bottom Hemp inserts – 5 size small 3 size medium
SoftBums Omni – 1
Thristies AIO – 1
Applecheeks envelope cover – 1
Flip cover – 2
Flip Stay Dry Inserts - 3
Rumparooz – 2
If you look at the list you can probably tell which has been
our favorite thus far. The Bumgenius
Freetime diapers will the first up in my "review" series. Until next time, I will leave you with a picture of how my mom originally thought they were put on. At least it still contained all the mess!
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| backwards! |
