Two Milestones.... (week 2)

Our little son is almost two weeks old...wow time is going by too fast. Steve and I wake up every day amazed at how much our son is changing. His cheeks are filling out more, he is a lot heavier and growing so fast. His stump finally fell off, sadly grandma and I searched on our hands and knees for it, but I think the dogs got to it first.

Tonight I gave him his first bath...sadly he didn't enjoy it very much. The poor guy cried like crazy, and as soon as I got him out and was drying him off he managed to pee himself and so he had to go in a second time. As you can see, not even his adorable doggie towel helped:


For someone who needs 7-8 hours of uninterrupted sleep I'm holding up fairly well. It's nights like two days ago that make it that much more difficult. i guess having him on a schedule is a good thing, because whenever we don't abide by it, our lil guy makes our evenings more difficult. We now bathe and feed him between 6 and 7 so he is in bed no later then seven. Knock on wood that has been working for us. He still hates his bassinet and only wants to sleep in his my lil lamb bouncer.
On Monday we had our photo shoot with him, and he was a complete angel. He slept through most of it and so she got some great shots. I can't waittttt to see them all. She said it would take approximately three weeks to get them but we will get a preview around xmas. He managed to poop in one of her hats and pee all over his face, but otherwise it went much better then I had expected.
My body is starting to feel a bit better, and like they said, after the ten day mark breast feeding gets easier. I have decided to only do it for 2.5 months since I'll be going back to work and pumping will be impossible. I'm already getting sad at the thought of leaving him and going back to work. I don't want to miss out on anything. I already find myself missing him when he naps and can't wait to see him wake up. He makes all sorts of funny noises...there are the gas noises, and the 'I'm about to poop' sounds which are hysterical. He pushes sooo hard and makes the cutest faces. Then there are the smiles that just melt our hearts.
Tonight was the first night I was alone with him since Steve had to work from 3pm on. It went so smooth and I'm feeling more and more comfortable with him now that I can read his cries better. Tomorrow we have our 2 week pediatrician visit, I'm anxious to see how he is doing. I'll keep you posted.

Our dogs are all over me, especially when I'm feeding him. Daisy loves to sit in his boppy while Chloe tries to sit on Max while he is eating.