Dom @ 5 Mo.

So apparently I wrote this up a few weeks ago and never posted it. Doh! Dom is now 6.5mo, but who's counting?

Eats: Approx 30-34oz
formula/breastmilk per day (5-6 bottles) + 2 oz solid foods (prunes + a veggie, we just started this but he LOVES the sweet potato)

Sleeps: Approx 13-14 hours, Longest night-sleep averages 7-8hrs (shortest 5hrs, longest 11.5hrs), 3 daytime naps

Pumping: 6-8 oz per day. I'm weaning myself off...

Weighs (@19 weeks): 15.4lbs/45% percentile (+9lbs from birth)
Height (@19 weeks): 25.5 inches /50% percentile (+7.5inches from birth)
Head (@19 weeks): 17.5 inches /90% percentile (+4.5inches from birth). Yes, Dom has a GIANT head. Runs in my family!

Typical Day @ 5mo:
6:45-7:00am - Wake up, hang out with mom and dad in bed.
7:30am - 8oz bottle / playtime in Exosaucer
8:15-8:30am - Nap #1 (approx 45 minutes)
8:30am - Hang out while mom does chores
10:00am - 2 tsp solids (prunes) mixed with reflux meds (YUM), + 4-6oz bottle
10:30-11:00am - Nap #2 (varies from 40 minutes - 2 hours)
Afternoons vary based on nap #2, we usually run an errand or go on a walk in the Bjorn
3:30-4:00pm - 6-8oz bottle, Nap #3, sometimes in the swing if he's being especially fussy (15 minutes - 1 hour)
5:00pm - Playtime with Daddy, 4-6oz bottle
6:30pm - 2-4 tbl solids
7:00pm - Bathtime & 6-8oz bottle
7:30-8:00pm - Bedtime

Sometimes he'll wake up for a bottle at around midnight if he hasn't eaten at least 30oz during the day. Dom has never been a big eater, I'm actually shocked he's taking 8oz bottles at all! He still cluster feeds after 3pm, taking bottles every 2-3 hours instead of every 3-4 in the morning.

He takes 1 great nap a day in the late morning, but is a HELLCAT after 3pm. It's almost impossible to get him down for more than 20 minutes. I used to fight it and spend 2 hours trying to get him to sleep, but since he's now sleeping so much at night I'm letting him stay up if that's what he wants. Makes putting him down at 7pm that much easier!

Dom @ 3 Mo.

Eats: Approx 25-28oz breastmilk per day (6-8 bottles), sometimes a formula bottle at night.
Sleeps: Approx 14 hours, Longest night-sleep averages 6.5hrs (shortest 5hrs, longest 7.5hrs), 4 daytime naps
Pumping: 32-33oz per day
Weighs (@14 weeks): 13.4lbs/55% percentile (+7.5lbs from birth)
Height (@14 weeks): 24 inches /50% percentile (+6inches from birth)

Typical Day @ 3mo:
9:00am - Wake up, 4oz bottle
10:30am - Pump
11:00am - Nap #1 (approx 45 minutes)
12:30pm - 4oz bottle, then errands or playtime
2:00pm - Nap #2 (approx 45 minutes)
3:30pm - 4oz bottle, Playtime on the mat or walk around the neighborhood
4:30pm - Nap #3, sometimes (mostly) in the swing if he's being especially fussy (2 hours)
5:30pm - Pump
7:00pm - 4oz bottle, Playtime
8:00pm - Nap #4 (approx 30 minutes, depends on how long nap #3 was)
8:30pm - 2-4oz bottle
9:30pm - Bathtime
10:00pm - 4-6oz bottle, bedtime story
10:15pm - Bedtime
10:30pm - Pump
5:00am - 4oz bottle
5:15am - Back to sleep
5:30am - Pump

Yes, my kid goes to bed at 10:15pm. We've been trying to amend this, but he just doesn't want to go to sleep any earlier than 10pm! On the one hand it's great because we can take him to dinner with us, have guests at the house at night, etc. But it's a curse because Matt and I don't get any alone time at the end of the day, as we are so exhausted by the time he goes down that we pass out as soon as he does. He also has been cluster-feeding at night and eating very little in the mornings.

Things I want to remember:
- Loves his green frog "lovie"

- Changed his bottle preference from wide-mouth to regular at 14 weeks.
- He can sit upright (when propped with the boppy) and stay that way for 20 minutes unassisted (when he's not squirming like crazy - another new skill).
- Relying less on the paci for bedtimes/naptimes
- Rolls easy back to side.... I almost always find him in this position when he wakes up in the morning.

- Loves taking baths and kicks in the water like crazy
- Lots of coos and sounds - "Ah-boo" is his most common "word".
- Laryngomalacia seems to be subsiding. It's louder when he's excited and taking quicker breaths.
- Loves blonds. Almost always smiles at them when they hold him, even if he doesn't know the person (hubba hubba)!
- Likes watching football on TV - cries when a commercial comes on!
- Still wearing size 1 diapers
- Just now fitting into size 0-3 clothing
- Starting to chew on everything


Dom and I at the Elbow Room, DH and I's favorite bar/old stomping ground.

Easy Peasy, and My New Life as a SAHM.

Lo and behold, I actually managed to finish a knitting project since Dom has been around!


Peasy by Heidi Kirrmaier
Rowan Felted Tweed in Water, 6 balls
Size 4 Needles
Raveled

I just adore this. I started it back in December and finally got around to plowing through the mindless stockingette portion thanks to the untold number of hours I've been hooked up to my pump. I used to hate pumping, now I kind of love it because it's 20 minutes that I get to knit un-interrupted. Especially the 6am session, it's cool and quiet and it's just me and the knitting. Ok off topic, back to the sweater.



I added an extra button hole for coverage, and about 3 inches in body length. SWOOOOON. Love.

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So as the 2nd part of my title indicates, I have made the leap from working woman to SAHM. That is actually why I've been so silent around here, I'm back at work part-time training my successor, AND caring for the kid full-time (taking him to the office has been QUITE an adventure.)

I am not exaggerating when I say this was the hardest decision I've ever made in my life. Luckily DH has been doing great at work so we can afford it, but giving up my career was not a decision taken lightly. I mean, I used to think "I didn't go out and get my Masters Degree so I can stay home chasing a kid, doing laundry, and other domestic things." I've been in my industry for almost 10 years, and finally had built my skill set to a level that would allow me some upward mobility. But hey, that kid comes along and it's AMAZING how your priorities change, right? All of a sudden I got caught up in this emotion that I just couldn't leave him in the care of someone else. Just couldn't. And while my income allowed us to do lots of fun things, none of them were worth it when compared to spending my days with Dom.

So I've been spread a little thin right now, but October 1 is my last day and then I'm officially a SAHM. It's still weird to say it. Expect to hear a lot more about my domestic endeavors, since sitting down to blog is actually something I can now fit into the day. And I may even have more time to knit, too ;).

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Update on Dom, 12 weeks.

Hanging out in Fish Camp


Mom got me this awesome onesie:


Hand is GOOD. Nom Nom Nom...


Going for a ride in the swing (sorry it's sideways!!)