Mateo was jaundice, so we did lots of running to the dr's office the first couple of weeks. He finally go cleared last Wednesday from all of that.
This past Monday, we took Mateo to his 2 week check up. Here were his stats...
Weight: 8lbs 2oz. (up 1 ounce from birth weight)
Height: 20 inches (up 1/4 inch from birth)
Head Circumference: 36.5 (not sure what it was at birth)
All of these are in the 50th percentile.
So, I MAY have done a little too much holding Mateo over the past couple of weeks and I am sure paying for it this week. He will not sit/lay anywhere unless it includes me. He hates his swing, bouncer, tummy time mat, bassinett, etc. He will not sleep at night unless I put him in the boppy pillow in our bed. He has been sleeping in the boppy pillow for the past week or so (I know he isn't supposed to.) SO, if anyone has any ideas of things that might work, let me know. I HAVE to get some sleep, so I have been doing whatever works. I looked back and Tatum was in her crib at 3 weeks.
Here are some pictures of Mateo sleeping in his boppy pillow...
STRETCHING....
We finally had a GREAT reason to get out of the house for the first time as a family of 4. One of my best friends, Jennifer, had a birthday this past weekend...her 30th. We decided to get out and meet them for dinner Saturday night. Here is Tim, Jennifer's husband, holding Mateo...
And Jennifer, the birthday girl (and soon to be mom), holding Mateo. We LOVE going to dinner with them. Jennifer and Tim love Tatum and Mateo so much and are very patient with them even when they are not being on their best behaviors. They have also kept Tatum many times overnight, so Tatum gets some extra spoiling. Jennifer was so kind Saturday night and held Mateo so I could enjoy dinner. 
It took us about 3-4 hours to get ready to get out the door. I know that sounds crazy, but I had to feed Mateo, take a shower, Tatum had to have a bath, Antonio showered, we all got ready, packed diaper bags, and I fed Mateo again right before we walked out the door. I am hoping we can cut this down a little bit, but I don't know how to right now. (Once again, if you have suggestions, let me know.) We are going to try to go to church this Saturday, but Tatum will be at Aunt E.E.'s so it should go a little faster.Here is one more picture of Jennifer when she came by the house to see Mateo one day after work. I think she is ready for her baby boy, Luke, to get here. Until then, Mateo sure loves the spoiling she does!
I guess that's it for now. I haven't done a great job of taking pictures this week. I will try to be better!
I guess that's it for now. I haven't done a great job of taking pictures this week. I will try to be better!
3 comments:
He's gaining! So the breast feeding is definitely better this time. That's great. As far as the sleep goes - I'm a firm believer in the swaddle wrap. It is THE ONLY way Ronin sleeps. But he sleeps so great. I bought mine at Babies R Us. But I buy the one that pins his arms down. There's something I was told about how they were used to their arms bumping in to something in the womb and when they move their arms in their sleep they have the sensation of falling if they don't bump into something. Anyway, a regular blanket didn't work with Ro. So for $9.99 it might be worth a shot if you haven't tried it. I hope you get some rest!!!!
I am going to agree with Amanda on this...the kiddopatamus swaddler is what we used with Caroline up until 2 weeks ago. It was a LIFE SAVER! Parker was very much like Mateo and he had to be touching me or near me to sleep. I wish we had used the swaddler with him. I hope this helps!
Thanks for the help ladies. We swaddled Tatum for many months and it proved to be a key reason as to why she slept so good when she was so young. We do have the SwaddleMe swaddles for Mateo too. They haven't worked as well though. He gets so worked up and crying that he will start sweating in them. So, some nights he sleeps swaddled up, and some nights he doesnt. We did go to Babies R Us tonight and got something to put in our bed and hopefully the crib pretty soon that should help him sleep better. We shall see.
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