Today Tristan had his 1 month doctors appointment. He got one shot and was really good about it. He cried for a little bit but was pretty much done crying when I picked him up and cuddled him. We came home and he fell asleep and he's been asleep for 2 hrs, most of which I haven't had to hold him. Looks like the doctors appointment wore him out. I asked about reflux and since I'm breastfeeding there isn't much I can do and he didn't prescribe me any medicine for him. He told me to give him some rice cereal by spoon mixed with expressed breastmilk but he wants me to do it after every feeding and wanting me to mix it with atleast an ounce or two. Umm, I can hardly pump an oz a DAY let alone try to get enough for an entire days worth. I'm going to keep track of his weight though and if he's not gaining much then I may have to use some formula mixed with cereal to give him after he eats b/c there's no way that I'm going to be able to pump that much every single day along with exclusively breastfeeding every 2 to 3 hrs during the day. I don't know.. we'll see how it goes and I guess I will make the right decision for us in the end. Either way, I'm not giving up on breastfeeding.
The doctor also stated that he had a slight hernia on his belly button and that it wasn't bad and would go away on it's own. Looks normal to me so I dunno about that one. LOL! Everything else looks really good. He's getting so big! Here are the rundown of his stats....
Birth - 7lbs 1oz 19.5in
3 days old - 6lbs 7oz 19.25in (Dunno how he shrunk)
2 weeks old - 7lbs 14oz
5 weeks old - 9lbs 11oz 22in
Yep, he's 9lbs 11oz and 22in long today according the the doctors scale. He's gained over 3 pounds in 4 weeks. That's a really good progress. He said whatever I was doing to keep it up :D
I bought the girls new matching bedding today since they share a room. Kayliana originally had Dora and Addison had purple butterflies. So didn't go together, so I got both of them new stuff. It's not as pretty as I'd like it to have been but it was one of the few things I could find that was within budget that I could find in twin and toddler sizes. The girls love it though, and that is really all that matters. We will be painting sometime in August and have it all done with decor and decals by the time we leave for Disney World in September. This is one of their birthday gifts.. to have their room done in big girl material! When it is all finalized, we'll take a picture to show everyone.
I've finally gotten my 101 Goals in 1001 Days list together! Took me forever to come up with 101 things! I can't believe how hard it is to think of more than 30 things you want to achieve in life in less than 3 years. Some of these goals may not be able to be reached, but I'm ok with that. I will still keep trying!
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Today is the first day of a growth spurt for Tristan. He is 5 weeks old and he appears to be going through his 6 week growth spurt just a tad early. We have dealt with extreme fussiness, a baby who acts like he hasn't eaten in days, a super gassy baby, along with a baby that doesn't sleep longer than 10mins at a time. Day 1 of my 365 project represents one of the few times I was able to put him down and him stay calm and sleeping. He's cuddled with his blankie!
Recapping the weekend....
Friday night, Willie and I decided last minute that we'd drop the kids off at his moms house for a little while and we would go out to dinner. We were only gone for 3 hrs, but it is always nice to just get out of the house and do something with just Willie. We don't have any alone time right now since Tristan sleeps in our room. I don't even think we've hugged more than a handful of times since Tristan was born, so walking around the stores holding hands and talking to each other without a child interrupting our conversation is always a treat! We had Applebees for dinner and then we went to Ross, Blockbuster, Best Buy and Target. I got this amazing cute purple chair as a photography prop. I plan to take Kayliana and Addison out one day for a photoshoot with it. I also bought Tristan a cute blanket while we were at Ross. We looked around Blockbuster and Best Buy but that was about it. At Target, we used our gift cards that we had to buy Kayliana a new game for the Wii since she's been playing it so frequently lately. Ofcourse, you can't buy for one and not the other so we bought Addison a doctor barbie doll, a Sleeping Beauty toy thing, and a baby doll. Addison's 3 things were still cheaper than Kayliana's Dance Dance Revolution Wii game that we got her.
Saturday, we headed towards Virginia for my nephews birthday party. It was good to see a few people I haven't seen in awhile and Kayliana had a blast. Addison was a little loner though and tended to stick around Willie or I the entire day. The kids were playing on a slip and slide and she said that she didn't want to play on the slip and slide because she'd fall down and she didn't want to do that. LOL! What a cutie she is. Tristan slept really really good while we were there. I wish he'd sleep that good when he's at home.
Sunday was a day that I wanted to get quite a bit done around the house. Unfortunately, it appears as though Tristan is going through a growth spurt so I've been feeding him all day long and dealng with all the fussiness that comes along with a growth spurt.
Tristan has his 1 month doctors appointment tomorrow (Monday, 7/26). I'm anxious to see how much he is weighing in at now and how tall he is now too. Although, according to our Wii fit, he has only gained 2oz this past week, which is way less than what is normal. Hopefully it's not a bad sign. He's definitely getting bigger though, and today, I've officially taken all of his newborn stuff out of his drawers and put them away. He's now strictly in 0-3month clothes.
The other day, Addison was playing in her room, and she has a Snow White barbie doll and the 7 dwarfs. She had her Snow White barbie laying in a bed and had the dwarfs standing around the bed. She's totally role playing the movie! She was then later rocking her baby doll and singing it to sleep with a lullaby. For a 2 yr old, she sure can carry a tune. She'll be my little singer of the family. She says some of the cutest things too. Coming back from VA yesterday, Willie told her to close her eyes and go "night night" in the carseat and she said "No, I want to go night night in my bed". She makes me smile!
Random Pics
I'm sure many of you have heard of the 365 day project before in the past. It is something I have tried many many times before and have failed miserably at it. For those that are not familiar with it, you take a picture every single day for an entire year. Some people choose to do personal ones of their selves, or for their children. I've tried both, and I've tried more than 2 times with my children. I'm going to be giving it another shot. Alot of people start on the 1st of January, but it's not required, and I'm going to start today (7/25/2010). Mine will not be of any one thing, but my life as a whole.. it could be random pictures, pictures of my kids, scenery, etc. Just something that will remind me of what happened on a particular day. I'm hoping having this blog will help encourage me to keep up with it, and in response will also get me to put my DSLR camera back into my hands on a daily basis since I've hardly picked it up outside of my photo sessions.
Here's to starting fresh for another 365 Project. Hopefully this time, it's successful!!!
Also, after reading a friend's blog about something called the 101 Goals in 1001 Days, I decided to look into it as it sounded pretty interesting. I've mentioned just this week to Willie on things I wanted to do over the next 2 years so I am also going to start a 101 Goals in 1001 Days Project. Today will be Day Zero. I will compile a list of my 101 things.
Later today, I will not only have my 101 Goals, I will have my Day 1/365 posted :) I'm excited to start both of these projects.
I've been doing some thinking lately. I've been pretty down on myself and disappointed in myself. I haven't really brought it up to anyone, not even my own husband. I'm not down about my life or anything. I love my life.. I just feel like some things are missing. My family is famous for their drama, and because of it, I miss out on my brothers life and my niece's life. My brother and his wife haven't liked me for some time now, so I've kind of grown used to it, but I am not very close to my little sister anymore either. At one point, I thought my little sister knew she could come to me about anything, and I hope that to this day, she still knows that. Just because we are about a thousand miles apart, I don't want her to think I wouldn't be there for her. Last year, I used to hang out with my sister quite a bit, but that has pretty much stopped as of last fall. I understand she got into a relationship and was stuck on that for awhile, but I felt like I was pushed aside, as I do with a lot of my family members. Maybe it's part of being the middle child (there's 4 of us, but I still consider myself to be in the middle). Maybe because there is so much drama that it's pulling me down because I don't want to be in the middle of it, and I just really want to get along with all of my family members, even if they don't get along with each other. I love my family, even those that don't particularly care for me. I feel like some want me to choose a side, and I just can't do that when I have no problems with anyone to begin with.
Then there's the friend thing... I don't really have any. Being part of a mommy board at one point, I thought I had good friends, and then drama was created there and I backed away from it all and lost all the friends I once had on it all together. Now, I'm all alone. I don't go and hang out with anyone, and I certainly don't feel wanted by anyone either. It's been bugging me for a few months now... wishing I had some friends to relate to, to talk to, or just to have support from. I have a friend or two but it's not really the same. Makes me think back and wonder what if I would have just been "Switzerland" like Bella considered herself in the Twilight series in the book "Eclipse". Would I have been able to keep those friends? Were they even true to begin with? Was it all my fault? It's times like these where I wish I could just move away and start all over again with the whole friendship process. I have tried finding other mommy groups so that my kids have interaction as well but they just aren't around, and the ones that are, have the people that I am no longer friends with as a part of their group as well. I just can't win.
Right now, I'm just thankful for my family here in my household. They always put a smile on my face even if they do sometimes stress me out.
I forgot to mention in my last post two cute milestones that Tristan had over the past week.
July 16th, 2010 Tristan giggled in his sleep for the first time! Too adorable! He also smiled a big smile at me while awake. I got to experience his first smile.
A few days later, he smiled at his Daddy too! Such cute smiles he has. Can't wait til he starts smiling more and capture those cute smiles on camera!
