Babies on the brain

It is baby time right now!
First of all Noah is 2 months old today! He is changing so much. He stays awake most of the day now, with only one afternoon nap and a few catnaps while nursing but other than that awake all day. We are enjoying him being up and alert more, but he is grumpy in the evenings now. The last 2 nights have been terrible trying to get him to go to bed. He fusses unless he is nursing. Both times I had to lay down in bed with him and nurse him till he fell asleep then move him to his bassinet. Also on the sleeping front we are going to move his crib into our room and start him sleeping in it. I want to start using his breathing monitor which can only be used in the crib but I am not ready for him to be in a separate room so he is moving in with us for now. I plan on starting the crib probably this week so we will see how that goes.
On a more exciting note he is showing so much more personality. He is smiling all the time and has laughed a few times and even rolled over once! My little boy is getting so big.
In other baby news I threw my friend a baby shower this weekend and it was a lot of fun. We did an ice cream sunday bar. It was yummy. She had several other showers so I wanted to do something a little different. A couple of her friends and I worked together to get everything ready. I was very thankful for their help. A good time was had by all.
Two of my other friends are due this week with their babies!!!! One is having a girl, the other is a surprise! I cant wait to hear that they are in labor and to find out the sex of baby N!! Like I said its babypalooza right now.
I am so glad to have so many friends starting families at the same time as us. Its great to have people to share these experiences with!

I did it!!!!!!!!!!

I finally broke down and breastfed in public!
Paul's mom and brother came to visit today and I was determined not to go upstairs to nurse every time so I just covered myself with a blanket and nursed and it was fine. I knew his mom didn't care but I didn't want his brother to be uncomfortable but I also didn't want to be annexed to a room upstairs for 40 minutes. So we nursed right down stairs with everyone else and it was FINE!
Breastfeed in front of a male relative............check
so then we went to dinner at Bob Evans. I fed him right before we left but of course once we get there and order and I eat my salad he starts crying that cry. The one that tells me its time to eat. So I had to feed him right there in Bob Evans. Out came the blanket and we did it!
Breastfeed in a public place.................check check!
I am glad we got these things over with because I was nervous about both of them and it really wasn't even bad. No one at the restaurant seemed to even notice and I was covered fairly well. It wasn't even embarrassing like I thought it would be.
I am very relieved that we jumped these 2 hurdles. Now the last one will be in front of my dad......eek. That's still on hold for a while.

breastfeeding in public

First of all breastfeeding is going so much better. Granted I still curl my toes when he latches on and get sore after a while but all in all its much better. Anyway the point of this entry is to tell my first breastfeeding in public story. so here goes.....
Friday we went to red robin to eat a late lunch and took the baby on his first restaurant outing. I purposely did not take a bottle of expressed milk. I knew I had to get over the fear of breastfeeding while out so I planned on just jumping into it. Well he slept the whole time at the restaurant, but no sooner did we leave then he started screaming. So we pull over at the polaris mall. There we are at 3 pm sitting in Macy's parking lot and I am nursing. We parked WAY out so no one was around but I never thought I would be sitting in a parking lot with my breast out. LOL.

the holidays

Well we survived overnight travel with a 5 week old baby! All in all it went pretty well but it was hard on Noah. We left my aunts christmas night and got in the car for the 40 minute drive back to paul's parents and he just started screaming......and would not stop. finally 20 minutes later we pulled over at a gas station so i could nurse him. ahhhh. That settled him down enough that we could get home. Also since we got back home he has wanted held non stop. He got used to grandma R holding him all the time.
We really did have a nice time. Both grandmas are gaga over him =) and it was nice to see family again.
New years was very low key at our house. We were in bed by 10:30. I could have gone for a cocktail but thats off the list since I am nursing so sleep it was!
I cant believe its 2010 already. We are looking forward to a wonderful year with our little man. Watching him grow and learn. It will be so much fun.

I survived the first week back!

Well I made it through my first week back to work! Tuesday was very hard. It was so hard to leave Noah. Daddy did great with him all week though! I knew he would it was just hard for me to be gone. I felt so out of it tuesday morning at work. It almost felt like i was starting a new job. But once I got there and got going it was ok. By Wednesday I felt like my normal self again and back in the groove.
The most challenging part of all of this is the lack of sleep. Its hard to work all day on very little and choppy sleep. But hopefully in another month or so we can get a routine going and I can get more rest!

Returning to work....

Well I cant believe it Noah is 3 weeks old.......The time has flown by!
But this means I am scheduled to go back to work NEXT WEEK. EEEEEK.
I love my job and I miss work but I cant imagine leaving my baby all day.
On a great note he will be home with is daddy, so I know he will be in the best hands and totally taken care of. Its just that I am going to miss him. I have been with him 24 hours a day so to leave him all day makes me so sad.....
I am sure once I get into the swing of things again it will be fine, its just re-adjusting.
I know it will all work out and in the meantime I will enjoy my last week at home.

Busy weekend

We have a lot going on this weekend. Saturday we went to St. Marys because I had an eye doctors appointment. I go back there because I had a bad experience here and its affordable since I pay cash for my contacts. Anyway we decided to take baby Noah for his first trip home. He did GREAT. he slept the entire time. Probably because he was fussy the night before and neither of us slept much but still. We went to mom's afterwards and grandma and Adam came over to see him again. It was a nice visit. And I am glad to know we can travel ok with him. The first trip is always the hardest.
Today Paul's mom and brother are coming for a visit (uncle matt hasnt met Noah yet) and then I am working on baby shower invites for a friend's shower. This is more than I have had planned in weeks!
On a great note Noah's thrush is clearing up and he is nursing much better. I think his mouth was sore before. He is eating enough that he will fall asleep after breastfeeding and not want his supplemental bottle for an hour sometimes. Also I am getting less sore when we feed. YEAH!
Hopefully we are turning the corner on feeding!