2 week appointment

I can't believe my little man is already 2 weeks old (technically 2 weeks, 2 days, but who's counting). Some days it feels like he's always been a part of our family and then there are other days where I think "wasn't it just yesterday life was super easy with only 2 kids?" Because seriously. Life is super easy with only 2 kids. It's been harder for me to adjust to a family of 5 than I thought it would be. Every day seems to get a bit easier, though, and I think once we really get a nice schedule down, things will smooth out. My insane mama hormones are also finally starting to ease up a bit. Thank goodness! I'll always be a crier, but it will be nice when I no longer burst into tears while driving home because I thought of a sad scene in a movie (this happened yesterday).


Declan's 2 week appointment (and 2w birthday) was on Monday. I'm not up to going somewhere with 3 kids by myself yet, so I dropped Em and C off at my mom's house before making the trip up there. D ended up throwing up all over his clothes on the way there (he's SUCH a 'spitter-upper') so it's a good thing you have to strip them down to their diapers when you get there. D was 7lbs 7oz at birth and 7lbs 4oz at his 1 week appointment. Monday he weighed in at 7lbs 11oz. She said his weight gain is perfect. I guess they are supposed to gain 20 grams a day and he was gaining over that. He'd also gained 1/4 of an inch. So still a little shorty. I haven't looked up what his percentages are yet, but I'd guess they are somewhere around the 50th or so. His teeny head went from 33cm a week ago to 34.5cm so he's definitely a growing boy!


His cord fell off when he was 9 days old, which was a far cry from the 1 month it took both Em and C. I'm glad it fell off because it was starting to have this odd smell to it. The doctor said that it was just from it drying out, so thankfully not an infection or anything.


She asked if I was still nursing (yes) but I also said that I was pumping and giving him bottles. She asked if I would eventually transition him to formula and when I said yes she gave me a 4 cans to take home, which I thought was nice. Formula has definitely gotten more expensive since C was a baby so while I'm not that fond of nursing, I want to last as long as possible. Not only for D, but also for our wallets!


Overall, it was a nice appointment even though Declan screamed his head off the entire time we were there. I haven't quite figured out if he's colicky or not. I don't think so, since he's grumpy pretty much anytime he's awake (haha) and seems to just have the "feed me if I am awake and hold me if I am asleep) attitude right now. A friend of mine who has 3 kids sort of laughed and said "I'm telling you, it's the 3rd child syndrome! My first two were angel babies when they were newborns, but my third was just mad" which explains my 3 perfectly. Luckily she said that everything calmed down around 10 weeks or so, so fingers crossed that happens here. He's still a super sweet baby and funnily enough, will calm down and just stare at me if I start singing "Silent Night". So I find myself singing Christmas carol's at 3 in the morning. :)

In other news, Em has officially started square-dancing practice. This was so fun for us last summer, so I've been looking forward to it for a while. She looks so cute out there dancing with her partner and her outfit this year is to die for! Their group name is Punks and Sparklers and we're going with a Patriotic/4th of July theme. Fireworks were canceled this year because of the burn ban, so they are being allowed during the Labor Day weekend (which is when their performances are). So the theme will work out great.