Re-read Babywise cover-to-cover yesterday. I have the breastfeeding routine down to a science, but it’s been too long for me to remember the sleep rules we used for Vera. Already, Wesley’s gassiness puts him into the chapter on exceptions, so we’ll use the grain-of-salt method we settled into last time with a slightly larger grain. I’m proud to say he went a 4-hour stretch last night, and has taken several successful naps in his crib (he vastly prefers the carseat because of gas…we’re taking that one step at a time). Anyway, here’s hoping he gets with the program as easily as his big sister did!

Breakfast in bed, lovingly prepared by Wes and Vera this morning. All of my favorites! Click here to see my well-crafted cards, etc. It’s been a great  Mother’s Day so far. 

P.S. Wes can lift 600lbs with one hand while he is sleeping and has huge, muscular thighs. The more his hair falls out, the more I fall in love with him. :)

Wes insisted that we get out of the house for dinner. (at Hello Sushi)

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Wesley’s 2-week update:

In keeping with tradition, I’m late with Wesley’s update! (I think I was late for every one of Vera’s).

Wesley made two weeks last Wednesday (May 1st). As you can see, he wasn’t too jazzed about taking that picture…he’ll get used to it I’m sure.

Anyway, he was 8lbs 4oz at birth, and 7lbs 10oz when we left the hospital. At his slightly-less-than-one-week-checkup, he was 7lbs 14oz. By his 2-week checkup, he was 9lbs 4oz and 22 1/2 inches (up from 21inches)!! I can’t say I’m surprised…the boy has been eating every 2 hours on the dot, which has me exhausted. Every now and then, he will go 3 hours, but for now it’s like he’s trying to fatten up for role in a movie (where obviously he’d play the cutest baby boy ever).

Here are his comparative percentile stats: 96% for height, 62% for weight, and 70% for head circumference.

He is a very good baby, but extremely gassy. He gets gas almost every time he eats which is hard. It’s not as bad at night as it is during the day which is lucky I guess. I just hope he grows out of this soon, because it’s no fun for any of us!!

Vera has been an amazing big sister. She is very understanding and sweet to him. She’s also almost always willing to help when we ask her to. She’s been a little more emotional than normal, and I know she misses having us all to herself, but I’m really proud of how good she’s been. Wes has been great at keeping her entertained with park trips, etc when I need rest, and she’s still in school for another couple of weeks, so by then I should be recovered and ready to handle two at home.

Ok, that’s it! Short but sweet! I’ll try to write more at 4 weeks.

Yesterday, I baked a cake to prepare for Will and Frank’s visit. It was challenging, because Wesley was gassy and wasn’t cooperating with not being held. Anyway, since I was pressed for time, I had no choice but to break out the old sleepy wrap and wear him in the kitchen. In the end, the wrap looked like an apron. I think I managed not to get any food on Wesley, thank goodness. He seemed to enjoy his cocoon.

Wesley’s cord fell off yesterday, so Vera and I just gave him his first tub bath. He didn’t hate it!

Thanks to this little contraption, I got Vera off to school, the dishwasher unloaded and loaded, towels folded, baby clothes in dryer, Vera’s clothes soaking in oxi-clean (always), and I ate breakfast! Not bad for my first day as a mother-of-two with no extra help! It’s only 7:45! Next on the agenda: sit down and rest so I don’t overdo it. Second c-sections are far more painful than first. (In my case, anyway).

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getting along