life with max: ten weeks in.
Ten weeks and we have the giggliest boy.
Even though I still hate that every day passes so quickly, I was thinking about it and I don’t think I could have physically and mentally enjoyed the last ten weeks more. The best thing I could have done was prepare recipes to share on the blog and get any and all work done so I could do nothing but snuggle. And nothing but snuggle we did. I’ve never been lazier in my life but it’s been the best thing EVER. I am so grateful I was able to do it.
Of course, the freeeeezing cold weather has played a huge part in this and it’s like, when you have a baby in December in Pennsylvania, you have to expect to be cooped up inside for around four months or so. Hibernation for liiiiife. With that being said, I think I’d be all over having a summer baby…
I know one day I’ll yearn for these days (like today, when we’ve done absolutely nothing) but I’m starting to get a leeeettle stir crazy.
This week:
Max got baptized – on Valentine’s Day – in the middle of a massive blizzard. Like it started blizzarding the moment we had to leave. He was the sweetest thing ever. It was pretty adorable. But I do think he was like… mom, why did you put me in this giant dress? We went a little crazy traditional.
The fauxhawk. I can’t take it. After his baths (which he LOVES), we swipe his hair up and it just stays put. Permanent little fauxhawk. He is just so happy and cuddly all the time. I feel so lucky. Too lucky. If he does cry I can decipher the reason quickly which is totally insane to me since I knew approximately nothing about babies before this.
He and Eddie have more of the same mannerisms everyday. It kills me. I actually find it more funny to see things that Eddie does, like the way he moves his mouth in his sleep – and then see Max do the same thing.
Um, so, he’s close to growing out of the bassinest. We probably have a few more weeks? Eddie and I are nuts in love, so we are currently figuring out what we can get to keep him in our room. We don’t want him to go to his own yet! WAH! I’m also such a ball of anxiety that if he is in his own room, I’ll probably be awake MORE than I am already. How do you get over the fear? Halp me.
Speaking of sleep, he’s starting to sleep sliiiiightly longer at night. I don’t even want to write it out because tonight, it probably wont happen then. But! His stretches are getting a little longer. In an insane and weird way, I miss it already. Even if it means we’re up three times instead of four.
One day this past week he just wanted to cuddle ALL day, so I got tons done with him in the sollybaby. I wish I could just glue him there and hold him that close always.
We took the best nap together last Sunday – like I was OUT, which I rarely am – and as I’m writing this we just woke up from a big family nap – the three of us – with him in his pod and Eddie and I on the couch. Cutest ever.
Apparently I’m writing all about sleep today, but we still freaking LOVE watching him wake up. The stretches, OMG. This boy stretches for like five minutes before he can do anything else and it makes my day. It’s hilarious.
Right now he is on a playmat on the floor next to me absolutely squealing his lungs out. He does this crazy high pitch happy squeal multiple times a day and IÂ flip over it. He’s such a little bug.
I still want ten kids. It’s not waning. Like at all. Eeeeep.
Tomorrow I’m going to share more baby favorites and later this week, a lactation cookie recipe. Uh, they are sooooooo good.
18 Comments on “life with max: ten weeks in.”
I love reading your baby updates, especially because I feel like I can relate to savouring everything about a newborn baby (my daughter just turned 7 months old- eep!!). I was also a nervous wreck about moving her into her own room, but we got an AngelCare monitor, which really gave me peace of mind.
I think we moved her into her crib around 12-14 weeks? She seemed soooo little but I will say that we all slept (and still do) better in separate rooms, though I know that’s not the case for everyone. As with everything, you have to do what works best for you :) just thought I’d throw the recommendation out there!!
Okay so I don’t even really know you for reals but I’m still unable to believe that your little guy is already 10 weeks old! The baby stretches were my absolute favorite thing ever (how did I never think to take a video of them?!?). My Amelia turned 10 MONTHS old on the 12th and I so wish I could rewind and re-do her newborn days so I could properly enjoy them. She’s almost a year old and I am dying a little inside… it’s possible that will be the push for us to have a second one sooner rather than later!
It will absolutely be super scary when you move him into his own room but eventually it will help him (and you!) sleep better. And if it doesn’t work for you quite yet to move him don’t feel like you have to do it. You’ll figure out what works for you as a family.
We have kept all our kids in the room with us until 6-8 months. This is primarily because we sleep downstairs, the the kid room is upstairs, so I can’t imagine getting up 1-3 times each night to feed. I think the current recommendation is the stay in the room until about a year (?!?), so we are mostly complying incidentally.
We use the sleeper section on the pack-n-play. When they grow out of that (3-4 months), we take it out and put then on the “shelf” section. Once it looks like they’ll sleep through the night, they are transferred to the crib upstairs, and the previous one is put into a bed. Still trying to figure out the sleeping arrangement when #3 goes up in a few months, but I’m sure it will be fine.
i also can’t imagine having to walk down the hall a few times per night for feedings! that’s definitely one of the current issues for us too.
Max is so cute, and I just love how hands on and interactive you and Eddie are with him! I read other blogs that mention putting their baby in his/her own room for the night as soon as they’re home from the hospital, and I get all ragey. I couldn’t even imagine!
The sleeper section of a pack n play seems like a good choice now that Max is getting bigger. :)
Oh! And I feel you on winter baby = stuck inside (to a degree. It doesn’t exactly get cold where I am), but you’re in a much better position than if you had had a baby in the spring or summer. By the time it warms up, Max will be old enough that you can take him in a pool or even the beach.. (And uh, you’ll be able to healed up to, too /TMI )
Sooooo… You gotta do a video – I wanna hear him squeal!
So scary when you are sick with a baby. When my son was born, I had bronchitis (my husband thought my coughs would make me go into labor) They even had a humidifier in my room at the hospital. So in the beginning, I was so afraid he might get sick that I didn’t go near him without a surgical mask on!
He could not be any sweeter! Love that little faux hawk! My Max just got rid of his this hear and now has the cutest swept over hair with the sides shaved. I love that he has his own style. I’m so happy for you my friend! I love how in love you are with your little family. It’s pretty amazing how in love with your kids you become. It does go way too fast, so enjoy every second you have! xoxo
Definitly agree about the Angelcare ‘breathing mat/video’ monitor. It sounded crazy until I had a newborn and then it was the only way I calmly slept…or i woulda been up all night staring at her;)
I’m having my 2nd in June and your updates are making me so giddy, since he is SUCHHHHH a cutie pie! <3 Keep enjoyin, Momma!
We kept our son in his bassinet until just past the 3 month mark and in hindsight, it was a month too long. He outgrew it and was never sleeping well because he was too confined. Once we put him into his own room, he slept so much better which led to us sleeping better.
No magic formula for making the switch, just a first night GLUED to the monitor cranked to max volume then each night got better from there. We all survived and you will too, I promise. Anything at night is always scarier, that’ll never go away.
Ahhh I am so excited for this cookie recipe! One of my friends had a baby a week and a half ago and I want to mail her a little care package with them.
Also, he is just the cutest thing. I am now going to be so disappointed if my future children don’t have faux-hawks. So happy to hear such lovely updates for you–seriously, your happiness and love comes through in all of these posts and it makes my whole day better, too. Thanks for sharing these :)
Love hearing about baby max!!!!! Totally off the subject question…your hair is it curly or just a little wavy? I love your cut! The pics from your pregnancy make me want to cut me hair!!!!
OMG at first I thought lactation cookies were made using your milk and I was like whoa. I googled it and no breast milk!
These posts are so full of joy – they’re the best. I know from experience it’s hard and tough and nerve-wracking to care for a newborn (the first one especially, I’m told), but still your joy and delight shines through so strongly. = )
I think the current recommendation is to keep them in with you for 6 months at least, so you can always use that excuse if you want to keep him in your room :) You could try “side-carring” his crib (remove one set of rails and attach it to your bed) or put his little crib mattress on the floor next to you.
Love these updates. I have a 9 month old so reading these makes me reminisce a little. Having 10 seems like a good plan to me too.
I was the same way when my baby boy (now 7 months) grew out of his bassinet. We moved the crib into our bedroom, and he sleeps part of the night in there and part of the night in bed with us. Have you thought about bedsharing? It is pretty wonderful! There are lots of resources out there on the benefits of bedsharing and how to do it safely. I adore it.
He is so cute!! I am due in one week. I think about the cold and the snow and am not happy but I am also like a 100 degrees. I sleep above the covers in shorts and a t-shirt at night and am still hot. I think about being like that in August. I would just melt away.
I completely understand how you feel about not moving the baby out of your room. When 3 months rolled around, I knew there was no way I was ready for that. We had a pack n play in our room so that’s what I would recommend if you decide to keep Max with you longer. We used it on the bassinet level until 15 lbs and then the floor level until we slowly started transitioning my daughter to the crib between 6-9 months. (The transition was slow because of crazy me and I may or may not have slept on her floor sometimes. ) The only annoying thing is reaching down when it’s on the floor level but it really wasn’t that bad. It was totally worth it for me. Different people are ready for the change at different times so don’t feel like you have to do it just Cuz lots of people do. Congratulations on your baby and I’m so happy that you are enjoying and appreciating this amazing time!