Eat, Sleep, Poop!

Baby Luis is 2 weeks old today! With each passing day, he has been doing so very well! His appetite is great. He is ready to eat every 2 1/2 to 3 hours, sometimes much sooner, like at the 1 hour mark. I think he may be going through a growth spurt.  At the outset, I had quite a bit of difficulty with breastfeeding, so what a blessing it is that our boy is eating on a regular schedule now.  I'd feed him 20 times a day if I needed to!

Initially he was sleeping well during the day and up pretty much all night however now in the evenings, I actually have to wake the baby to feed him!  We are able to get some good rest (well, 'good' in comparison to other parents of newborns!)  He sleeps in the playard which I have right next to me in our bedroom.  As soon as I hear a peep out of him I'm able to pop right out of bed to check on him.  Fortunately the pain from my incision has calmed down quite a bit so I'm not limited with my movements like I was at first.  During the weekends Luis is up with me to change the baby, to help position him while I am breastfeeding or just give me a break.  However when it is a work night for him, I'll wake baby Luis then take him to his nursery to feed him and change his diaper.  So if he cries or fusses at all, Daddy won't hear him.  That system has worked pretty well; Luis is able to wake in the morning well rested to begin his work day.

Now for the pooping, our boy does not fall short in that area!  We've been going through TONS of diapers and wipes! We are so glad because on the day that we were discharged from the hospital he was given an enema to have a bowel movement (painful for mommy, daddy and baby.)  Most definitely no more enemas needed now! 

Today I placed him on his activity mat.  I think it's great because it is so colorful, has lots of hanging toys of varying shapes and even plays music and lights up, however baby Luis is not too impressed.  Ha!  He prefers me holding and talking to him. I think once he is a few months older I can use this for tummy time and most definitely he will be more interactive.

Oh and very exciting news!  His umbilical stump fell off last night!  Now we can give him a 'real' bath!