Week 4

We simply cant' believe that Baker will be 4 weeks old on Thursday. It makes us so sad! But my goodness, is he growing! He had a dr appt on Saturday, the 23rd, which was coincidentally my original due date. He weighed in at a whopping 8lbs 6 oz and is now 20". We think we're finally starting to get into a routine at night. I pump as much as possible but it seems my milk supply is a little low, so we still have to supplement with formula because he is such an eater! I can nurse him for as long as 40 minutes and then he'll still take anywhere between 2-4 oz of formula after that. We weren't too concerned about the formula thing because pediatrician says it was ok, especially since we are giving him as much breast milk as possible. My mother has been an absolute god send! On nights that Joel works, he has to get up @ 4am, so I'm up most of the time with him and then my mom will come grab him for a few hours so I can catch some zzz's. My grandma is also here from Alaska for 2 weeks so she'll take him sometimes during the day so I can catch up on chores around here or just so I can catch a shower! I'm definitely feeling alot more confident as time goes on. The first 2 weeks were definitely the roughest. I was crying all the time and doubting my abilities, but I feel stronger, I'm more healed from the delivery and we're starting to get some sort of routine.

He still eats every 2-3 hours and we are doing our best to keep him awake as much as possible during the day so he'll sleep more last night. It was great last night because he slept a solid 4 hours! I actually woke up at the 3 hr mark worried because he hadn't woken up yet! Typical mommy stuff I guess! I promise that I will post more pics asap. We lost our cable that connects our camera to our computer so we have to borrow my brothers. But check back in the next day or two and I will have them posted!