very Bad day

I ate something that really did not agree with Brennan's stomach and he cried for a large portion of the day today and had a nasty rash on his bum. I've ruled it down to mango or coconut milk. I'm going to assume it's the coconut.

I guess that's totally out for now. So far I'm not eating any type of other nuts or chocolate as it seems to bother him to varying degrees, also anything spicy.

Everyone went to bed early tonight, at 4:30 p.m. , even Sara. I guess the crying wore everyone out. I hope I'm not up at 2 a.m. with all of them but I probably will be.

Time to get to bed.

Even Paula can't get him to smile

Today Mr. Moose was smiling and cooing at me and it was soooo cute!! I tried to get it on camera but as soon as he sees the camera he gets a scared look on his face. I think he really does not like the camera very much. We took some pics anyway.

this picture cracks me up, Paula Dean is laughing and so is Sara, Brennan is not amused.


Daddy and Brennan were sitting happily together tonight after our walk around the neighborhood. Brennan was very content and then he pooped on Dan's shirt.

I'm too big for my clothes!

Brennan skipped wearing his newborn clothes and I will have to make sure he wears all the clothes I've bought him really fast before he outgrows them. Tonight I put him in a turtle jumper that looked huge on the hanger, it was size 3 months and it fit him just right. It was almost too tight around his middle. He's pretty solid, but aren't we all.

Sara loves holding him and posing for pictures with him. He wasn't too thrilled. He's so big she has to have a pillow to help her hold him but she kept telling me, I've got him Mom.

Library Day

Today we took Sara to the splash pad to play. Brennan sat in his stroller while she played. We have a window in the morning where he takes an hour nap before he's ready to get up. We were hoping to capitalize on that window.

It worked good until we go to to the library. He started to wake up but I was just hoping he could hang on for 10 minutes while we grabbed Sara some new books. Unfortunately it didn't work out that way. Brennan dropped a huge bomb in his diaper on the way in, then he cried while we were picking out books. I tried to get Sara to help me with his pacifier while I picked out books but she was way too interested in finding Thomas books.

Somehow he managed to gag on his pacifier and threw up. I'm sure the library was glad to see us go, it was quite a fiasco. Then when I changed his diaper at the car, for the first time he reached his hand down and got poop on it. I knew it was coming sometime. I was pouring sweat by the time we were done with this outing.

He had some problems nursing today and I hope it's better tomorrow. As soon as the milk would start to come out he would cry and scream and pull away. It might have been some spicy food I ate the night before and I ate shrimp today. I hope that's all it is and it's not a new habit he's developing, we were all covered in milk because of it and I had to feed him formula tonight. I've also sprouted some Fenugreek seeds to produce more milk and I ate some today but I don't think that that would bother him though.

Thankful

Today I kept thinking how thankful I am for Brennan, he is so sweet and I love getting up and seeing him, even at 2 a.m. So far he is a much easier baby than Sara was. Even though I'm still not getting a ton of sleep. I hope he stays like he is and doesn't change too much because he is very easy to take care of and I don't feel stressed at all.

Dan really likes Brennan too. He stares at him and gives him kisses, you can tell he is really fond of him.

Brennan really likes to ride in the car. He hardly cries at all when we get into the car. Today we took a short ride just to calm him down. Sara gives me status updates on him from the back seat. She tells me if he's awake or asleep and what he's doing. She likes to inform me if he poops or has hiccups.

Tonight he seemed the most interactive yet. If you say something to him he looks at you. He loves to stare at my face for long periods of time. I swear that when I tell him to burp after eating, he knows what it means and he burps. He really holds up his head very well now and he kicks with his legs a lot, he is very strong.

I'm pretty sure he's gotten a lot longer and somewhat bigger. He's looking less chunky and a lot longer to me, I'll have to try to measure him soon. Today the scale said 11.5.

Moose's first bath

Brennan took his first real bath today since his umbilical chord fell off about 10 days ago. He was either terrified or really liked it because he sat perfectly still the whole time. It was nice with all the pooping that he does to be able to give him a soak and feel like he got clean. I have been giving him washcloth baths with no soap, just warm water, but that only goes so far.




He had two major blowout poops today, one got all over my shirt and my pillow. I've started to try to keep him wrapped in a blanket when he's on my lap to prevent the massive blowouts. They happen suddenly, loudly, and without any kind of warning causing everyone to jump, even Brennan.

I've been really thankful that he and Sara take their naps at the same time. Today I got three hours sleep along with them. I really needed it too because I only got a few hours the night before. Tonight we "woke" him up at 8 p.m. (he goes to be at 7) to go to the park with us. He didn't even really wake up, we just put him in his car seat and clipped him into the stroller and then upon arriving back home, he went soundly back into his bed. When he got up at midnight he ate and went right back to sleep, he seemed extra tired. I hope he sleeps until 4 a.m. or later now.

It's hard to believe that Brennan is a month old today! Wow, the time really flew by. I really need to try to enjoy every moment. He'll be big like Sara before we know it.

home from the hospital

This is a video we took as we were packing up leaving the hospital with Brennan after a 5 day stay.