Life with a newborn...again!

I know I have been MIA but I have been living in newborn bliss/fog for the last 4 weeks.  My baby boy will be 5 weeks old tomorrow and I cannot believe how fast that time has flown by.

I am loving having a newborn in the house again and my two girls (H-4, B-nearly 3) are smitten with their baby brother too.  In the case of B she is a little too in love with Q, literally smothering him with aggressive kisses & cuddles whenever she gets near him.  Hubby & I are doing everything we can to run interference for our poor son while encouraging B to be gentle without growling at her for being so 'loving' towards him but it is hard!  After just turning my back for a second to get a drink, we caught her holding Q up by his wobbly neck, trying to get him to dance with her the other day!!!  But in the scheme of things, its definitely preferrable that they love him rather than the alternative...surely!

Fatty bum bum!

So honestly - how is it all going?  The first couple of weeks were great, flying high on hormones and love for my newborn, physically down but not out and overwhelmingly so friggin pleased not to have to go to the toilet every 5 mins & to not be fat & uncomfortable anymore, I was in Happyland.  Week 3 hit and my hubby got a few rev ups.  Getting up for night feeds was getting harder and I began to feel tired, esp as Q was feeding soooo much.  He is an easy baby though, no problems with night v day, feeding and then going straight back to sleep at night time.  They only problem is, like all males he seems to be obsessed with boobs and food, wanting as much as he can get. He is a wee (big) budda!

Looks more like 3mths than 3 weeks!

He was out of newborn nappies at 1.5 weeks, out of his bassinet at 4 weeks and is now comfortably fitting size 3-6mth clothes!   One silver lining to this is that I have lost 16kgs of the 20kgs I put on - don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining but that is sooo not normal!

In fact the only thing that is a little bit challenging at the moment is trying to get his wind up.  He makes a LOT of grunting noises while feeding, after feeding and even in his sleep!  I did some Google research to find out what this could mean and was shocked (& slightly amused) to find out about GBS-grunting baby syndrome!  I think with Q it is more about trapped wind than his bowel movements, believe me - they are fine!  It means he is noisy and it often sounds like he is in pain but he doesn't cry and can sleep even while continuing to grunt loudly so I am not too concerned and assume it is something he will grow out of eventually, but in the meantime I am spending a considerable amount of time trying to wind him, limiting any trapped wind and therefore discomfort for him.

I have completed a newborn milestones table, similar to my blog about my pregnancy milestones.
It is great to see the comparisons between my 3 kids...

And the pattern that has emerged within the very first row, clearly shows one of the main reasons why I will not be having anymore kids!  :)