3 weeks old today!

Teddy is 3 weeks old today!  It seems like it's been both a short and long time since he's been born! 

He's soo grown up already!  He can roll onto his side from his back, the tummy will be coming shortly.  He hates tummy time, but can lift his head quite a bit, about 90 degrees sometimes.  In the last few days he's started cooing, smiling back at us and making good eye contact.  He also stays awake for a few hours every day.  Usually once in the morning and then once in the evening, so no matter Doug's schedule he gets some good Daddy time in.  Hehe, and his Grandpa still has rarely seen him awake, but Grandma got to play with him awake yesterday.  At his weight check this week he weighed 8lb 12 ounces, meaning he's gained 12 ounces in one week and is past his birth weight.  So he probably hit it pretty close to the 2 week mark, which is right on average.  We could definitely tell just by looking at him, his face and belly seemed to get more chunky by the day!  His next appointment isn't until mid-January for his 2 month check up and to begin immunizations.  I still need to research those!

Right now our Christmas plans are to be here.  Doug has off on Dec. 28-31 and so the plan is to go to VA Beach and visit my family then.  Maybe we'll slip up to Baltimore and visit my family there.  It takes a lot longer to plan things out since we get our train of thoughts interrupted a lot.

This week has gone a lot better with sleep.  Teddy had a few fussy days where he wanted to be held or near me in order to sleep, but we survived.  It's a good thing he's been sleeping a bit longer (3-4 hours) because it's been a long hard week for Doug at work.  It's his first week as Kitchen Manager at the Applebee's store in Staunton and it's been pretty stressful.  He's been scheduled 7am-5pm this week.  That means he has to get up around 5:30 am in order to get there in time.  But he's not getting off at 5.  I think 7 is the earliest he's made it home, one night it was 9.  So we've only got a few hours together before we need to hit the sack.  It's hard to find time to relax, take care of Teddy and everything.  Poor Doug has only been getting about 6 hours of sleep and then he has to go to work and when he comes home he does things for me around the house. 

I'm still not really doing much but caring for Teddy. I haven't cooked a meal or really cleaned.  I tried doing a load of laundry the other day and it backed up the stupid toilet down here.  Don't get me started on what a hassle all of that has been!  I put away some clothes.  I'm not really sore around my incision anymore but I'm still sore underneath it all, so I'm still trying to take it easy.  The day generally goes like this (with an hour or two on either end on the time): 

6:30 am Doug leaves for work; Teddy usually wakes and eats for about an hour.  Then sleeps.
10:30 am Teddy wakes for a short feeding and returns to sleep
12:30 pm Feeding, play for an hour or two (Bible time, music and excercise time, tummy time)
2:30 feeding, sleep
4:30 feeding, sleep
7:30 feeding, play for 1-2 hours (play with Mommy and Daddy, tummy time)
9:30 feeding, sleep
12:30 feeding, sleep
3:30 feeding, sleep

And repeat!  It's getting closer to 3 hours becoming standard between feedings during the day, but it varies by how he is feeling.  I typically nap when he's asleep too except when Doug is home and for an hour or two before he is home.  I feel so lazy doing it like that but the other day I took him to the pediatrician and then ran into Target for a few minutes and was really kind of hurting later that night.  And there were a few days last week when I didn't get to nap during the day and really paid for it as well.  There is definitely a connection between sleep and emotions!

Ok, need to get off!