I can't believe my little guy is almost three weeks old. And yet - I totally can. After the first two weeks I finally felt like I was coming out of a bit of a baby fog. Not that my multi tasking self had it all figured out and was up and at em, but I was able to physically function a little better, was able to start getting a hang of this mom thing, and just getting to a good place with my new family unit. After having him be a pretty darn good baby for the first couple of weeks - we then pulled the trigger and said to hell with breast feeding. And really - I can't tell you how much happier I feel. So much that the crying immediately went down by 50-75%. Now I typically am only crying when I see something on TV that is talking about a parent losing their child. That sends me over the edge. But for the most part - I am doing pretty good. I've lost 30 pounds already. Have 20 more to go to make pre-pregnancy weight, and then ideally I want to lose an additional 20 to get to my ideal weight. We shall see how this all happens.

My son has given me my first real life lesson (not that I didn't know these were coming) that what Mommy wants Logan to have may not be what Logan wants. As a result, we went through some growing pains with the formula I wanted him on and as a result - it did not seem to have a good effect on him. So we changed formula - and the sky seems to have opened and the sun is now shining on us once again.

Rookie parenting and tricks mommy is learning.
When i say rookie parenting - it is all minor stuff that really isn't that big of a deal, but has you thinking - I should probably be a bit smarter about that. Like the first time Logan decided to pee outside his diaper. I sat there watching it like a deer in headlights. The second time I put a wipe on his weeny as a reflex only to remember the doctor said not to do that on the new circumcision cause it might burn. Or the time that as I was carrying the poopy diaper to the trash can I realized I had it practically shoved in his face. Yum. Or one of the first bottles that Tony put together - he realized after the act that he had down the measuring wrong. And one time he had a cap inside the bottle that prevented it from letting the formula out - so as a result he sat there in the middle of the night feeding Logan air for about 20 minutes. You would have thought Logan would have squawked or something but nope - he kept trying to suck that air down. LOL Or how about when you go to the store only to realize you bought the wrong size diapers? We've done that a couple times now.

One of our tricks we have learned is that he loves to be hot! SO much that if we want to crib him - we have to put a heating pad on his mattress to warm it up so when we put him down - he doesn't wake up (and stay awake). He loves to have his arms out and about - so we tuck the blanket under his arms. Half the time we see him sleeping with his arms above his head.

After going out a couple times now - we know now why there is so many pockets in the diaper bag! We forgot a blanket ......and clothes.........LOL