Gabe's First Real Bath

Gabe's cord fell off on March 3rd, so on the 4th he got to have his first real bath. All of my babies have hated their first bath. It takes them weeks to not scream through the whole process. But Gabe LOVED it. He loved the warm water surrounding him and was just completely relaxed through the whole thing.

BUT....as soon as he came out of the bath, he started screaming.  He loved the warm water and hated getting taken out of it. 

After we got him dried off, we dressed him warm, and daddy snuggled him to make it all better.

Bandaid

Kate was playing catch with Savannah, and the ball bumped her in the mouth.  She wasn't really hurt, but insisted on getting a band-aid to make it better.  This girl is full of personality.

 

High School Preview

March 1st I took Savannah to a high school preview for 8th graders.  Scott had to take Sara to basketball practice, so I had to arrange for Gabe to visit his first babysitter.  A lady in my ward (who loves babies) took care of him for me (and loved every minute of it), and I took Savannah to the high school.  I was really quite emotional the whole night - missing my current baby while taking my first baby to high school. 

Kate

Kate did a pretty good job adjusting to having a new baby around.  She absolutely loved Gabe and wanted to hold him and see him all the time.  But she did become more emotional and more vocal about getting attention.

On this particular day (Feb. 27th), she insisted on keeping her coat on when she came in the house, and then instantly fell asleep in the chair.  I was holding Gabe, so I asked Savannah to take Kate's coat off so she wouldn't over heat.  

Taking the coat off woke her up and made her MAD.

But then she spotted her kitty outside.

And once she had her kitty snuggles (and a bottle), all was better.

I tried to make sure I had fun things for her to do while I took care of Gabe.

 And we made sure she got lots of snuggles from both me and Scott.

Week Two

February 26th

February 27th

February 28th

February 29th

March 1st.  Scott went back to work full time the day before, so Owen stepped up to fill the role of helper.

 

March 3rd

As we wrapped up two weeks, I took Gabe to the doctor for his 2 week check up.  Gabe was 8lbs 10oz at birth.  He left the hospital at 2 days old weighing 7 lbs 14oz.  He should have regained his birth weight by 2 weeks old.  But he weighed in at just 8lbs 1oz.  He had gained only 3 ounces in 2 weeks.  My pediatrician said, "I'm a huge fan of nursing - when it works.  But I'm a bigger fan of babies getting the nutrition they need."  Then he gave me a free case of formula and said to come back in a week for a weight check.  He told me if I wanted to keep nursing, to keep it short (no longer than 10 minutes) and only do it a few times a day, and really focus on getting him nutrition through a bottle.  That was the day that I felt like I had officially flunked nursing.