Happy Birthday Aaron!

Yesterday was Aaron's birthday and Jagger's 3 week birthday! Happy Birthday my boys or should I say men! We didn't do anything, just hung out at home. Here are some new pictures! I am posting also pictures from when Jagger was born all the way to 3 weeks so you can see how much he has changed.

Fresh out of the oven!

1 week old
2 weeks

3 weeks

Just because :)

12 ozs. in 4 days

That is right, Jagger gained 12 ozs. in since Monday! He has become a little piggy! I am so glad that he gained weight and that I know he is getting what he needs to eat. The pedi and nurses were quite impressed with his weight gain!

My little boy is growing up

Here is a new picture of Jagger. I can't believe how much he has changed in just 2 weeks, it makes me sad that my little boy is growing so quickly :(

We weighed him today, on our baby scale, and he weighed 7 lbs. 1 oz.!! That would put him 0.5 oz. over his birth weight. We go to the dr. in the morning to have his weight checked there.

We finally did it!

Jagger slept in the pack-n-play ALL night!! He was very content in there and I even put him in when he wasn't fully asleep and he went to sleep by himself!! I am so proud on him, and me!! Aaron said he didn't like it because when Jagger made noises, he couldn't just look over to make sure he was ok. I am going to continue to make him sleep in the pack-n-play and maybe see if he will sleep in his own room within the next week. I know I slept much better, and I am sure he did too.

He has been eating like a little pig, thank goodness!! I have been exclusively pumping so that I know how much breast milk he is getting and it seems to be working really well for all of us. He has not had much formula since I am doing this. We bought a baby scale and according to it, he gained 3 1/2 ozs. in one day! The pedi said the average is 1 oz. a day.

2 week check up

Jagger had his 2 week check up today. He weighed 6 lbs. 8 ozs, which is still 9 oz. below his birth weight. They like for breast fed babies to be back at there birth weight by now, so we are supplementing him with formula and go back to have him reweighed on Friday. I sure hope my little man gains weight by then. I feel so bad that he has not gained weight. I thought he was eating really well and Aaron and I both thought he had gained weight. It is hard when you breast feed to know how much milk he is getting and I always follow his cues to know when he is full. Thank goodness he has no problem going from breast to bottle. He got his first vaccine today, the hepatitis B vaccine. He did not like it, but it was not too bad.

Jagger is doing well otherwise. He had a fussy spell on Friday, but he did not poop for 36 hours. On Saturday, he was back to being a little angel! He really is such a good baby. I think Aaron and I fall more and more in love with him every day. I still can't believe that he has been with us for 2 weeks now. We will not be coming back to TN until after his 2 month dr. appointment. That is what the dr. recommended because that is when he will get his first set of vaccines. So, sometime in April, we will be coming to TN.

I am still doing fabulous :) My incision is still sore, but not painful. I think it will probably be sore for awhile, after all they cut into my abdominal wall. I am officially back to my pre-pregnancy weight. Don't ask me how I did it, because I have no idea, but very glad! Now I just need to lose about 15-20 more lbs., get rid of my "battle wounds" aka stretch marks and my "dough" aka extra skin! My incision, from what I can tell, looks really good, it is the least of my concerns!

Trying to break the habit

Why did I even let Jagger start sleeping with me? Last night I decided that I would try to get him to sleep in the pack n play, it didn't go so well. He never cried or anything, he just would not stay asleep. Every time I would get him sleeping and I would fall asleep, he would be awake again. I kept trying until about 4 am and gave up. I put him in the bed with me because I was exhausted. I did put him in bed on a sleep positioner, so he was not right up next to me, but close. On Sunday night I woke up and his little face was planted on my chest and that scares the crap out of me because he could suffocate. Hopefully he will get used to sleeping by himself soon. Like I have said before, I don't want a 8 year old sleeping with me!

On Sunday, Jagger was 1 week old. I can't believe that it has already been over a week since I had this little guy. He is already growing so much. We have a footed sleeper on him today that fits him pretty well, but would have swallowed him this time last week. He is such a good baby. He is never fussy and is always so content. I hope it stays this way! He doesn't like to take a bath and he sometimes gets mad when we change his diaper, but that is it. After his bath, he acts like he feels much better though. His hair is all over the place after his bath. It sticks up everywhere!

I am still doing good. I have read horror stories about recovery from a c-section, but I think I have gotten lucky so far. I rarely take anything for pain, maybe motrin once a day and that is only if I have over done it the day before or if I laid wrong on my incision. I only have 3 lbs. to go to be back at my pre-pregnancy weight.

Woo hoo!!!

I have already lost 20lbs!!!!!! I only have 9 more to go! I am beyond excited! Now I just need to work on the extra skin when I can exercise again.

We had to take Jagger back today to have his bilirubin level rechecked and it has finally gone down!! I fed him so much yesterday, so I was sure hoping that it was going down. I am so happy that the little guy doesn't have to have his heel poked again. He has been such a trooper about it the past 2 times though. He also gained 4 ounces in one day! He is up to 6 lbs. 12 ozs! He is "watching", aka sleeping through, his first Tiger's game with his daddy!

This is not from today, but as you can see, he is already a fan!



This is the best Valentine's ever, I have spent the day with my 2 favorite men!