Spencer is 1 week old today and he’s such a good baby.  I feel like we’re just starting to settle into some sort of “routine”…or at least a routine that will work for the next week before it all changes again!  I was pretty proud of myself yesterday for getting both boys out the door to get Maxwell to school on time.  Spencer and I then hit up the grocery store and Starbucks.  That afternoon, I even took both boys out in the stroller and the sling for a little walk.  Go me!  🙂

Spencer has been a great daytime sleeper and really snoozes from about 8 to 11:00 pretty hard.  Early evenings and night is when he really comes alive!  That said, he’s still pretty chill and doesn’t cry that often.  He’s proving to be a little different than his big brother in that regard so far!  🙂

He’s been a really good eater.  We go back to the doctor this morning and I’m very curious to see what he weighs now and if he’s back up to his birth weight of 7 lbs, 5 oz.  One other tip I want to remember – With Maxwell, I kept track of all his feedings and dirty diapers with a notepad.  This time I’m just recording it all in the notepad on my iphone and it’s so much easier.  All the info is in my phone which is ALWAYS right by me!  I love Apple.

Spencer actually slept great last night.  Instead of putting him in the bassinet by the bed, I had him on the bed beside me propped up on the boppy pillow.  He seemed to really like that so I’ll keep that up!  He slept from about 11 to 3:00 and then woke up again around 6:15.  Not bad at all!   and he doesn’t really cry when he wakes up.  He just starts making noises and I’ll scoop him up and feed him and then he conks back out.  I’m not sure how long that will last so I’m just enjoying it right now.

Maxwell continues to be a champion big brother.  We spent the afternoon outside on Tuesday and Maxwell kept wanting to come check on the ya-ya…not the best considering he was covered in “lallow dirt” from his sand table and had chocolate cookie crumbs all over his mouth!  Oh well, Spencer’s immune system is just going to get strong fast I think!

He is starting to act out just a little…I think it’s just a combination of some short naps and finally reacting to everything that’s been going on.  I can’t complain though because overall he’s handled it remarkably well.

I’m feeling good – finally.  I had a few really rough days with what I thought was going to be gallstones.  I was all prepared for surgery!  Turns out, no gallstones but just really, REALLY bad heartburn, likely from all the Motrin they gave me in the hospital.  Yea, that made me feel cool. Who knew heartburn could be that bad?!  But, after several days of Prilosec and none of my beloved Starbucks, I seem to be on the up and up.  Thank goodness because it was ROUGH there for a few days.

It’s been a great week with this sweet little guy.  I can’t wait to see how he continues to change…and whether or not he’s got dimples!  There was a possible dimple sighting but nothing can be confirmed yet.  We’ll see!  🙂

Have a great day and see you tomorrow!