I was a lot more upset when I accidentally cut his thumb recently. I hate cutting his nails and I caught his skin again. He really, really cried, more so than he does with his jabs and his thumb bled for 45 minutes! Not nice and I was really upset and felt very guilty for ages, and so I should.
He was weighed today too at 14lbs 10 1/2oz which is right on the 50 percentile line.
I forgot to take the 16 week pictures today but I have some from my iPhone. They aren't that good so will take some more tomorrow.
Munk = milk drunk
Here is Ellis at 16 weeks old.
I did my measurements this morning and I wasn't all that pleased. To be honest I wasn't surprised as I seem to still be eating for 2. I'm not all that worried about it for now. I can wear my size 12 jeans again which is amazing so that keeps me happy. Hopefully once me bits are sorted I can start to feel a bit better about myself and get fit again.
Measurements:
Weight = 12st 5lbs (-1lbs from 4 weeks ago)
Tummy = 91cm (-2cm in 4 weeks)
Upper arm = 29cm
Upper leg = 62cm
Ankle = 24cm
Neck = 33cm
Leo has turned into a rather vocal little chappy and I love to spend my time talking back to him. I'm sure in a few years we are going to have some very in depth conversations about Dinosaur poo and stuff.
He is also doing rather well on his tummy and I'm sure it wont be long before he is rolling all over the place.
I have been trying to put him down in his cot for naps during the day and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I'm not bothered really but just thought he might get more peace in his room. Will keep trying it for now.
I totally jinxed the sleeping thing recently as he is really waking up a lot at night now. The health visitor said he could just be going through a growing period. I said I was okay with it for now although last night was horrible. He woke at 12:30am, 2am, 4am and then 6am. He fed every time and went back down okay but it is hard work waking up and then trying to get back to sleep all the time.
The evenings are just as rubbish. Sometimes I have to go up and down the stairs 4 or 5 times to settle him down and/or top him up with a feed and wind him again. Would be nice for him to be in a bit of a routine again so that I could at least go out without worrying about him. I am out tomorrow evening for a take-away at Naomi's house but I have no idea what time I will be able to get there. It will totally depend on Leo. I hope he is good.
I just can't seem to get any sort of routine going with Leo. Feeds, sleep and naps are all over the place and I just know that this wont help him to be a calm baby. I learnt with Ellis that routine was key to a content baby. Looking back at the diary I did with him though, he wasn't a good sleeper at this stage either so will stick with it for now.
Having 2 children is a lot of work. I'm really exhausted a lot of the time and can be quite miserable from the lack of any quality sleep. The thing I find the hardest is switching roles, from being a mother of a newborn to a mother of a toddler. You have to be, treat and act differently for each role and sometimes it can be hard to go between the two. I find it frustrating more than anything as I just want to do my best and sometimes that just isn't happening. I know I can be hard on myself about it at times but the early years are so important for their future.
Although it would be completely mental, I would still like to add to our family. The idea of having a larger family is very appealing to me. I look forward to chaotic, noisy, crazy, Christmas', birthdays, holidays etc. Plus I would like to try for a girly. ;o)
I will try and get some more pictures of Leo to post tomorrow. I don't think I have missed anything out.
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