4 weeks

4 weeks! Almost Kasper's one month birthday!

This past week was the best yet, I think. Rob's first week back to work was very difficult on me, so this week I made an effort to get out of the house as much as I could. On Monday, I met my friend Erin and her 2 kiddos at the mall for a little play time. It was nice to chat with another Mom! On Thursday, Kasper and I hauled it all the way out to Woodbury to have lunch with Rob. We went to Chipotle and Kasper was a good baby and slept the whole time. I was even able to push him and stopped at Target before heading home. He was certainly a hungry boy by the time we got back. On Friday Kasper and I walked around the Mall of America for about an hour or so. It's not easy having a winter baby - it limits what I can do to get out and get some exercise. I so wish it was nice out and I could walk around the lakes. Maybe once it gets above freezing I'll think about it.

We had an outing on Wednesday as well - to the Dr. Like over 50% of babies these days, Kasper has himself a mild case of reflux! It was making meal times unpleasant and I could tell it bothered him throughout the day. Case in point, I laid him down in his crib to document how big he's getting...



I called the Dr. for suggestions on how to relieve the pain and they said they wanted him to come in the same day. Good news is he is gaining weight like a champ and is up to 9 lbs 10 ozs! Bad news is he has reflux and has received his second prescription of his young life. (The first was for thrush. Look how cute he is receiving thrush meds. He's so excited that he's going to get some food, then sad)





It takes a bit of time for the reflux meds to start working, but we have made some changes that have made some major differences already. He barely spit up yesterday! I think the reflux was also affecting his sleep. We received a Rock and Play sleeper at one of our showers, so I broke that baby out.



It allows him to sleep at the appropriate angle to keep his reflux down. After putting him to sleep in this thing, he has been sleeping for 5-6 hours, waking up to nurse then back down for another 3 or so hours. It's been great!

Other pics from Kasper's 4th week alive:

Rob, a baby and a dog. Making it work



I call this series "Kasper Faces" or "This is what happened when I just kept shooting"














I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself. He's such a sweet calm baby on his changing table. We spend some good time on there smiling at each other. It helps that it's some of the best light in the house.

A cute one from today:



Isn't he getting big??? What happened to my little baby?

Sleeping with Papa



Super cute new outfit from Andrew and Lauren. LOVE.



Ok! Enough!



So, 4 weeks ago I was in a hospital room awaiting the arrival of our sweet baby. Today, we have an alert little dude who is already so interactive. I don't know where the time goes.

Comparisons

So far, we've heard that Kasper looks more like me than Rob, so I gathered up some baby pictures of the both of us to compare. Sandra sent a couple of Rob's and I was able to get my hands on the 3 pictures of myself as a baby. I think that's all that exists! Quite a difference from little Kasper. I think we have over 1000 photos of him already and he's not yet a month old! Anyway...

Here are some of me:

2 weeks



4 weeks



6 weeks



Some of Rob





And some of Kasper for the comparisons:





Personally, I don't think Kasper could look any MORE like Rob!! They look almost identical!



If Sandra wasn't in this picture, I would maybe think this is my little one!



So although he has dark hair like his Mama, I think he's a dead ringer for his Papa. He's going to be a handsome boy!

3 weeks

I survived my first week alone and so did Kasper! It was about as difficult as I thought it would be. I now REALLY appreciate having Rob home for those 2 weeks. It's a lot easier when there are 4 hands around versus only 2. We spent the week hanging out and trying to get some sleep. Kasper has his days and nights mixed up, so he sleeps a lot of the day and is then up from about 2 am to 10 am. It's horrible. Other than that, there isn't really a whole lot new! We're going to continue to figure out how to survive with this new little one.

Trying out our playmat







Second bath, which went MUCH better than the first! We needed to use some warmer water!







Rob worked from home for a couple hours one day this week.



He's getting so big already! And it looks like he might be losing some of his hair on top



We get sleep however we can!



Getting better at tummy time!



Rob's turn to babywear! Notice the lack of real sleep in his eyes



Let's hope for another good week coming up!

Newborn photos

When Kasper was 5 days old (Wow that feels like a long time ago!) we had Gina come over to our house to take some newborn photos. Gina took our maternity photos and is totally awesome! She had us turn the heat up to 85 degrees, feed the boy until he was nice and sleepy and got down to business. If you didn't get the hint before, I have to say again that I would highly, highly recommend Gina for all your photography needs. She is such a joy to work with. When Lois started to get antsy and high maintenance, Gina let her lay in her lap while she shot. So sweet.

Now for the pictures!







We tried a cloth diaper on Kasper. Way too big!







I knitted this little cocoon





LOVE this one! I like how Lois' paw makes an appearance. She was probably laying in Gina's lap at this point







Cute pageboy hat



Little monkey



Mama and her babies





















The kids



And I just had to include this one of Lois. I love her face!! She's being such a good big sister.



It's funny to look back at these photos. Kasper looks SO little! I feel like he's grown a lot since then. Also, his poor face has cleared up which is nice. And as for me, let's remember these pictures were taken a mere 5 days after I birthed a child. I cringe a little now, but know I will be so glad I have these pictures to look back at.