11 weeks tomorrow!

Well at 9 weeks Eli weighed 13 pounds at the Health Unit. I weighed him myself at home by weighing myself and then him and I and deducting my weight on Saturday so at 10 weeks he was 14 pounds. He is literally gaining a pound a week! If he keeps it up he will be 20 lbs by 16 weeks which is just under 4 months. People go crazy when their baby is 20 lbs at 5 or 6 months of age.

What's new with Eli lately. He's fussing less at night. He's smiling at things I do. He definitely knows how to grab hair and hold on real tight! He can also bear weight on his legs for a long time and take steps. He took like 5 the other day towards me with his Dad holding his hands. He also has a thing for our couch, he just loves it!! It's all sorts of reds, greens, blues, and purples with tons of different designs. So he is really becoming so much more aware of his surroundings. He is squeaking and making coos and nahs and loves to just watch me. I just can't wait until the first time he laughs at something I do or say to him. He has sort of giggled since about 3-4 weeks but only when he's half asleep so I'm not sure how intentional it is.

He's in his swing right now. I try not to put him in there often but he has been quite fussy today. I think he was overtired but he wouldn't calm down and he wouldn't eat so I put him in the swing, turned on the music and he fell asleep. Swings are a great invention. So is his new wrap baby carried, maman kangarou. It's like the Moby wrap but it has a nifty pocket on the front. I can't believe that in less than two weeks he'll be 3 months old. Time flies by! That's already half the time that I was going to breastfeed at minimum. I thought that might be difficult to do for 6 months but it's just the first 6 weeks that are rough. I could definitely continue that. We really want to have another baby soon though. So we're thinking that after 6 months we'll stop protecting and see whether breastfeeding is a form of birth control for us since it's not always the case for everyone. Then if we get pregnant I will have at least done my minimum 6 months. But if we have to stop breastfeeding to get pregnant we'll find that out by the time we really wanted to get pregnant at which is when Eli is 9 months.

Anyway that may have been too much to share but it's the kind of issues that are on the mind of a mother in the first year and that's what this blog is about!

Eli and I are going to check out Mom & Baby yoga tomorrow! I'm very excited! I miss going to different types of yoga. I'll let you know how it goes!