Last Monday he finally lost his little stump, which meant that he got to have his first real bath.
This was not his idea of fun, but he got all nice and clean. And afterwards, he was rather worn out.
Fortunately, the next bath was very calm, and he actually seemed to like it. That was a lot more fun. A lot of people say that a nightly bath is part of their bed time routine, and if he continues to like it, I think that would be a good idea. Jared keeps saying, "Another bath? Didn't we just do that?" I'll keep working on him.
One thing that I have managed to start working in every evening is a nice walk around the neighborhood in the stroller (I'll get a picture of that sometime). Xander really seems to like being outside (yay hurray!!). Sometimes he stays awake all the way around the circle, just looking around. Sometimes he gets lulled to sleep. Either way, it's very enjoyable. Of course, last night, he changed his mind, and decided that he would not like to ride in the stroller. But everything was okay again once he was in my arms. He's quite a sweet little guy.
Xander has also gotten to start using his cloth diapers! I'm very excited about this. Jared still finds the whole idea totally horrifying, but he's letting me do it. I've been doing 1 load of diaper laundry a day, and I'm keeping up with it pretty well. I've had to work out some of the kinks, but we've got a good system going now. I'm so happy that it's going well, and I'm looking forward to fine-tuning my stash so that it's all ready and perfect whenever we're ready for another baby. Also, I'm going to make sure that we have the best things for Xander as he grows up. I have to say, I really love pocket diapers. I didn't think that they would be my favorites, but they are. I love how quickly they dry, and I like stuffing them. And I love putting the super-soft fleecy diaper on my super-sweet baby.
Overall, I think we've had a great first four weeks! I'm loving this boy so much!
No comments:
Post a Comment