it's all about the output!

today gabe is 8 weeks old!

@ PADS with service dog-in-training, maisie!

• our little monkey is filling out and getting some meat on his bones. at approx. 11 pounds he's definitely a healthy boy :-)


• it's hard to tell how much to feed him...some days he'll feed for 20 minutes, and some he'll go for 40 minutes. then there's the in-between feeds where he does his projectile vomit. we were out for dinner last weekend and he threw up on himself, me and the floor. nice!


• i've officially been pooped on. after a breakfast feed, he had a lot of gas with 3 poops, and the last one was too much for his diaper and it ended up on My Brest Friend and my clothes. double-nice! another time i was burping him when he pooped and somehow it all ended up his back...virtually nothing was in the diaper...go figure :P ironically both times he was wearing disposable diapers...


• we continue to have much success with our cloth diapers, even using them when we go out. it's not much different than disposable, except that i have to carry them around until i get home. after you've been pooped on it just doesn't matter anymore :-) when we purchase our 6 month diapers, i'm thinking of switching to cloth wipes, rather than the huggies we've been using. i may be able to eliminate garbage altogether!


• i'm thrilled to fit into my pre-pregnancy jeans again! i finally have clothes for everyday wear...i think i was a bit hasty earlier this year and cleaned out my closet, thinking that i'd never fit my clothes again. just another excuse to buy new clothes, especially when someone else is paying the bill ;-)


• gabe is extremely alert during the days. when i put him on the changing table and i talk to him, he gets so excited and flails his arms and legs around. i think he's getting close to cracking his first real smile!


• monkey-man is also getting stronger every day...his neck is less floppy than before, and we can stand him upright and he starts bending his legs up and down.
  
• it's still november, but my parents have gone to town for gabe's first christmas...buying him outfits for every holiday function we have! to be honest, i can't wait to dress him up either :-)