Month: April 2009

Today Ajax discovered his voice and the power of his cry.  I believe he has learned that the louder he cries the more desperate I become to find out exactly what he wants, which is difficult as I don’t believe he always knows what he wants.  His lungs are so strong that he can go from a mere whimper to a full blown red in the face howl in ten seconds flat.   This new development is stressful to say the least.  I thought I would be more of a “cry it out” mom, but am realizing that it’s not likely.

Dave and I had a wedding to attend on Saturday and my mom and sister babysat for us.  We were gone for about four hours and I only called once.

Ajax is now three weeks old.  I can’t believe that he will soon be one month old.  He has turned into quite the active guy, he’s holding his head up for longer periods, he’s following objects with his eyes and even turns his head towards voices.  I think he is going to be a very active child and reminds me a lot of my sister, Emily.  Yesterday my mom and I went to visit my cousin Rachel, who also just had a baby (exactly 8 days after Ajax).  Rachel had a baby scale and Ajax now weighs 8 lbs 8 oz.  He has therefore regained his birth weight plus some, yea!

Well we’re into week three and Ajax is changing everyday.   He now seems mildly interested in his rattle, which I now wave in front of him.  He’s also making more cooing noises and he’s starting to look less crazy as he flails his little arms and legs about.   He’s also starting to get more fussy periods where he doesn’t really know what he wants, but I’ve heard that this is all normal.

I also took my first solo trip out with the little guy.  We went to the mall and the grocery store.  I would have preferred a walk outside, but the weather was terrible.  We almost had to abort the mission when he freaked out in the car on the way to the mall, but I was able to calm him down once we hit the parking lot.  I think he panicked as he had to go more than 30 seconds without someone instantly responding to his cry.  He was very good on our trip and I felt very relieved to have gotten the first solo outing over with.

Had a moment to spare and thought I’d post some cute pictures of Ajax.  We’ve had a very quiet Sunday.  It’s been rainy and cool outside so our time was spent inside, though we did make a short trip out to Novi.  Ajax still loves the car, he was fussy at first but as soon as Dave started driving he was out like a light.  On a sleep note, Ajax slept for four solid hours last night, till 1 am.  Dave and I on the other hand kept waking up and checking him.

Today Ajax had his first bath and I must say it was quite the ordeal.  He hates having his diaper changed or getting dressed, so stripping him down and putting him in the tub was a lot for him to process.  Luckily my mother-in-law was here to help so the whole thing didn’t last too long for the little guy.  However, I do not think bath time will be his favorite thing.

Well Baby Ajax is two weeks old today and he has had an exciting week.  He has been out visiting family and friends, he went shopping, he went for his first walk, and tonight Dave and I plan on giving him his first bath.  He is also starting to stay awake longer during the day and is beginning to make little noises when he’s awake, which is just so cute.  His personality is also coming out.  For example there are times after his feedings where he does not want to be held, but instead wants to be put down and just look around the room.  This took me some time to figure out as I just want to scoop him up and snuggle him all the time.  He also gets this look on his face sometimes that says- duh mom, duh dad.  Dave and I can already picture this face on a moody teen.

Today Ajax is celebrating his first Easter, though he has no concept of time/dates/etc.  We’re more excited about it than he is.   We are all headed to my aunt Liz’s house for dinner, but I thought if I didn’t post some pictures now while Ajax is sleeping there was no way I’d have the energy to do it tonight.  Ajax is looking less yellow everyday and is getting more and more energy, which means more awake time.  Last night he didn’t settle down till around 2 am, then was out for 2 to 3 hours, and then he decided 8 am was when the house should get up.  Although it’s only been a week, I’m starting to forget what it was like to really sleep. lol.

You know it’s quite amazing.  Dave and I are intelligent, educated people, and yet our conversations now revolve, almost exclusively, around the frequency of burbs, the color of poo, should we bother putting more than a onesie on him, and the age old debate- do we let him sleep or should we wake him up to feed?  We plan his feeding schedule as if we were preparing  a heist.

On another note, Dave is much faster at changing diapers and getting Ajax dressed.  I on the other hand am slow and have already been peed and pooed on by my son due to this handicap.  Dave finds this very humorous.

Ajax is one week old today!  To think that last week I was still pregnant, thinking I would be so forever, and now we have this little person in our home running our lives.   So far I think everything is going as well as can be expected.  Dave and I aren’t sleeping much, the dog still seems a little concerned over the crying baby in the house, and there are times where we honestly can’t believe we have a child and have no idea what we’re doing.

We went to Target yesterday (as I had to get out of the house), Ajax slept the whole time, but I was on pins and needles thinking – oh dear what if wakes up and starts screaming? He still loves his car seat and car rides, and his swing.  He’s starting to stay awake a little longer each day (whereas the first few days he just slept all the time), now he’ll stay awake after meals and whatnot and look around.  Because he’s staying awake longer I realize it’s 4 pm and have no idea where my day went.

Hello!  Well the Indish home is slowly adjusting to its newest little member.  Max seems quite concerned every time the baby cries and tries to herd Dave and I toward him.   Dave and I are still adjusting to the fact that we now have a child; we’re still surprised and terrified.  There’s not much sleep for Dave and I, but luckily we’ve had the help of family (thanks mom for staying over).  We’ve had a few outings thus far- on Monday we had to go to the Lab so that they could test Ajax for jaundice.  On Tuesday we had our first visit to the doctor.  The Doc said everything was fine, he was very healthy, but sent us to the lab to be tested again for jaundice.  The Doc later called and said, yep he may be a little yellow, but did not in fact have jaundice and wasn’t concerned about it.   Dave goes back to work on Monday and I must admit I’m a bit intimidated about being alone with the little guy as Dave and I make a pretty good baby team.