My oh, my. Time does fly. It's so hard to believe that Kenneth has only been with us for two months. It feels like he was always meant to be in our family, like we had been waiting our whole lives just for him.
There's SO much to catch you up on!
Since my last post we have been visited by Juju and PaPe, Aunt Ray Ray (Rachel) and Kirk, and many of our wonderful friends. We have also gone through the WORST WEEK EVER, when Kenneth seemed to be screaming all night every night. But things are really starting to get in a groove for us and Kenneth seems pretty happy most of the time. We've even learned the "Magic
Baby Hold". No matter how hard Kenneth is crying, the "MBH" works every time! (Video to come!)
We have also started using the cloth diapers, Bum Genius Flip, pretty regularly. Turns out they're hardly more work than disposables and we really love them! We still prefer to use disposables when we are out-and-about for convenience.
AND... we took Kenneth to get his picture taken last week so that we could have some for Juju's birthday! Although we're getting them a couple of days after her birthday (sorry Juju! but good things come to those who wait!), I'm sure she won't mind too much when she sees that cute face of his. We decided that we won't spoil the surprise for her, so I can't post the gems just yet, but I thought it would be fun to post some of the pictures that are still noteworthy. :)
Those pictures are awesome! And if you meant spelling the Rae Rae wrong, it doesn't matter, it goes either way. I do have a video of Kirk successfully implementing the MBH. Kenny also plots really loud in the video. Pretty good stuff.
ReplyDeleteI just caught up here and cried along with you! My Greg was also early, 5 lb. 3 oz., and walking away from the nursery while he was in the incubator with all the probes in him was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. The nurses didn't let me feed or hold him... this was a long time ago, but I remember it like it was yesterday. Now my baby has two babies of his own and understands. - Debby
ReplyDeleteI just read this (a little late, I know). Hopefully Kenneth is starting to get out of the crying all the time stage. I know it felt like it went on forever those first few months. I'm curious about the MBH. Is it anything like the Happiest Baby on the Block??
ReplyDeleteI discovered at some point with Nicholas that taking him into the bathroom with the lights off and running the bathtub water while holding him would calm him every time. Maybe the loud "whooshing" noise?
It's so great that you have been successful with the cloth diapers. I thought seriously about using them, but I was intimidated when a friend told me that you have to run them through the wash three times. Maybe it isn't so bad?
Those pictures are too cute.