My First Post

Hi all! I needed to find something to do with my time while my little man is asleep during the day so I have decided that I am going to become part of the blogging world! I thought it would be nice to start this blog so my in-laws could see how their grandsons are doing and see pictures! Also, I thought it would somewhat therapuetic for me to be able to write down what is going on throughout my day since I am out of work! My cousin started her blog while she was pregnant and it was nice to be able to see what was going on with her throughout the week and to see how my little cousin is growing! Thanks for turning me on to this Sarah! :)

So....Brody Crumb will be 4 weeks tomorrow! I can not believe it! It is crazy to imagine that my son has been on this earth for 4 weeks. He will officially be a month old on Saturday.

Last night, he slept really well. I have officially switched to formula now rather than breast milk because he didn't seem to be getting satisfied after feeding of my milk. He has been on formula for two days and has been so much more content after feeding. He eats about 3 oz. at each feeding, which has been every 3-4 hours. Last night, we fed him starting around 8:30 and he went down around 10:00pm. When I heard him cry, I looked at the clock and it was 1:00 am. I fed him another 3 oz. and I laid him down and came back to be at 2:00. He then woke up at 5:00 am. Once I fed him, he had a harder time going back to sleep, but finally went down around 6:00 and slept until about 7:15-7:30. I fed him and he slept in the crib for about an hour. He then woke up and was fussy on an off until we fed him again around 10:00 (that was Ted's decision, not mine...I try to hold him off for 3 hours). We then ran some errands with my in-laws and he slept the entire time. I finally had to wake him up at 2:00 to eat and now he is asleep in the swing. Hopefully, he will sleep tonight!

He was not sleeping that long at night when he was feeding on my breast milk, that's for sure! Here is a picture of him sleeping in the crib this morning!

He has his one month check up appointment on Monday so I will be able to tell how he is progressing!

As for Ethan, he is going to a Karate tournament in Massachusetts this weekend. He went to one in New Jersey this past weekend and got 2nd in Weapons and 3rd in Sparring. He is doing so good with Karate. Currently, he is 1st in the State of Virginia for sparring and 2nd for weapons. Next weekend, he is going to Little Rock. After these two tournaments, he should stay in 1st for sparring and be the State Champion. That is awesome! :)

Well...this was my first post! This blogging thing is fun! :)