Baby brags- 4 weeks

 Colin is four weeks old!  We have kept him alive- and happy even!  He is very big for his age, in 95th percentile in weight and height at his 2 week appointment.  He's grown out of all the newborn clothes and some of the 3 month clothes too, so you could say nursing is going well.  The other night he slept for four hours straight and has been getting better about sleeping more at night than in the daytime thanks in part to swaddling.  I think we're doing pretty well as parents too.  We haven't dropped him or forgotten him anywhere and have managed to take him out to two Halloween parties and a few stores.  I'm going to try to take him to the grocery store for the first time this weekend.  Fingers crossed that he doesn't get hungry or upset in the store. 





Cloth diapering has been going better than expected.  It takes a little bit longer to put on the prefold and then the diaper cover, but they work much better than disposables in containing blowouts- so I'd say it's worth spending the time upfront to prevent having to wash the poop out of MY clothes.  We have to wash the diapers about every other day, but they come out nice and clean and don't require any special treatment since breastfed baby poops wash out really easily.  Plus we're saving soo much money.  One of Colin's favorite tricks is to mess up a new diaper before you even leave the changing table!

Robert has gone back to working normal hours at the ministry house and I'm very happy to be able to spend this time at home with my little one. We get excited about each little milestone.  It's still hard to believe sometimes that he's all ours!