Life with Kids : The Séamus Weekly

Sweet little Séamus is just getting bigger and better every day! He had a pretty big week with going to the lactation consultant, then being referred to a specialist for both a lip and tongue tie, visiting the Great Grandparents and spending Labor Day at home. I've had multiple people comment and ask if Séa has red hair this week and my answer is "I sure hope he does, my fingers are crossed for a ginger!" Only time will tell but man that would be so exciting...and not totally out of left field. Both of my Mom's sisters have red hair and my cousin's twin boys both have red hair - so there is hope!!

Sleeps: little boy is sleeping great! He's been getting some super good 2+ hour naps in and then has been sleeping from about 8:30pm - 1am and then up again around 4am! He seems to be a pretty happy baby until around 6pm when he gets a little fussy.

Eats: Séamus is still all about that boob, all about that boob, no bottle! And I really couldn't be happier, he eats on average every 1.5-2 hours and we've introduced feeding on both sides at each nursing session. Like I mentioned last week, I was noticing some leaking while he was nursing, he falls asleep while nursing but won't unlatch and then I've been experiencing some wincing pain in my nipples. So I wanted to go in for a lactation appointment to see what they could do to help. They determined that he had both a lip and tongue tie and referred us to a specialist, which I was able to get into at 9am on Tuesday. My GPS told me it would take 2 hours to get to the appointment but thanks to carpool (with Finnley and Séa - who slept the whole ride) I arrived with 30 minutes to spare - then Séa was hungry and while I was feeding him he had a huge blowout 😳 and of course I left the diapers in the car...so we had to trek back out and I scoured the car for an extra outfit (I found one!!) and back into the office we went. The Specialist determined he did have both and we did the procedure right then, Séa did great and Finnley was a worried mess about her crying baby. I fed him again before we left and he slept the whole way home. We have to do some healing exercises with him to ensure that he heals "open" and we're working on his new latch.

Wears: newborn and 0-3, I love that he is growing! It is still so much fun seeing him wearing the same baby clothes as the girls and then also into the boy clothes we've picked out for him. He is so much more fun to dress than I was anticipating.

Goes: We went to Ellie's last swim and gymnastics classes of the summer, to her open house at her school, up to visit Thomas' Grandma and my Grandparents, out to eat, to the lactation and to the specialist. And of course the usual errands to Costco and Target.

Mama: I'm doing great! There have been some times where I've lost my cool and I was feeling a little anxious the other day and was trying to figure out what the heck it was...then I realized I hadn't applied my "Happy Mama" essential oil roller, that thing is a game changer! I practically want to bathe in it all day long. Having the opportunity to watch the girls grow in love with their brother is just fantastic and a little scary at times since they have a tendency to love a little hard. Also I am looking forward to my next appointment with my Midwife to discuss my physical state and whether I can start working out again...I'm in between pant sizes and really don't want to buy any new pants, so I keep hiking up my maternity jeans and hope for the best 😆.

Sisters: All either of them want to do is get themselves all over the baby! Ellie is much lighter with her touch than Finnley but it's hard to get them to leave him alone when he's sleeping. Finnley is extremely loud - which he sleeps through right now 😓 so here's to that continuing because I don't think there is much of a chance quieting her down!! Finnley loves to sing and dance, requests Moana, Coco or Booba all day long and getting her to keep her fingers out of her mouth is quite the challenge. Ellie is ecstatic for school to start but her district is currently on strike. She has also decided to go pull up free at night, we've had a couple of accidents but I am so proud of her for making that choice all on her own! She is quite the fashionista and got to go shopping with Nanny for all sorts of cute clothes, that she picked out all by herself!!