I have been doing weight watchers and preparing for the birth of our son since February of this past year. I feel it is time to move on from this blog and on to a new place. Noah was born on 8/17/2011 and I don't feel that this blog is suitable for the future in front of me.
Please head on over to www.fitdadorfatdad.blogspot.com for my new blog!
Hopefully I can keep all 8 of my current subscribers and gain more in the future!
Ron
Monday, September 12, 2011
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
A day in Noah's world.
Being a first time parent there is alot that you hear from friends and family about kids that can't possibly be true until you actually experience it first hand. I mean babies sleep all night, poop once a day, and need like 3 diaper changes a day right? They never fuss for no reason and they are all perfect little angels. riiigghhhtttttt.
6:30am: Morning Mom and Dad!!!!! Change me change me change me!! Feed me feed me feed me!! Babies love to fuss in the morning after laying in their diaper overnight...and if you don't feed them the second that they demand the boob...look out.
7:30am. Breakfast is finished, diaper is changed. Hey guys I really like this swinging chair you put me in this thing is awesome for about 32.33 minutes...burp.
8:02am. This chair is boring someone hold me. WHAAA WHAAA.
8:44am. Ok I am done being held you can put me back in my bouncy chair now. All I will need is my pacifier.
8:46am waa waa I don't have the dexterity to put my pacifier back in my mouth after I spit it out, I am going to cry until you put it back! (Repeat this process on and off again until I fall asleep 27 minutes later).
Sleep.
10:15am...grunt, fart, grunt again. Kinda cry but not really, just enough to get their attention. Here come mom and dad...guess what it's been 4 hours...I AM STARVING!! FEED ME!! don't even waste time changing me right now because I am just going to poop, pee, and fart the whole time I am eating.
11:00am. Ahh fresh diaper, full belly, wide eyes. Put me back in my bouncy chair I feel like staring at that stuffed animal hanging over my head again for about an hour.
12:30pm. Whoa! did i dose off? what time is it? Not really hungry, this chair is annoying my bum. HOLD ME! Stare blankly at parent holding me, fuss until they change my position to something I like better.
1:44pm, feeling like a nap again just give me a pacifier for about 10 minutes and I am going to as the adults say "Sleep like a baby."
3:45pm. Wake up refreshed and wide eyed...whats that feeling in my stomach? Oh yeah, I am hungry again!! WAAA WAAAA
4:30pm. Belly is full, man my mom is one awesome gal. I really like her.
4:31pm: Mom, if you want you can put me back in my swing, but I will probably spit up a bit of my milk only to then demand a pacifier to calm myself.
5:15pm: I am sooooo over this swing chair again. Hold me please. waa waa no not like that!! I want to be held belly to belly on the couch so that i can nap yet again.
5:45pm: Not really hungry right now...but toot toot...yeah its poop time again. DAAADDD!!! it's all over my bum and my back change me RIGHT NOW!! Waa waa!!
5:47pm: Dad, you really have this diaper change thing down to a science, I am really impressed! Wanna see something awesome...I'm PEEEEEEEing!! Oh wait, I don't have control over this thing, DAD!! it's getting on my face!! HEEELLLPPPPPP!!
5:49pm: Seriously dad, stop laughing at me. We'll see how you like it when I am changing your diaper at 99.
6:00pm: Dad just hold me a bit because I am going to be hungry soon. I know mom is napping but I have a reservation for 1 at 7pm.
7:10pm: Mom's up! Let's eat!! I am just going to thrash my head side to side and hold my mouth open just to emphasize to my parents how hungry I really am!
7:45pm: Diaper change. You guys better not plan on giving me a bath tonight, I hate sponge baths. WAAA WAAAA it's bathtime. Good thing this only takes 5 minutes.
7:50pm: Ok, so the bath wasn't that bad but now I am not going to let you put me down without fussing for a bit as payback.
8:20pm: Whoa man, it's been a rough day I think I am just gonna take a little snooze here in daddy's arms. (mom and dad sneak me to my basonet and they climb into bed.)
9:45pm: Mom, mom, mom, MOM MOM MOM!!! I know it's only been 2 hours and 45 minutes but I am STARVING AGAIN!! WAAA WAAAAA!!
10:30pm: Mom you can't possibly be tired how can you be tired? I have been sleeping all day, how could you be tired? Well of course daddy can hold me for a minute mom!! Good night mommy!!
10:45pm: Just me and my daddy hanging out on the couch, boy he looks tired. I won't fuss too much but there is no way in heck I am going to sleep. Dad there has to be something on tv right now. Dad, are you sleeping...hey! dad! wake up!!
10:54pm: Dad has the right idea, I am suddenly really sleepy. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
11:17pm: Dad snuck me into my basonet when I was asleep. GRUNT GRUNT. Whimper. GRUNT. Fart. ahhh that feels better. Back to sleep.
11:37pm: Oh man that gas is back again. Grunt, kick, grunt, push, fart, grunt, whine. WAAAAAAAAAAA
11:48pm: Dad, this pacifier isn't working anymore I want you to hold me again. Only you do it best dad c'mon. Tuck my little feet up near my chest in a little ball and hold me on your chest. PLEEEAASSSEE dad PLLLEEEAASSEEE. Oh that makes the gas feel so much better. Toot toot, smirk...zzzzzzzzz
11:52pm: Dad! Don't you dare put me down yet!! you think I am sleeping!! WAAA WAAA!!
11:54pm: I sure do like sleeping out here on the couch with my dad he's so warm. Sure is sleepy all the time though. I am just gonna stare at him for a bit with this pacifier in my mouth make sure he is still breathing for a bit.
11:56pm: Enough staring at dad while he sleeps, I am just going to close my eyes for a few minutes.
12:45pm: (daddy moves me back to the basonet again, this time I didn't notice).
1:57am: Grunt, Grunt, whimper, whimper. GRUNT GRUNT GRUNT GRUNT GRUNT. toot. toot. toot. blurp. blluurrrrppp....Waaaaaaaaa!!!!!
1:57.32am: Dadddddd!! Change me!! This is gross seriously...CHANGE ME!!
1:58pm: Dad can you hurry this up already seriously? I'm STAARRVVIIINNGGGG....looovvveee you dad!
1:59am: Alright buffet line is open! Hi MOM! oh man this is just so awesome the place is empty I have the entire restaurant to myself. Good Night Daddy!!
2:38pm: I am sooooo stuffed, this is like a food coma, mom did you put turkey in the milk cause I am sleepy. Ok time for me to hit the hay. Night Night mom and dad! Love you mommmmmm!
6:59am: MOOOOOORRRNNNIIIINNNNGGGGGG!!!! Missed you guys!! I am starving when can we eat? WAAAA WAAAAA!!!
8:33am: Have a great day at work today dad!! Mom and I are going to hang out all day doing the same stuff we did yesterday!
Would I have it any other way? NO WAY! I love my little 'squeak. (short for pipsqueak) He also goes by Noah, buggaboo (the wife calls him that), Grunty, Captain Gruntsomuch, Grumpous, Grumpous McGee, and Noah-boa. Sure it's alot of work, but he's worth it!
Love ya little man.
Daddy-O.
"enough with the pictures already dad!! -noah"
6:30am: Morning Mom and Dad!!!!! Change me change me change me!! Feed me feed me feed me!! Babies love to fuss in the morning after laying in their diaper overnight...and if you don't feed them the second that they demand the boob...look out.
7:30am. Breakfast is finished, diaper is changed. Hey guys I really like this swinging chair you put me in this thing is awesome for about 32.33 minutes...burp.
8:02am. This chair is boring someone hold me. WHAAA WHAAA.
8:44am. Ok I am done being held you can put me back in my bouncy chair now. All I will need is my pacifier.
8:46am waa waa I don't have the dexterity to put my pacifier back in my mouth after I spit it out, I am going to cry until you put it back! (Repeat this process on and off again until I fall asleep 27 minutes later).
Sleep.
10:15am...grunt, fart, grunt again. Kinda cry but not really, just enough to get their attention. Here come mom and dad...guess what it's been 4 hours...I AM STARVING!! FEED ME!! don't even waste time changing me right now because I am just going to poop, pee, and fart the whole time I am eating.
11:00am. Ahh fresh diaper, full belly, wide eyes. Put me back in my bouncy chair I feel like staring at that stuffed animal hanging over my head again for about an hour.
12:30pm. Whoa! did i dose off? what time is it? Not really hungry, this chair is annoying my bum. HOLD ME! Stare blankly at parent holding me, fuss until they change my position to something I like better.
1:44pm, feeling like a nap again just give me a pacifier for about 10 minutes and I am going to as the adults say "Sleep like a baby."
3:45pm. Wake up refreshed and wide eyed...whats that feeling in my stomach? Oh yeah, I am hungry again!! WAAA WAAAA
4:30pm. Belly is full, man my mom is one awesome gal. I really like her.
4:31pm: Mom, if you want you can put me back in my swing, but I will probably spit up a bit of my milk only to then demand a pacifier to calm myself.
5:15pm: I am sooooo over this swing chair again. Hold me please. waa waa no not like that!! I want to be held belly to belly on the couch so that i can nap yet again.
5:45pm: Not really hungry right now...but toot toot...yeah its poop time again. DAAADDD!!! it's all over my bum and my back change me RIGHT NOW!! Waa waa!!
5:47pm: Dad, you really have this diaper change thing down to a science, I am really impressed! Wanna see something awesome...I'm PEEEEEEEing!! Oh wait, I don't have control over this thing, DAD!! it's getting on my face!! HEEELLLPPPPPP!!
5:49pm: Seriously dad, stop laughing at me. We'll see how you like it when I am changing your diaper at 99.
6:00pm: Dad just hold me a bit because I am going to be hungry soon. I know mom is napping but I have a reservation for 1 at 7pm.
7:10pm: Mom's up! Let's eat!! I am just going to thrash my head side to side and hold my mouth open just to emphasize to my parents how hungry I really am!
7:45pm: Diaper change. You guys better not plan on giving me a bath tonight, I hate sponge baths. WAAA WAAAA it's bathtime. Good thing this only takes 5 minutes.
7:50pm: Ok, so the bath wasn't that bad but now I am not going to let you put me down without fussing for a bit as payback.
8:20pm: Whoa man, it's been a rough day I think I am just gonna take a little snooze here in daddy's arms. (mom and dad sneak me to my basonet and they climb into bed.)
9:45pm: Mom, mom, mom, MOM MOM MOM!!! I know it's only been 2 hours and 45 minutes but I am STARVING AGAIN!! WAAA WAAAAA!!
10:30pm: Mom you can't possibly be tired how can you be tired? I have been sleeping all day, how could you be tired? Well of course daddy can hold me for a minute mom!! Good night mommy!!
10:45pm: Just me and my daddy hanging out on the couch, boy he looks tired. I won't fuss too much but there is no way in heck I am going to sleep. Dad there has to be something on tv right now. Dad, are you sleeping...hey! dad! wake up!!
10:54pm: Dad has the right idea, I am suddenly really sleepy. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
11:17pm: Dad snuck me into my basonet when I was asleep. GRUNT GRUNT. Whimper. GRUNT. Fart. ahhh that feels better. Back to sleep.
11:37pm: Oh man that gas is back again. Grunt, kick, grunt, push, fart, grunt, whine. WAAAAAAAAAAA
11:48pm: Dad, this pacifier isn't working anymore I want you to hold me again. Only you do it best dad c'mon. Tuck my little feet up near my chest in a little ball and hold me on your chest. PLEEEAASSSEE dad PLLLEEEAASSEEE. Oh that makes the gas feel so much better. Toot toot, smirk...zzzzzzzzz
11:52pm: Dad! Don't you dare put me down yet!! you think I am sleeping!! WAAA WAAA!!
11:54pm: I sure do like sleeping out here on the couch with my dad he's so warm. Sure is sleepy all the time though. I am just gonna stare at him for a bit with this pacifier in my mouth make sure he is still breathing for a bit.
11:56pm: Enough staring at dad while he sleeps, I am just going to close my eyes for a few minutes.
12:45pm: (daddy moves me back to the basonet again, this time I didn't notice).
1:57am: Grunt, Grunt, whimper, whimper. GRUNT GRUNT GRUNT GRUNT GRUNT. toot. toot. toot. blurp. blluurrrrppp....Waaaaaaaaa!!!!!
1:57.32am: Dadddddd!! Change me!! This is gross seriously...CHANGE ME!!
1:58pm: Dad can you hurry this up already seriously? I'm STAARRVVIIINNGGGG....looovvveee you dad!
1:59am: Alright buffet line is open! Hi MOM! oh man this is just so awesome the place is empty I have the entire restaurant to myself. Good Night Daddy!!
2:38pm: I am sooooo stuffed, this is like a food coma, mom did you put turkey in the milk cause I am sleepy. Ok time for me to hit the hay. Night Night mom and dad! Love you mommmmmm!
6:59am: MOOOOOORRRNNNIIIINNNNGGGGGG!!!! Missed you guys!! I am starving when can we eat? WAAAA WAAAAA!!!
8:33am: Have a great day at work today dad!! Mom and I are going to hang out all day doing the same stuff we did yesterday!
Would I have it any other way? NO WAY! I love my little 'squeak. (short for pipsqueak) He also goes by Noah, buggaboo (the wife calls him that), Grunty, Captain Gruntsomuch, Grumpous, Grumpous McGee, and Noah-boa. Sure it's alot of work, but he's worth it!
Love ya little man.
Daddy-O.
"enough with the pictures already dad!! -noah"
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
it's been awhile.
No one ever said this kids thing would be easy! It has been a while since the last time I wrote a blog. This one is going to be somewhat short but its more of an update. As a new dad I am trying to find a way to balance being there for my wife and newborn son, work, get things done around the house, sleep (whenever possible) and still continue on the weight watchers/exercise path.
The first week with Noah being home I actually lost 2 lbs, most likely because I wasn't eating very regularly because when Noah slept, we slept. Then I returned to work after 10 days at home and was able to resume my regular weight watchers meal schedule. That first week home with the baby was pretty rough sleep wise as well and my running/biking fell off the wagon because of it. I did no physical activity besides cutting the grass in the first 14 days of Noah's life. I have recently given up on trying to wake up at 550am to go run before work and have decided until he starts sleeping better that I am just going to have to run or workout on my days off. In the last 7 days I have run 3 times for a total of 30 minutes each and about 9 miles total. All of my runs have been on the treadmill while Noah and Christine were pleasantly asleep upstairs. I really wanted to try to get out and go for another bike ride last week but due to some poor rainy weather in the burgh I was unable. I am definitely going to look into getting kurtkinetic bike trainer for the winter though. More on that later.
We are slowly getting Noah switched from being an asleep all day, awake most of the night baby. I still feel he sleeps better during the day but he is definitely beginning to adjust. He is feeding pretty consistently every 2.5-4 hours, man when that kid is hungry look out...he just wants to eat and accepts no substitutes!! He has changed so much in his first three weeks, and is definitely filling out!! He was born at 7lb 9oz, left the hospital at 7lb 6oz. At his last Dr. appointment (10 days after birth) he was 7lb 11oz, and is not due back in the office until his 1 month appointment.
We are definitely a bit sleep deprived these days but are adjusting to his schedule as best we can. Long days at work like today can sometimes be strenuous mentally but it's nothing I can't handle.
Expect more soon as I continue to adjust to living in Noah's world.
The first week with Noah being home I actually lost 2 lbs, most likely because I wasn't eating very regularly because when Noah slept, we slept. Then I returned to work after 10 days at home and was able to resume my regular weight watchers meal schedule. That first week home with the baby was pretty rough sleep wise as well and my running/biking fell off the wagon because of it. I did no physical activity besides cutting the grass in the first 14 days of Noah's life. I have recently given up on trying to wake up at 550am to go run before work and have decided until he starts sleeping better that I am just going to have to run or workout on my days off. In the last 7 days I have run 3 times for a total of 30 minutes each and about 9 miles total. All of my runs have been on the treadmill while Noah and Christine were pleasantly asleep upstairs. I really wanted to try to get out and go for another bike ride last week but due to some poor rainy weather in the burgh I was unable. I am definitely going to look into getting kurtkinetic bike trainer for the winter though. More on that later.
We are slowly getting Noah switched from being an asleep all day, awake most of the night baby. I still feel he sleeps better during the day but he is definitely beginning to adjust. He is feeding pretty consistently every 2.5-4 hours, man when that kid is hungry look out...he just wants to eat and accepts no substitutes!! He has changed so much in his first three weeks, and is definitely filling out!! He was born at 7lb 9oz, left the hospital at 7lb 6oz. At his last Dr. appointment (10 days after birth) he was 7lb 11oz, and is not due back in the office until his 1 month appointment.
We are definitely a bit sleep deprived these days but are adjusting to his schedule as best we can. Long days at work like today can sometimes be strenuous mentally but it's nothing I can't handle.
Expect more soon as I continue to adjust to living in Noah's world.
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