Hi everyone! Ds is almost 12 weeks old now. I can't believe how huge this kid is! He was 16 pounds 8 ounces and 25" at his 2 month appt, and according to our crappy home scale he's about 19 pounds now. He's already outgrown most of his 6-month clothing, plus thanks to cloth diaper butt, some of his 12-month outfits aren't fitting so well either. I've lost about 25 pounds with another 15 or so to go. It'll happen; I'm in no rush.
Things are going great for us now. Nursing was amazingly painful for me in the beginning. Ds had a shallow latch, possibly because I have a pretty forceful letdown, and nursing was an exercise in frustration for both of us the first few weeks as my nipples just got more and more injured. I powered through it though, even resorting to biting my arm as he latched on to distract myself from the stabbing pain, and now that I'm healed it's only painful for the first 30 seconds. I actually look forward to nursing, which is wonderful! I continue to look forward to (wait in vain for???) my supply regulating itself. I still randomly let down between feedings, and I always let down on both sides. When it comes to getting out of the house, I have to think more about what I need for my boobs than for the baby! I guess my boobs thought I had twins.
Ds is such a calm, smiley, happy, super alert baby. We totally lucked out and we know it! Because of this, we also get lots of "good baby" comments, though I always try to correct them by saying he's an easy baby. He really only fusses or cries if he's hungry or needs a new diaper. When he's getting hungry, he will vigorously chew on his hands while grunting and shaking his head. It cracks me up because it looks like he's angerly eating a tiny ear of corn. 
He's starting to stare at toys and will occasionally try to reach out and touch something. He's been holding his huge head up really well and only rarely face-plants into my collarbone anymore. He smiles all the time and laughs the cutest little baby laughs, which never fail to give him hiccups.
We're still cosleeping, which I mostly enjoy, and he'll eat once or twice during the night. I'm getting to a point where I'm not sure if he's eating at night only because it's right there or if he still needs to eat. He certainly has sufficient fat stores! I may try to get him to sleep in the crib one of these nights. We're still getting plenty of sleep though, so my motivation is not particularly high, plus I make a ton of milk and get engorged if he goes too long between meals.
I plan to be a stay at home mom for the forseeable future. I'll go back to finish my degree at some point, but neither of us can imagine leaving ds with someone else right now, especially since we have no family nearby. I feel very lucky that it's an option for us to do this. Now I need to figure out how to get more stuff done around the house with a baby who gets offended when he's not in the middle of everything!
I loved reading all your updates! I can't believe it's been almost a year since ds was conceived. What an amazing year.
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