6 Weeks!

Lucas is six weeks old.  So our lives are supposed to change today, right? Everyone said just wait until he's six weeks old and things will turn around.  So tonight he'll sleep, right? No more fussiness, right?  Ha! I'm now being told, no, no wait until he's three months old. That's when you'll see the real change. I'm not holding my breath.

Funny face!

I've actually become a lot more accustomed to Lucas's ways.  I no longer have any ideas of grandeur that he'll turn into an "easy" baby.  Because of this blog, a few people have reached to me stating they think Lucas has acid reflux and I think they are right. It's tough though because the symptoms for reflux, dairy allergy and colic are pretty much the same and our baby has them all. Colic usually ends at 3-4 months and reflux lasts until about 12-18 months so I pray that it isn't reflux but my motherly instincts are telling me otherwise.

I started counting his spit ups today so I could have actual statistics when we go to the doctor on Thursday. Since 6 this morning he has spit up 19 times.  And I'm not talking about a little spittle, half of these were projectile.  One of them he was sitting up against his Boppy which was against the back of the couch and he spit up over the seat and made it to the floor.  It was a site! By the way, can you imagine how many burp cloths we go through in a day? We have to wash those more frequently than our diapers! (I did buy 15 more today though.)

I feel so bad our little guy because you can just see and hear his pain.  There isn't much you can do for infant reflux so I am researching and working through all the natural suggestions I have been given.

In other news...we had a great weekend.  My in-laws came in for the weekend so Kevin and I could finally have a date night and then help us with lawn work. I know, they are incredible!  On Saturday Kevin's grandparents', Lucas's great-grandparents, came to meet him.  I think it is so cool that Lucas has three great-grandparents.  We were awful with taking pictures though...and we even had brought our camera everywhere we went!  (Sorry to those that follow me on Instagram (@brebug18) for some of the duplicate photos).

Our one picture with his great-grandma

Saturday night it was very hard to leave Lucas, even for two hours, we can't forget our couple time so it was needed. We went out for sushi (finally got to eat it after 10 months!) in our little town. The atmosphere was very cool, the sushi was good but the service was not great.  We were at dinner for two hours. One of those hours we waited for a roll that never ended up coming and this was after they lost our reservation and then had to move us to a different table after we ordered and had already received our drinks to accommodate another reservation.  Overall though it was wonderful having "adult" time and conversation.  And no, we didn't just talk about the baby:)

On Sunday (after changing my shirt five times over the night, my bottoms twice, Lucas's outfit three times and our bedsheets due to spit up, exploding diapers and leaking ta-tas) we went out and picked up some plants for the two areas in our front yard surrounding our lemon trees.  Kevin and his parents did a lot of work on one side yard and the back yard also but they are still in transitional phases.  We got very excited about what we are going to do with our spaces though.

Before

After (and in between) We put down moss so that still has to grow and the whole floor area will be green. Please disregard our lawn...that's coming!

Well, Lucas is finally asleep in Kevin's arms (don't know why but the kid slept a total of one hour today from 9:45 am until 8:15 pm) so I'm going to do some wedding research for my sista and then maybe get to the laundry;)  Priorities!

Sprawled on daddy fast asleep