OH my goodness! He's two weeks old!

Well yesterday marked Dex's two week birthday - unbelievable! It's so strange - when I'm awake in the middle of the night AGAIN, it seems like these difficult sleepless days will never end. But then he turns TWO WEEKS OLD and I realise that I'm already a third of the way through the first six weeks, which are the most difficult, and that the days really are going by so quickly. And then I kick myself, because I shouldn't be wishing away the days till he gets older and sleeps more and is not as demanding. I should be cherishing every moment with my baby because he really is growing and developing SO quickly. I will never get these days back, and I need to be mindful of that.

So I keep taking pictures but not enough. I need to take more videos, to capture all these early moments. How hard is it, really, to grab the digital camera which is kept charged and at hand, and record some of these precious moments? I have to do it more often, I really do. And how awful is it, that at two weeks of age we only two pictures of Dex with either Dave or myself, and NONE of us as a family!

Hopefully my brother Andrew, a budding amateur photography with a great digital SLR camera, will be coming over next week to do a 'photo shoot'. I'll have to make sure Dave is here so we can get some nice family shots.

But other than that, Dex is doing great. He's still fussy in the late afternoon/early evening but even that is slowly getting better, with last night being the best night in the past week since he started that behaviour. His face is really filling out now, he's getting those gorgeous chubby baby cheeks and a little round tummy (like his Daddy who partook a little two much on his holidays and needs to get back to gym! LOL!) and he is just so adorable (see pictures). His face is far more expressive and at times I can see a smile starting although he's not quite getting there yet. I wonder how much longer till he can smile and giggle? It's so exciting to think of everything that is still to come...

I'm doing well too - I put on 12kg during pregnancy and I have only 5.5kg left to lose after two weeks. Breastfeeding is great! Keep it coming! I hope to lose the 12kg and then keep going and lose a few more, fingers crossed.

I feel good - I seem to be healing quickly post-pregnancy. I am only getting about 5 or 6 hours of sleep a night but I don't feel too poorly for it. Dave tends to sleep through when I'm up with Dex, but still he complains of lack of sleep every day. MEN! *sigh* He gets a good 7 or 8 hours with a couple of 5 minute interruptions when Dex cries (and I often get to him before he starts...) but still he complains. Thank God it's women who have the babies! Can you imagine if men had to deal with all of these challenges on a daily basis? I hate to think!

Well baby's first Easter is this weekend, although Dave will only have 3 days with us as he has to work on Easter Monday - which I think is HORRIBLE, but what can you do? But at least he has the following Wednesday, March 26, off from work which was a total accident. Why is that so great, you may ask? Well it's my 36th birthday! :) I'm hoping to get out of the house with the family and maybe have a picnic or a nice drive somewhere - anything to get out in the world for a while! I'm definitely getting a bit of cabin fever, and I get the 'baby blues' from time to time but it's short-lived and usually when I'm frustrated at Dex not going to sleep. I don't think people who have not been through this realise how hard it can be to not be able to just jump in the shower for 5 minutes when you want to. The challenges of motherhood!

Anyhow, Dex is bound to either get fussy or want a feed any moment so I should end this here, but I will update again shortly with the latest and greatest in the world of the Mitchells! Love to you all!