The 10 lb dictator

Hi Everyone,

This week went by so fast....I'd tell you what we did if I could remember. Emmett's doing great, we were at the Midwives clinic this morning for the final 6 week post partum check up. Emmett now weighs 10lb 3 oz , is 6 weeks old and has grown 6cm longer from his birth length. I am already putting away clothes that don't fit him anymore and it's kinda sad in a way. She says though that his neck is remarkably strong and that he has near perfect skin.

We started a bed time routine of bath (with or without soap), massage, sleepers, a feeding and then bed (ours of course ha ha)) once he falls asleep even if it's only for 3 hours. Newborns take some time to distinguish day from night so keeping the room quiet and dim at night and light with normal noise during the day has really helped him figure it out. Hoping this will set the tone for calm bed times in the future too.

We've been trying and trying to get Emmett into the G-diapers (look here if you've never heard of them before http://www.gdiapers.com/gdiapers101) we got at the baby shower in Calgary. As some of you may know it has always been my goal to cloth diaper this baby for the benefit of our environment but these particular diapers are really testing my patience! I know people who love them and they work great for them but for us there is leaking every time. I'm hoping Emmett's little behind gets a bit chunkier thereby creating a better seal but if not then we'll be looking at buying some different cloth diapers.

Karen (a friend from Calgary) is coming to visit for a few days tomorrow so I've been trying to clean up..that is if the dictator will allow it lol. Getting housework of any kind done now is near impossible and forget eating anything that doesn't come out of the can/box/drive thru. I know it'll get easier and that'll be nice. That's all for now.