Thursday, June 19, 2008

Pediatrican appts & yes, a 2nd child

So we had our 2nd pediatrican appt today. He is doing well! He grew over an inch in a week and about 6 oz.. He lost about a lb post birth which is normal, so now we are working him back up to his birth weight. He eats about 2 1/2-3oz of formula every 2-3hrs. And he is doing very well. :) He does have a fractured calvacle (sp?) from coming out of the birth canal so quickly- but the ped. said that alot of babies have that and it just have to heal naturaly.

Okie, so I am going to declare it now. I see myself having or starting to try for a 2nd child by summer of '10. I have always a minimum (perhaps a maximum) of 2 and I wanted to have all my kids by 32. Since I will be turning 31 that fall its a good time to start trying. Having said this and it be completely overwhelming as I just had my first child there are certain steps I have to take now to be ready by then.. as this child was def. a multi year project :)

First I have to get rid of all the baby weight I gained with this child.
Second I have to be physically able and ready to handle both a toddler and a pregnancy/newborn.
Third I must get rid of the high blood pressure I got during the pregnancy and get off all meds associated with it.
Fourth I must be fiscally sound before starting such a venture considering I am now talking about having 2 children at camp at the same time, at preschool at the same time, etc.

I am sure as time goes on I will be adding more to this list, but starting today really I will be working on the first and second thing. I am restarting my walking and will work on toning/shaping my body to a pre-pregnancy look. So I really have to think more about it and have to get myself in a place where I can start planning again while at the same time soaking in every single moment of this baby now.

Tis it for now!
~Rachel & Eli, 11 days old :)

2 comments:

Shelly said...

it is hard as hell to have 2 kids so close together. i've had mothers of twins tell me it's worse because it's staggered. one kid is out of diapers and the other isn't. one kid can feed themself and the other cant. there's never a break

Anonymous said...

Why Aren't you Breast Feeding!