How's Lewin Doin'?: Photos

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Monday, July 13, 2009

Auntie Moe and Cousin Hope

Lewin loves it when family visits him! Auntie Moe and Cousin Hope met Lewin for the first time last Thursday/Friday when they made the trip from NJ. We loved seeing them and had a wonderful time. They arrived late Thursday PM, so our fun time together was limited to Friday. The weather cooperated beautifully. We enjoyed a nice afternoon at Look Park followed by dinner at Antonio's and dessert at Tasty Top. We're already looking forward to the next time we see them, and introduce Lewin to Rafe and Hayden.

Lewin (age 9.5 weeks), Hope (age 4) and Maureen

Maureen and Hope returning to Kiddieville on the Look Park train.

Friday, June 12, 2009

Nap time!

Sometimes the only thing that will help Lewin settle down is some serious cuddling with his Daddy. That, and resourceful use of the Boppy!

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Lewin Cried...

... and we let him. It was so hard. We felt like such bad parents. He had just finished nursing. I changed his diaper and burped him. We held him, rocked him, held him and bounced on the exercise ball. We gave him a pacifier. We gave him our finger to suck on. Nothing was calming him down. I swaddled him. Then I swaddled him tighter. He was still crying. He had been awake for most of the afternoon so we were pretty sure that he was really tired and just not falling asleep for some reason. Many wise parents have told us that sometimes you just need to let baby cry a bit. All the books we had read said that if all of baby's needs have been met and he is still crying that sometimes you just need to let baby cry.
Up to this point we have been able to comfort him within a reasonable amount of time, but not this time. I put him down in the middle of our bed & laid down next to him. I put my hand on him, talked to him and let him cry. It was only 5 minutes but felt like for ever...

[EDIT] This was a post that was written up the other day and we did not get around to putting it up until today. Lewin loved having his guests today and his mood was not affected negatively in any way by said guests. We will get around to making an entry with some photos of Lewin's recent visitors.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

More Pictures

We have been receiving requests for more Lewin pictures and updates. Lewin is doing great. We will try to give more details soon, but for now here are some more pictures.

Lewin, Mom and Dad during a walk in the neighborhood maze across the way. This was on one of the really warm days during the week but we got out early.

Dad with Lewin in the Maya Wrap sling. This was the first time we were able to get him into it and to get him to settle down. It is now one of our and Lewins favorite. It is quite versatile and womb like, which we think is why Lewin likes it. It is great to be able to get some stuff done around the house and still be holding Lewin close to us. Dad is a little more fond of it probably because he had not already carried Lewin on the front of him for 9 months.

The result of carrying Lewin around in the sling.

Lewin doing what he does for a big part of the day. I think we have turned into those kind of parents that think that every little thing that their baby does is cute and need to take a picture of it.

Friday, May 15, 2009

Lewin's First Walk

Lewin, Dan and Melissa took their first walk as a family on Wednesday, May 13. It was a short walk around the neighborhood, but enough to get some fresh air and stretch Mom and Dad's legs. Lewin slept pretty soundly the entire time. The walk was marked by a sendoff from a baby catbird in the driveway and was protected by an Air National Guard flyover. He was pretty tired after his walk and took a long nap.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Some more pictures

Lewin with his going home from the hospital outfit on. We had packed up all this diapers and had put those bags in the car. As soon as we got him dressed he made us aware of how silly we had been to have not kept the diapers around!