Life With Ben

I am a little behind on blogging! My life has changed dramatically over the last three weeks! Duh! No sleep at night, attempted naps during the day, lots of diaper changes, and of course lots of feeding. My latest piece of advice is to fly your mother into town and hold her hostage for at least two weeks. If she lives in town present her with a fake ticket that commits her to helping you. I know I would have not survived the first few weeks without my mother! I will post more regularly again I promise! But for now this will have to do.

One Week Old!

I can't believe that my baby is already one week old!! It has flown by so fast! The first couple days were a little tough. Mom and baby were having feeding issues, but thanks to a lactation specialist we are great now (EVERYONE who has a baby should go see a lactation specialist right after birth. Nursing isn't as natural as you think it will be). Ben had a bit of jaundice after he was born so we had to put him under lights for a night, but he made it through. Now he sleeps and eats like a dream. Scott and I are still a little shell shocked about being parents. Ben caught us a little off guard by coming ten days early. But we are thrilled he is here and are loving every minute with him.

B is for . . . .

BENJAMIN CLARK BRUDERER!!!

Our little angel came 10 whole days early! Mom is still trying to recover so posting pictures of the little guy is going to take a while. But I did want to put up one Megan took. (Thanks Meg!) Benjamin weighed in at 7 lbs. and 1 oz. and was 20.5 inches long. He clocked in at 12:16 pm on March 3, 2008.