We can't believe that Axel is now over 2 weeks old! Before we know it, he will be three like Luka! No ... it goes too fast! Axel is eating (nursing) very well and gaining weight like a little champ. He had gained his birth weight back anda bit more by August 11 when he weighed 7 lbs and 14.5 oz. Then, on August 19, he weighed 8 lbs 4 oz!
Grandma is here to help us with our two little guys and Axel likes having her hold him and Luka likes his playmate. He will be sad when she goes!
Axel is an easy baby so far. In the evenings, he usually goes down to sleep from about 10 p.m. to about 2 a.m. or so. So, a good long stretch before he wants to be fed. Then, he eats or wakes (for diaper change or whatever) every hour or so after that. But, he usually snoozes pretty quickly after getting a middle-of-the-night snack and then wakes up again periodically.
During the day, he still sleeps a lot - especially when we go in the car to do errands - but he is getting more and more alert. He looks so cute with his little eyes open and looking around. I am thinking soon he will be able to go in the little bouncy seat I bought him at the mother-of-twins sale.
With Luka we used a cloth diaper service till he was about 7 months old (when we went to AK to visit), but Axel is using disposable diapers. They are much less bulky, though they leak too unless you fan out the leg part inside. When we first started using them, they leaked every time!
Axel is also good about the Baby Bjorn front carrier. He likes it more than Luka ever did. Axel did it for the first time when he was maybe 10 days old and now has done it 3 or 4 times.
Last weekend, we went hiking in Rocky Mt. National Park around Bear Lake - Grandma, me and Axel in carrier and Luka walking, and then started up the trail to Nymph Lake, but Luka then said, "Maman, je veux dormir dans le sac à dos," so we had to turn around. We didn't have the kid-carrying back pack with us! I was impressed he remembered that since we have not done it in several months (but he did use it a lot in the winter with us).
Then, Sunday, we hiked one of the trails in Boulder at Chataqua and Luka did awesome - we hiked about 2.5 hours over big rocks. Luka was a real champ and so was Axel, doing the whole trail in the Baby Bjorn on Papa's tummy. My little mountain climbers!
