Colton's 2 Month Update!

 

Our sweet Colton Allen is 2 months old!! He's 10 pounds and 10oz still in newborn sized clothes but in size 1 diapers now! This month has been a whirlwind of casting problems and setbacks for our little guy but things are going well now. This month has been special because Colton has found his "voice" and loves to coo and chatter with anything and everything. He also loves to give me a big smile when he locks eyes with me and loves to study my face. Colton knows who I am and is a happy baby as long as he's being held or is sleeping in my arms during the day. He has strong neck control, and now he doesn't hold his fists so tight anymore and clings on to my shirt. The amount of joy he has brought our family is indescribable, I don't take these blessings for granted, even for a moment. 

6 Week Postpartum Update!

 

This is 6 weeks postpartum with baby #2! I am 25 pounds down from this pregnancies highest weight, and at this point with Conner I was 20 pounds down from that pregnancy's highest weight. I definitely have a little ways to go still but fully expect to feel like myself at the 15 month postpartum mark and I'm not pressuring myself to snap back quickly at all. (15 months pp was when I started to look and feel like myself again after Conner). With Conner's postpartum time period, I didn't get back to that pregnancy's pre pregnancy weight until 6.5 months postpartum and I don't expect to do the same with this pregnancy's postpartum until that point again. 

I want to normalize not looking the way you did pre pregnancy just merely 6 weeks post birth. For most that is extremely unrealistic. I am celebrating what my body did for me and I took care of it during and after pregnancy so whatever it looks like then and now is exactly what it needs to look like!

Kayla Raborn

8-25-24

Colton's 1 Month Update!

Colton Allen is 1 month old!! He is just at 9 pounds in weight and is such a happy boy. He loves to snuggle and he lets me hold his little hands! He is a relatively happy baby unless he is struggling with gas pain which seems to be getting better thankfully. He recently started taking the paci when he needs it most, which is what we could've wanted for him! Colton makes the cutest little noises between sneezes and loves to sleep in his bassinet at night and enjoys sleeping at night THANK GOODNESS (minus of course waking to nurse every 2-3 hours). We are so grateful for little Colton and his role on our family, he is just so perfect.