Hello, I'm Jill.
This is ASL Stew Life!
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Hello, welcome. Long time no video.
Obviously if you're following our social media,
that means that you know our son, Mikko, was born.
Let me show you.
Hopefully he stays asleep.
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Anyways, Mikko doesn't have a sign name yet,
but we'll do that in the future.
He was born January 5, 2018.
So.... today's Saturday, so last Friday.
By the time I put this up it will be 2 weeks.
But anyways, 1 week and 2 days old because
I'm filming this on Sunday.... yeah.
So he has been growing really well.
He was born 7 pounds, 15 oz. So almost 8 pounds.
Then during the hospital stay he lost weight.
Meaning he left the hospital at 7 pounds, 4.5 ounces.
So lost quite a bit.
But I'll explain more of that later in the birth vlog what happened.
But he's fine.
Now he has gained weight back and he is up to 8 pounds.
So, yeah he is 8 pounds exactly two days ago I believe.
We went to the doctor and he weighed 8 pounds, so great!
So, what has been going on the first week?
Ummm....
long story short... I'm not going to explain too much in detail,
but I'm not able to breastfeed.
I tried.... I'll explain more later, but it didn't work.
So right now he is using formula.
Not what I had planned, but that's okay.
What's important is he's being fed
and it's what's best for him and our family.
So if you don't like that, then I'm sorry.
Don't leave a comment. I don't want to hear it to be honest.
It's been struggle enough for me.
But anyways, if you have any tips related to bottle feeding,
umm let me know. I'd appreciate it!
He's a great sleeper.
Right now typically he sleeps more during the day.
Overnight he drags it out and is awake quite a bit.
So sometimes overnight I don't really get any sleep.
But right now Jenna's home for about a good month.
So until about the beginning of February.
So that means she typically sleeps overnight.
I let her sleep unless I really need her.
Then I try to sleep during the day
or if he sleeps overnight I'll sleep at the same time with him.
So I try to get it when I can.
Trying to get used to having broken sleep and whatnot.
Other than that he's pretty much a normal baby.
Eat, sleep, poop, pee.
You know, that kind of routine.
Newborns don't really do too much, so not much to explain.
He already has a "new" routine that he likes to do.
He pees while we change his diaper.
So I think I've been peed on at least
two or three times already and pooped on... on my hands. (laughs)
Jenna's had it happen a few times.
Recently we've been trying to open his diaper...
wait... and then put the new one in,
but then he'll pee.
So we're going through diapers quite a bit more often than we should.
Hopefully I can cloth diaper soon
because that will save a lot of money there
especially because we're paying for formula.
That's quite expensive.
We already talked that out with his pediatrician
to find a good, cheap brand that is still healthy for him.
I looked online and it said that the Kirkland brand,
or the Costco brand you can buy for much cheaper.
Our doctor said it is the exact same one as Similac.
Literally they just label the cans differently.
So there's literally no difference.
It's healthy. It's been tested, approved, everything.
So that's all good.
Right now we're using the Enfamil,
but then we'll switch over and hopefully he can tolerate that.
Now for me, physically postpartum, 1 week.
Umm.. I've had a lot of issues
because the birth itself was very, very hard.
You'll see later in the birth story.
But it was pretty awful for me.
Long story short, I had a 2nd degree tear
plus I had an episiotomy.
It's not what I wanted, but he was having issues so I had that.
So quite a lot of stitching down there, and quite a bit of pain.
I think...
there's just a lot of recovery for me
trying to rest as much as possible and do what I can.
I'm moving okay.
If I need to, I can use my Dermaplast spray.
But most of the time I'm doing okay.
Umm, I've had a little bit of uterine contractions.
Sometimes If I stand up, or even if I'm sitting,
I'll feel this tightening pain. I'm assuming that's that.
I'm not sure.
I'm not sure exactly how that works if I'm not breastfeeding.
Typically that's what helps to shrink down your uterus.
So hopefully it will work.
To be honest that's about it.
There's not too much to update.
Hopefully you liked the video.
Oh, let me know any other information you want to know,
but do remember I'll have the birth story which will explain a lot
of what happened before, during the hospital, and all of that.
Most of the pictures and updates will be on Instagram.
So definitely follow me on Instagram.
I'll have the link down below.
Umm yeah, that's about it!
Hopefully you enjoyed this video.
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Hopefully the next one should be a vlog.
Which will include some pre-birth plus that first week.
It's very, very random to be totally honest.
Mentally just haven't been there
and I haven't been doing that great the first week.
So...
umm....
yeah...
that's one thing I guess I should add in.
This week I've gone through the breastfeeding journey
and trying to do that and failing.
Has made this week really mentally the worst time ever of my life to be totally honest.
I feel like a big failure and
it's just been really hard to let go of that dream of wanting to breastfeed.
But my body, my breasts just didn't develop
and they won't provide the milk that he needs
and it's overly frustrating trying to do that and pumping and everything.
So it just didn't work.
I already spoke with the pediatrician and got her medical opinion
and I trust her very much.
She's a great doctor!
That's why the next vlog will be very random.
Just a few short clips.
You know, I'm trying.
Hopefully I'll improve and get better with the vlogs from now on.
But just be patient with us.
Because if I'm mentally not there, we're not gonna vlog.
Just to be honest, but anyways that aside.
Umm, yeah if you want to support this channel,
you can do so through our ASL Stew merch store.
We have shirts and stickers there.
Hopefully we will open that up soon.
Right now it's closed just because of baby.
But hopefully we'll get that open soon again.
Or you can do monthly which is Patreon.
Monthly donation and there's cool perks for that.
Or a one-time any amount donation through Ko-fi.
We really appreciate all of your support.
Thanks and see you in the next video. Bye!
Let's show you Mikko!
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