long time

Ugggg….. there’s just not time anymore. Sorry it’s been so long. Christmas time is always a busy time. We had Christmas at our house for the first time this year so that was fun. Baby was very overwhelmed, just a bit much for his little brain. So much to do and see. The night of the 23rd we had friends over, which meant our routine was all kinds of off. He didn’t have his bath at his normal time, which I believe threw him off for the entire night. It was like Hey Mom and Dad I’m here in my jammas in my crib but it’s not been bath time soooooo I guess it’s just my normal 20 minute nap time! And that’s how it went until about 1:30 that morning. Papa and Gramma got my oldest a Wii, so it’s not hard to guess where we’ve been. Our muscles are SORE! Out of shape people.

Baby seems to change everyday. I think I say that all the time – oh well. He’s into a stage where he likes to sit on his own more than being held (most of the time anyway). It’s so dang cute to watch him sit and play toys and reach for what he wants. Speaking of reaching…. just the other night (maybe last night actually – who knows – I’m all off on days) he did a BIG reach for Mom with a little cry saying Momma I want yoooooou. Stole my heart!! I LOVE it!! hehe Christmas day he was sitting on Daddy’s chest/neck and started bouncing – way too cute! He loves doing that now.

He got his little push around walker from his Zia and Uncle and he thinks that’s pretty snazzy. He gets these big ol smiles on his face and away we go. Although he stops often because it’s full of blocks to play with and he likes to get those out. Soft blocks. Hard blocks. Crinkly blocks. Fuzzy blocks. You name it, they are in there.

Oooooh my oldest also got one of those Havoc Heli’s – those are awesome! He’s had a blast trying to land it in different places. On top of shelves or on top of the fan blades. Too fun – very hard to control!

We are still having a horrible time with sleeping during the night. We’re exhausting all options (except the whole cry it out thing). Right now I’m currently trying to soothe him to sleep IN his crib with his little aquarium thingy. I can soothe him to sleep (if you want to call it that) but he only stays “asleep” for like 2 minutes. Tried for about an hour last night before I got him out and fed him. All he wants is a boob – that makes him all kinds of happy. Tonight after bath time I was laying in bed with him just playing and talking. He kept grabbing both side of my face and trying to bring my face really close to his and suck on whatever hit his mouth first! Silly boy.

I have tons more I could type but baby just decided to fall asleep, which is odd at this time, so I’m guessing he’ll be up soon. I’m going to finish what I can and get as many minutes of sleep that I can. Tomorrow is another busy day. Hugs to all!!

why…..

Why do socks come in resealable packages? Does anybody seriously put their socks back into the plastic bag and seal them up?

working on that milestone

Baby is 5 months old! (Yes I’m a little late with this post) As I say everytime…. where the heck does the time go?! He’s changed so much and changes every day it seems. We are working on sitting and he’s doing amazingly well. He sat last night for quite some time but when he does get tipsy we have to be there because he doesn’t know to catch himself. Everything’s happening backwards lol He was also up to crawl but just couldn’t quite figure out what to do after he got up. He’s loving standing around his toys and tries to walk around them but he usually gets caught up in his feet since he’s used to walking forward and backward not side to side. Guess we might as well just try everything all in one night huh. Silly boy. He’s definitely a mover. There’s not much sitting around with him. He’ll stand by himself for a few seconds and then he’ll try to take a few steps forward so we have to catch him before he plants his face into the ground.

Here’s his 5 Month Pic (He’s about 15 pounds now)

We’ve started a new sleeping arrangement. It’s been going for 2 nights now. It’s not working yet, but I’m trying it for a couple weeks. I’m trying to be patient, which I’m not usually very good at. But with baby it’s a whole new ballgame. He’s been sleeping in the bassinet/playpen right next to my bed and when it was eating time he’d crawl into bed with me and nurse all he wanted. Many times this meant we’d both fall asleep and then spend the rest of the night waking to eat, waking to move, waking because we were rolling into each other, etc. It just wasn’t working. So a few days back I said okay, no more coming into bed to nurse, it’s just not working anymore – it did when he was smaller and not moving. So I got up to nurse him and then put him right back to bed. Now two nights ago we started a little different thing, still with getting up to nurse and putting baby back to bed. He now sleeps right outside my bedroom door which is also right next to the bathroom. We leave the fan/heater on for noise and that’s where he sleeps. I’m a little uneasy just because he’s not RIGHT next to me, but at least I can see him and hear him easily. Plus I get up like 50 times to pee so I walk right past him and feel his back to make sure he’s breathing and watch the blankets move up and down for added reassurance. So far the plan isn’t working 100%. I think he’s sleeping a bit better because we’re not rolling into each other and the fan/heater works great. But he’s still getting up 2, 3 or 4 times a night. He’s SUPER hard to get back to sleep now and I’m pretty sure it’s a little retaliation because he’s mad that he’s not in bed with me eating. Who knows – he’s keeping me on my toes that’s for sure.

He refuses to take a bottle. I’ve tried giving him a bottle just to get a little extra food in case he’s hungry but he’ll have nothing to do with it. He’ll hold whatever is in the bottle in his mouth until I just take it out and then he’ll spit it all out. Turd. Then we’ll go nurse and he’ll eat like crazy. He’s using a sippy cup but mostly for a teething toy. He loves that soft nipple and it’s SO great for him to hold onto. He eats cereal with veggies or fruit usually just once a day, thinned down real runny so he can digest it easily. I mixed it too thick once and he had an awfully hard time with it.

Come Christmas vacation we are going to work on getting him a little used to someone besides me…. AKA Gramma He wants his Momma and that’s it. No if, ands or buts about it. Just Momma. I’m flattered and all but I wish he’d learn to love everybody else too. We have a couple things we’re going to try. One involves Gramma bribing him with teething biscuits and the other involves me hiding in the house and then coming out of hiding in like 10 minutes to say HEY baby! See Mommy will come right back and you’re okay! We’ll see how it goes. I’d like to do this everyday. Gramma’s a teacher so she’ll be on break and I can just back both little ones up here and head over there. It’s worth a try. It’s breaking every-body’s hearts I think.

So that’s how things are going here. Not real easy but with a little guy that cute I can’t say I don’t enjoy a little extra time together. And I’ll say this again…… I’m SO glad I decided to breastfeed – it’s SO amazing to me and I wouldn’t trade it for anything. We bought a few cans of formula, I think 4 to be exact. We’ve wasted I think 3 of them and maybe actually used 1 can. We make bottles to take and then he won’t want them or they get too old. I use it now to make his cereal. I’m glad we both took well to breastfeeding – what a journey!

Mommy and Baby giggling at something big brother was doing I think.

Sorry for the long post It’s been a while