While we have been having fun with Joseph, sleep (even a little) would do us wonders. Joseph has not slept well of for longer than 2 hrs at a time for over 11 days. His best sleep is in the crook of my arm either in the rocker or in our bed. It has been a little hard to be cheerful at 10, 11, 1, 3 am, etc. If I wanted to toot my own horn, I have to say that my daytime parentings skills far outshine my nighttime parenting skills. It has been rough and yet I am grateful that I am even having a wonderful reason like him to be losing sleep. He has been happy for the last 5 days or so. The doctor wanted to change his formula and his reflux meds. To say that the beginning of the change and the days leading up to it were less than desirable are truly an understatement. When we added in a few T. of baby food he started waking up with severe reflux and it would all land on his sheets as soon as I would get him. He truly has a problem with acid in his belly or something. It was miserable while it was going on, but sleep is still very hard. He used to sleep from 9pm to around 330 am and now he is going down around 8pm and waking up at 10, 1130, 1am, etc. He only eats once during the night and is very easy to console and put back to sleep but he is just not sleeping well in his own bed and we are just not working the cio theory because this just makes him feel much worse and and is counter productive. My husband is running on fewer fumes than I am at this time. For Joseph it is not so much of a sleeping issue but a positioning for sleep issue.
In other news, though, he is doing awesome. He has learned to start eating his toes and thinks they are about the best thing next to the warm milk! He also rolled once from his belly to back. He also went with a sitter for the first time yesterday. My friend, C, watched him for me for almost 2 hours so that I could go to get my first mammogram, etc. He did pretty well for her but it was the first time he was not with my husband or myself. My stomach was a complete ball of knots. We made it, probably a bigger milestone for me than him. My friend made it seem effortless and told me she was honored to be asked to be the one to watch him. I sure have some amazing friends!!
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
MaMa - another 1st
Last night when Joseph was beyond ready for me to pick him up to be rocked to sleep, he started his usual "Mmmma" yet last night was the first time he connected two of those sounds to say"mama". Is this really my life? Now you know I nearly flew to grab him, snuggle his sweet self, and rock him to sleep.
Another extremely rare moment was this morng when I was able to take him by myself to mass and he did not cry one and charmed all his favorite prayer warriors. It sure has been a phenomenal weekend. I even got a nap . . . heaven!
Another extremely rare moment was this morng when I was able to take him by myself to mass and he did not cry one and charmed all his favorite prayer warriors. It sure has been a phenomenal weekend. I even got a nap . . . heaven!
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Happy 5 Months, Joseph! +50 First Things
First off, where have the last five months gone?
It seems like it has gone by too quickly. Then again, somedays seem so long. Just being honest, here. I love being able to be at home with Joseph but it does a body good to be out and about! Thankfully, we spent the day out yesterday and were able to take family pictures with my husband's whole family - immediate family (11 total). Joseph's first big family pictures! It was quite the experience, but it turned out really well. I know that my father in law kept putting off taking a large family picture until we were able to have a child in my arms and for us that made the day so surreal and amazing. It was an unforgettable experience and we are so happy that it turned out well. Joseph has been responding better to them the last few visits, but he still only wants Mama almost all of the time. Thankfully he loves his daddy almost as much as me, so that is really my only respite.
I love watching Joseph grow but it is fun to have him sleep, too :)
He is doing so well with moving around and communicating with us. He loves, loves to talk and play with his bear, ball, monkey, and little snail toys on his bouncy chair. He is rocking on his hands and knees and rolling over from his back to his belly, but gets stuck and cannot get back on his belly by himself. He did it twice and not again since. This makes for very long nights, though. He will roll over onto his belly during the night and our doctor told us he is still too young to sleep on his belly, so we have to place him back on his back. He then wakes up and the new going to bed cycle begins. We have to find a solution. Parenting suggestions welcome. He is also reaching and grabing, somewhat transferring toys and activating simple ones.
He has a new thing of being unable to tolerate a changing table at places. It is worrisome and downright silly. He does fine on his own changing pad w/pillow or on our bed but other than that, he SCREAMS like he is being tortured which is quite embarassing and make it really hard to change a poo diaper when he is thrasing around like that.
I also am fearing that I am spoiling him too much because he really likes to be held most of the time and while I am not usually bothered by this, I am thinking I am not doing him any favors getting him spoiled. I can place him in his bouncy for a while and sometimes in a play pen for about 5 minutes. Today, I placed him in his crib while I tidied up his room and he rolled over and hit his head on the rail because he pulled down the bumper to roll over.
If anyone has any tried and true methods to help me in this area, please share or even some resources that might help. I have not bought too many books because they are plain expensive and I can't seem to find much at our library to help with these concerns.
I am also needing to get him used to other people and will try to explore that more soon because he cries when he goes to most people, even his grandparents. I know we should get out more, but it has been tough on the budget with gas prices. I am thinking of looking into a mother's day out, something for 1-2 hours a week or something - for both of our sakes? Does this seem necessary or will this stage pass? You would think I would know more about parenting, but I feel so clueless most of the time.
It seems like it has gone by too quickly. Then again, somedays seem so long. Just being honest, here. I love being able to be at home with Joseph but it does a body good to be out and about! Thankfully, we spent the day out yesterday and were able to take family pictures with my husband's whole family - immediate family (11 total). Joseph's first big family pictures! It was quite the experience, but it turned out really well. I know that my father in law kept putting off taking a large family picture until we were able to have a child in my arms and for us that made the day so surreal and amazing. It was an unforgettable experience and we are so happy that it turned out well. Joseph has been responding better to them the last few visits, but he still only wants Mama almost all of the time. Thankfully he loves his daddy almost as much as me, so that is really my only respite.
I love watching Joseph grow but it is fun to have him sleep, too :)
He is doing so well with moving around and communicating with us. He loves, loves to talk and play with his bear, ball, monkey, and little snail toys on his bouncy chair. He is rocking on his hands and knees and rolling over from his back to his belly, but gets stuck and cannot get back on his belly by himself. He did it twice and not again since. This makes for very long nights, though. He will roll over onto his belly during the night and our doctor told us he is still too young to sleep on his belly, so we have to place him back on his back. He then wakes up and the new going to bed cycle begins. We have to find a solution. Parenting suggestions welcome. He is also reaching and grabing, somewhat transferring toys and activating simple ones.
He has a new thing of being unable to tolerate a changing table at places. It is worrisome and downright silly. He does fine on his own changing pad w/pillow or on our bed but other than that, he SCREAMS like he is being tortured which is quite embarassing and make it really hard to change a poo diaper when he is thrasing around like that.
I also am fearing that I am spoiling him too much because he really likes to be held most of the time and while I am not usually bothered by this, I am thinking I am not doing him any favors getting him spoiled. I can place him in his bouncy for a while and sometimes in a play pen for about 5 minutes. Today, I placed him in his crib while I tidied up his room and he rolled over and hit his head on the rail because he pulled down the bumper to roll over.
If anyone has any tried and true methods to help me in this area, please share or even some resources that might help. I have not bought too many books because they are plain expensive and I can't seem to find much at our library to help with these concerns.
I am also needing to get him used to other people and will try to explore that more soon because he cries when he goes to most people, even his grandparents. I know we should get out more, but it has been tough on the budget with gas prices. I am thinking of looking into a mother's day out, something for 1-2 hours a week or something - for both of our sakes? Does this seem necessary or will this stage pass? You would think I would know more about parenting, but I feel so clueless most of the time.
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