squeals, smiles, and over 4 hours!!! My darling little bug is 58 days!! That's 8 weeks, 2 days!!! :) I'm glad to say that he now squeals...it's the cutest thing!! He'll squeal and then whine....it sounds like he tries to mimic my voice....because he does that when i talk to him in a really high-pitched way... ;) He smiles...not ALL the time. And he almost always smiles everytime we change his dirty diaper...it's soooo cute!!!! He loves to stare at my face and loves to be close to mommy and daddy all the time!!! He now sleeps 4-5 hours straight...which is awesome!! And then sleeps every 2-3 hours....i'm definetely more rested during the days... ;)
Tomorrow he has his 2 month well baby appointment. And i think he gets shots tomorrow ;P ... eeekk....
Until next time!
PS - i posted some new pictures!
2007-11-20 (baby has arrived)
A Little more sleep!!! Yesterday by accident and because i was completely tired with a slight headache...we tried something new. He usually eats about 3-4oz per feeding every 2-4 hours. Last night at 7:30 we gave him 4 ounces, we then ate ourselves (he was a little bit fuzzy) and after 30 minutes, we deicided to go upstairs to try and see if we could keep him happy. We gave him a bath, and then he ate another 2 ounces, which completely put him to sleep...He sleep a straight 4 hours! :) He's only done that ONCE when he was 1 week old. He then ate another 4 ounces and sleep yet another 3 hours!!! Then it was another 3 ounces, and he slept 2 hours!!! So I am good and rested and my little bug is happy!! (From what we can tell). I think that routine (of 4oz, 30 mins, bath, 2 oz) is what we are going to try and do every night. Hopefully when he takes in more milk per feeding that 4 hour sleep can be turned into 6... ;)
Currently I am sitting with my legs crossed, and he is on top of my legs, sleeping.... he sure loves to be wearing only a diaper and feel my skin! :)
Oh...and he is 7 weeks old today!!! :) How time flies!!!!!!!
Until next time! :)
PS - That pic is Tomas Jay in his ring-sling
2007-11-18 (baby has arrived)
Tomas Jay is 47 days old... My little bug is 47 days.... he is still not sleeping through the night.....but i guess that's ok. My milk is almost not even coming in anymore....so i don't feel bad for having supplemented him. We first were giving him Healthy GoodStart from Nestle....but he had a lot of gas and was very very fuzzy. Then...we switched to GoodStart Soy.... because I had heard that it could have been that he was allergic to milk-based formulas. But that seemed to give him even more gas (dug...made of soy BEANS). So....then we switched to Similac Sensitive. Which is milk-based, but lactose-free...and this one seems to be working for him! He is def. way less gassy...and he is slightly less fuzzy...but is still fuzzy.
Sigh....sometimes we don't get sleep....sometimes i fall asleep along with him... I know that they say that co-sleeping can be dangerous...BUT at about 3AM he doesn't sleep unless he sleeps with me. So we've found a way for him to be next to me...no dangers.....
I feel pretty bad at times when i think about the fact that i can't give him more of my milk. I still pump my breasts and give him what i can pump out, and i still have him latch on ... so i guess it's good that at LEAST he got what he got. And i will continue to give him what i have for as long as i have some milk.
I still have bad times and bad thoughts. Last week my hubby took him after work, and even during the night fed him all throughout (he wakes up every 2-3 hours....sometimes every hour an a half)....so that i could sleep through the night and re-fuel... ;)
anywho...i will be posting new pictures of my perfect little bug right after this post.
I LOVE MY BUG!
2007-11-01 (baby has arrived)
Defeated I feel worn out. I get little to no sleep every night. My husband just sleeps through the night gets 7-8 hours of sleep, while i get maybe 4 or 5 of interrupted forced sleep... The kind of sleep that makes you feel more tired after you wake up.
My little bug is 4 weeks and 2 days old...and i can't wait until he sleep for longer periods at night. I dont mind that during the day he cries and just wants to be in my arms....in fact i love the fact that he wants to be with me. I just wish that during the night he'd sleep for 4 hours straight...it would make me feel so rested, so that during the day time i dont burn out by the time 5pm rolls around.
I love him so much and i can't wait until i get that first smile... BUT i still feel like he cries because i'm doing a bad job. Sometimes I really don't know what he wants....and i find myself thinking of what a horrible job i'm doing, and what a bad mother i must be to not know what my son wants. Does everyone feel this way? Or Am I just horrible and stupid? I wish i knew what i was doing, i wish i wouldn't cry when no one's around. I hope that i'm a good mother.... i hope to stop feeling so defeated.
