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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
A growing boy
We ran into some problems with sleep over the last two weeks. Meaning he wouldn't sleep very long during the day instead opting to scream for half an hour at a time then staring at me with accusing eyes as if I could fix his ills. With a little coaxing and a weekend of letting him sleep on my chest we got him more normal again. Oh and letting him sleep how he wanted, on his stomach helped.
Before you go to the comments section and burn me in Hades let me first say I avoided it as long as I could because I do read all the stats and know that babies should sleep on their backs. He won't. Not for any length of time anyway. We also got an Apnea sleep alarm from a friend who no longer needed it. The thing gives off a very loud alarm if he stops moving for more than 30 seconds and he's also been moved into our room in his bassinet. Is it the best of all worlds? No but he's sleeping and so are we. I've not told our Ped yet about this solution because I'm more than a little afraid she'll yell at me but he was so miserable that I had to let him do what was natural for him.
It also helped that I had several very smart and wonderful mom's tell me their kids did the same thing and that you can't train a baby this small to not want to sleep how they want to sleep.
There is also a Measles outbreak here. Lovely. More lovely because 2 of the kids who have it are pretty much neighbors and we also found out by accident the Index Child lived in the apartment where my parents live now. Like, 2 doors down. So now Jason and I are working it out so we aren't taking Kyle to crowded public places to avoid, hopefully, him getting sick.
He's sleeping in my lap now. I've found I have to get up at 6:30 to shower before he wakes up then I can dress, change and feed him and keep my fingers crossed he'll drift off again. When he does into his swing he goes so I can dress and do my hair. After that it's 50/50 he'll wake up again and need mommy. I hate 6:30 but it's the only way I can get everything done and ensure I don't have to wake J up to take care of him because he won't drift back off so I can shower or dress.
If he keeps up being a nice sleeping baby the rest of the week next week we'll start working on putting him down before he goes out all the way so he'll learn to sleep on his own. Right now my strategy is to prop him on the boppy for feedings so he won't be in my arms rocking or doing our little bounce as he drifts off. This would only be during the day. At night it's too damn important to get him sleeping to start screwing with it. God willing he'll get it.
As for sleeping through the night, right now we're just hoping he'll sleep longer than 2 hours with constancy. Oh we can get 2.5 or 3 out of him, but it's never at night when mom and dad are trying to sleep. It's always mid evening. Though I can't hate it too much because that means I get to make dinner. The thing is almost every time he wakes after midnight he feeds for an ounce or less and falls back to sleep. Hell he's falling back to sleep as he's getting changed or just after you put the bottle in his mouth. He wants to sleep through. He doesn't need the extra feeds as much. He just doesn't know how yet.
I may be looking for a new place to host my blog. Blogger is wonderful but I want to keep my more personal blogs separate from my political and more impersonal ones. Not sure what where I'd go or what I'd do though.
PS Yay me! I only had 5 words spelled wrong in this post and one of them was just because I can't type well ;)
Before you go to the comments section and burn me in Hades let me first say I avoided it as long as I could because I do read all the stats and know that babies should sleep on their backs. He won't. Not for any length of time anyway. We also got an Apnea sleep alarm from a friend who no longer needed it. The thing gives off a very loud alarm if he stops moving for more than 30 seconds and he's also been moved into our room in his bassinet. Is it the best of all worlds? No but he's sleeping and so are we. I've not told our Ped yet about this solution because I'm more than a little afraid she'll yell at me but he was so miserable that I had to let him do what was natural for him.
It also helped that I had several very smart and wonderful mom's tell me their kids did the same thing and that you can't train a baby this small to not want to sleep how they want to sleep.
There is also a Measles outbreak here. Lovely. More lovely because 2 of the kids who have it are pretty much neighbors and we also found out by accident the Index Child lived in the apartment where my parents live now. Like, 2 doors down. So now Jason and I are working it out so we aren't taking Kyle to crowded public places to avoid, hopefully, him getting sick.
He's sleeping in my lap now. I've found I have to get up at 6:30 to shower before he wakes up then I can dress, change and feed him and keep my fingers crossed he'll drift off again. When he does into his swing he goes so I can dress and do my hair. After that it's 50/50 he'll wake up again and need mommy. I hate 6:30 but it's the only way I can get everything done and ensure I don't have to wake J up to take care of him because he won't drift back off so I can shower or dress.
If he keeps up being a nice sleeping baby the rest of the week next week we'll start working on putting him down before he goes out all the way so he'll learn to sleep on his own. Right now my strategy is to prop him on the boppy for feedings so he won't be in my arms rocking or doing our little bounce as he drifts off. This would only be during the day. At night it's too damn important to get him sleeping to start screwing with it. God willing he'll get it.
As for sleeping through the night, right now we're just hoping he'll sleep longer than 2 hours with constancy. Oh we can get 2.5 or 3 out of him, but it's never at night when mom and dad are trying to sleep. It's always mid evening. Though I can't hate it too much because that means I get to make dinner. The thing is almost every time he wakes after midnight he feeds for an ounce or less and falls back to sleep. Hell he's falling back to sleep as he's getting changed or just after you put the bottle in his mouth. He wants to sleep through. He doesn't need the extra feeds as much. He just doesn't know how yet.
I may be looking for a new place to host my blog. Blogger is wonderful but I want to keep my more personal blogs separate from my political and more impersonal ones. Not sure what where I'd go or what I'd do though.
PS Yay me! I only had 5 words spelled wrong in this post and one of them was just because I can't type well ;)
Monday, April 14, 2008
Saturday, April 12, 2008
5 Weeks
Today he's 5 weeks old and I swear he's growing up too fast. His head, so tiny at birth, fits snugly into his head rest in his car seat now. The receiving blankets he used at birth are almost too small now.
Last week he began to coo and try to talk to you. Now granted he does it right before he starts to scream but it seems like he's trying to tell you what is wrong before a melt down.
Oh and melt downs we've had. Last week was rough as he had to get used to mommy and daddy both being gone all day long at work. He spent a good deal of the week awake and crying at my mom and dad. Hopefully today's sleeping and smiling bodes well for that adjustment. In fact I'm very surprised he is sleeping so well today because this was the day we stopped letting him sleep in a bouncer or swing at nap time. So he's next to me on the couch snoring happily to my great delight.
While he sleeps I'm watching The Deadliest Catch. I don't think I want to eat fish or crab ever again. Seeing them as they get pulled out of the sea seems to make me sad for them. I'm far too sentimental so I suppose that's a good time to scrapbook some.
Last week he began to coo and try to talk to you. Now granted he does it right before he starts to scream but it seems like he's trying to tell you what is wrong before a melt down.
Oh and melt downs we've had. Last week was rough as he had to get used to mommy and daddy both being gone all day long at work. He spent a good deal of the week awake and crying at my mom and dad. Hopefully today's sleeping and smiling bodes well for that adjustment. In fact I'm very surprised he is sleeping so well today because this was the day we stopped letting him sleep in a bouncer or swing at nap time. So he's next to me on the couch snoring happily to my great delight.
While he sleeps I'm watching The Deadliest Catch. I don't think I want to eat fish or crab ever again. Seeing them as they get pulled out of the sea seems to make me sad for them. I'm far too sentimental so I suppose that's a good time to scrapbook some.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
I told you she was good
So the doctor looked Kyle over today to give him her clean bill of health. She and I also spoke about Children's and she pretty much told me what I'd thought. They are so used to seeing uninvolved and uneducated parents they have a formula. They also probably would have called CPS on us had we taken him to our regular hospital AMA. We are under order to always go to our normal hospital because once the see he'll need more than regular type ER care they call her and she gives the orders. She also comes to the hospital to take care of her patients.
In other news we're seeing sleep patterns in him. He cranks between 8 and 12 am. Also from 5ish to 12 am he won't sleep in a deep sleep. Also 2am to 4 am he's not a happy boy. Speaking of have to rescue daddy.
In other news we're seeing sleep patterns in him. He cranks between 8 and 12 am. Also from 5ish to 12 am he won't sleep in a deep sleep. Also 2am to 4 am he's not a happy boy. Speaking of have to rescue daddy.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Three Weeks Old
He's three weeks old and already he's changing so much. His cheeks have filled out and become chubby and round. The hair on his head is darker and I swear it's growing already. I've watched as the clothes he had that were too big are now fitting better as he's gained over a pound and grown 2 inches in a short time.
And we are learning likes and dislikes with each other. He likes having his back thumped like he's getting burped while over your shoulder. He falls asleep like that. We've learned what he sounds like when he's waking up versus just squeaking in his sleep. And he's found out he likes to swing in his swing. And we already knew that to get you to sleep you had to be in a bouncie.
We've had our first health crisis and you've helped me figure out what I want to do about some people in my life. The cats like the new family member and he seems to enjoy watching them when he can see them.
I'm amazed at how strong his neck is already and the nurses and doctors have all been amazed at how strong his legs and arms are when they try and straighten them out. And daddy is extremely proud of how much he eats, almost 4 oz!, and at how many times a day he poops or pees.
I'm starting to see the new born melt away some and be replaced by baby and even though I'm tired and sometimes I want to cry when I pull myself out of bed when he cries I wouldn't rush through these days for all the sleep in the world.
And we are learning likes and dislikes with each other. He likes having his back thumped like he's getting burped while over your shoulder. He falls asleep like that. We've learned what he sounds like when he's waking up versus just squeaking in his sleep. And he's found out he likes to swing in his swing. And we already knew that to get you to sleep you had to be in a bouncie.
We've had our first health crisis and you've helped me figure out what I want to do about some people in my life. The cats like the new family member and he seems to enjoy watching them when he can see them.
I'm amazed at how strong his neck is already and the nurses and doctors have all been amazed at how strong his legs and arms are when they try and straighten them out. And daddy is extremely proud of how much he eats, almost 4 oz!, and at how many times a day he poops or pees.
I'm starting to see the new born melt away some and be replaced by baby and even though I'm tired and sometimes I want to cry when I pull myself out of bed when he cries I wouldn't rush through these days for all the sleep in the world.
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