K-man has really packed on the weight the past week, and we're so very glad he has. I think he doubled his formula consumption, and judging by his temperament I think he has a growth spurt and a teething spell hitting at once. He had slept through the night for a few weeks but is now back to waking twice a night. We give him a small bottle when he wakes to get him back to sleep. Like the lady at daycare said, "If someone fed you a cheeseburger just because you woke up every night, wouldn't you keep waking up?" So, we'll be tapering the bottle volume off and seeing what we can do to get him to stay asleep...or learn to soothe himself back to sleep. We did have the crib butted up our bed (kind of like an overgrown co-sleeper) and we moved it away this weekend and put the side back on the crib. So, he can't roll over and have one of us to touch if he wonders where we are in the middle of the night. However, he's only 2 feet away from our bed, so we're not that far. I think he's adjusting to that, too. Do we baby him? Definitely, yes. But he's our only baby and right now we're erring on the side of too much babying because we know that one of these days, he'll be grown and independent.
He also gave us a scare the other night. He's had the quite the temper ever since we left the hospital. He would cry until he choked himself and caused himself to throw up. Two night ago he cried until he couldn't breathe...and couldn't breathe...and started to turn purple...and then finally took a breath and started crying again. All the while (the whole what? 10? 15 seconds?) we were hollering at him to breathe and slapping his back and holding our breath. It was one of those times when you're so scared that you don't know whether to be mad or cry or do both and there's too much adrenaline in your system to do anything but be relieved that he was fine.
Now on the frontlines at daycare we're coming up on his transition from the infant room to the toddler room. And I want to cry. I'm comfortable with him in the infant room. I love the ladies in there. He loves the ladies in there! They know him so well. And now we start a new phase. I know the next room will really help him and he'll be fine with the transition. They are going to wait until the first of January to put him over there, because he has two little friends that will go with him at the same time. I love that they try to keep groups of playmates together so the transition is easier. I am so thankful for this daycare. In the next room, they will work more with him on his sign language. I think he'll really take to that, because lately he's expressed more frustration and I think that's due to him wanting some communication mastery. His babbling has increased ten-fold in the past 5 days and he now talks to his toys. In the toddler room, they also have a long mid-day nap (about 2.5 hours). Right now, he's doing good to get about 30 minutes in the morning and maybe an hour in the afternoon, yet at home on the weekends, he'll sleep for 2.5 to 3.5 hours in one nap. The toddler room dims the lights and really sets the scene for a good nap - he'll really benefit from that.
On the homefront, I don't have a Christmas tree up. I think K-man will detroy it and chew on the lights. I wish I could find a soft Christmas tree or something...I may make a run to the fabric store over lunch. We're (read: Hubby) is cleaning out our back room that used to be our office and has now become a Class 3 disaster area. We're getting rid of a bunch of furniture...purging! I love getting rid of stuff...it feels so liberating!! And I want that room back!!
2 comments:
Next time he doesn't breath - blow in his face....and keep blowing...that makes babies catch their breath...sounds crazy I know - but it works!! Miss you girl!!!!
I say go for the tree this year. You can always get a gate to put around it, but our trees have survived so far.
Also, thank you for the recipe for the salisbury steak. I made it the other night, and dh commented, "Umm, good goo." Which translates to "Wow! You are such a wonderful wife to make me scrumptious food like this. Please thank the godess who provided you with the recipe for me."
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