::hangs head in shame::
I'm not sure how long its been. But I know its been a looonggg time. Possibly two months worth of looonggg time. I kept meaning to post J-man's 5 month pictures and I just never did. Bad mama blogger, bad, bad. In my defense I have in that time been ending the summer, setting up my classroom, beginning the school year, beginning my final classes for my Masters degree and trying to sleep in the in-between times. But there is really no excuse.
How is the Jakester you ask? He is doing great! In my absence he has started daycare (sobs quietly in the background while typing this). You know, in my head I always thought he would have to go to daycare eventually. But I think it my secret mind I hoped I might win the lottery or some such wonderment which would thus allow me to stay at home with my joy. Unfortunately ::sigh:: it didnt happen. So here we are, and Jake really enjoys daycare. He loves his teacher and always gives her lots of big smiles. It started out well and his class only had he and another little boy. But now they are at capacity (which is 4:1) which makes me sad. I'm not sure I understand how 1 person cares for 4 babies ranging in age from 5 months to 1 year but I probably dont want to dwell on it too much. It will cause me to go insane.
So he has been in daycare now for almost one month. And he is doing fine with it. We have seen a dramatic improvement in his willingness to do tummy time, which I believe in turn has helped his flat spot because that seems to have rounded out quite a lot. He is NOT rolling over yet, nor is he sitting up unassisted for longer than 25 seconds. We wont talk about how much this irks me. But I know, I know, I need to not compare babies and not worry about it. He is developing fine. I think his face is even thinning out a bit. Tee hee.
He is becoming so much more vocal, and has developed the high pitch squeals/screams that make us giggle. We are still nursing, mostly just in the mornings and if he wakes up at night. He has also started nursing to sleep at night which is so stinkin' sweet. I pump at work (and on the way to pick him up, and about 4 other times during the day) which sucks. Pumping sucks. There is no eloquent way to put that. It just sucks. It would be so much easier to pump if I was producing enough to feed him. But I dont come anywhere close to that. I produce enough for two bottles, and about 2 supplemental nursings a day. And we wont go into how many galactogages (and one prescription medication) that I take to keep my supply at that level. Its too depressing. But we keep going because I know it is good for him and I still enjoy the bonding that I feel comes from nursing. I love that he goes to sleep so peacefully when he nurses. When he wont nurse he tends to fuss until he falls asleep.
And on an exciting note we weaned from the swaddle!!! I use three exclamation points because its shocking to me. I figured we would be using that thing until he could roll over. But one night he woke up struggling to get his arms free at 1am and I was done. We weaned that night and havent looked back since. I stick him in a Halo organic cotton sleepsack now and he sleeps fine. He often has his arms above his head at night (just like mommy!). And on another sleep front he is now a belly sleeper.
::waits for the shocked gasps and admonishments::
I'm not sure how long its been. But I know its been a looonggg time. Possibly two months worth of looonggg time. I kept meaning to post J-man's 5 month pictures and I just never did. Bad mama blogger, bad, bad. In my defense I have in that time been ending the summer, setting up my classroom, beginning the school year, beginning my final classes for my Masters degree and trying to sleep in the in-between times. But there is really no excuse.
How is the Jakester you ask? He is doing great! In my absence he has started daycare (sobs quietly in the background while typing this). You know, in my head I always thought he would have to go to daycare eventually. But I think it my secret mind I hoped I might win the lottery or some such wonderment which would thus allow me to stay at home with my joy. Unfortunately ::sigh:: it didnt happen. So here we are, and Jake really enjoys daycare. He loves his teacher and always gives her lots of big smiles. It started out well and his class only had he and another little boy. But now they are at capacity (which is 4:1) which makes me sad. I'm not sure I understand how 1 person cares for 4 babies ranging in age from 5 months to 1 year but I probably dont want to dwell on it too much. It will cause me to go insane.
So he has been in daycare now for almost one month. And he is doing fine with it. We have seen a dramatic improvement in his willingness to do tummy time, which I believe in turn has helped his flat spot because that seems to have rounded out quite a lot. He is NOT rolling over yet, nor is he sitting up unassisted for longer than 25 seconds. We wont talk about how much this irks me. But I know, I know, I need to not compare babies and not worry about it. He is developing fine. I think his face is even thinning out a bit. Tee hee.
He is becoming so much more vocal, and has developed the high pitch squeals/screams that make us giggle. We are still nursing, mostly just in the mornings and if he wakes up at night. He has also started nursing to sleep at night which is so stinkin' sweet. I pump at work (and on the way to pick him up, and about 4 other times during the day) which sucks. Pumping sucks. There is no eloquent way to put that. It just sucks. It would be so much easier to pump if I was producing enough to feed him. But I dont come anywhere close to that. I produce enough for two bottles, and about 2 supplemental nursings a day. And we wont go into how many galactogages (and one prescription medication) that I take to keep my supply at that level. Its too depressing. But we keep going because I know it is good for him and I still enjoy the bonding that I feel comes from nursing. I love that he goes to sleep so peacefully when he nurses. When he wont nurse he tends to fuss until he falls asleep.
And on an exciting note we weaned from the swaddle!!! I use three exclamation points because its shocking to me. I figured we would be using that thing until he could roll over. But one night he woke up struggling to get his arms free at 1am and I was done. We weaned that night and havent looked back since. I stick him in a Halo organic cotton sleepsack now and he sleeps fine. He often has his arms above his head at night (just like mommy!). And on another sleep front he is now a belly sleeper.
::waits for the shocked gasps and admonishments::
Yes we allow him to sleep on his belly. And this was a big deal for me because I am terrified of SIDS. BUT he began falling asleep regularly on his belly for naps. And then he started waking up every hour or so at night until around 10pm and then sleeping through the night. And for a baby who was sleeping 12 hours straight until that point it was a bit strange. So we tried sleeping him on his belly and havent looked back since. He sleeps very well like that, and we have him on the Angelcare Monitor still so I dont worry too much. He also sleeps right next to us in a co-sleeper and I check his breathing often. So in short we are okay with it. And he sleeps, which is what matters considering I get up at 5am daily and have very long days now.
Today Mr J started solids. Just trying them out really. He will be 6 months old in just a little over a week. So I wanted to just get started and see how he did. I stuck him in his highchair and handed him a banana and he went to town. He loved the banana, and I think next time I will try either a piece of broccoli or a piece of sweet potato. He didnt each much if anything, but we are doing Baby-led weaning or Baby-led Solids and its more about exploring the foods and textures than really "eating." So that was very exciting. And now for some pictures!
Today Mr J started solids. Just trying them out really. He will be 6 months old in just a little over a week. So I wanted to just get started and see how he did. I stuck him in his highchair and handed him a banana and he went to town. He loved the banana, and I think next time I will try either a piece of broccoli or a piece of sweet potato. He didnt each much if anything, but we are doing Baby-led weaning or Baby-led Solids and its more about exploring the foods and textures than really "eating." So that was very exciting. And now for some pictures!
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I wouldn't worry about the tummy sleeping-- by the time the baby can lift and turn his head independently, doctors are A-OK with tummy sleeping too!
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