Little update on Nathan

[RainSong]

Well, Nathan's still doing well. He's gotten to a point where he gets fussy when he's tired- and he doesn't much like being put to sleep when he's tired LOL

He's still waking up at night. He's usually asleep by 8:30-10:30pm, and sleeps until anywhere from 11:30pm to 1:30am. Last night all I did was give him his pacifier when he woke up, and he went back to sleep... THEN he wakes up anywhere from 3:30-5:00am (rarely as early as 2:30am)... and is up again around 6:30-7:30am. The earlier he conks out at night, the earlier he wakes up later- ie, 10pm/12:30am/3:30am/7:00am. Or similiar. He does usually end up with a 45min nap in the morning, then a 2-4 hour nap around noon, and another 45min or better nap in the evenings. So I do get sleep... he only eats a few ounces when he wakes up at night now.

He had some cereal tonight. They say not to start cereal until 4months, earliest, but truth be told, he was given cereal around 5 weeks for the first time. At that time he was trying to eat more then he could because of a growth spurt, and kept making himself sick. Tonight he was hungry but didn't want to take his bottle- and was getting upset watching Daddy eat. So I made up soem cereal, not expecting much... and he ate every last bit, then went to sleep pretty quickly thereafter.

Not a bit of fussing!

I'm doing good. I can't remember having so long a period of clear-headedness in ... well, I don't recall how long. Truth be told, I'm scared of the time they start weaning me off these meds, simply because of how BAD it was with the Post Partum Depression. I've missed a dose here or there, and it wasn't pretty- I usually ended up in tears or close to it. Good news is that I am not still diabetic !

Bad news- Dave's carpel tunnel is so bad he'll almost certianly have to have surgery. We won't know the full of it till Nov 2nd. He also starts Physical Therapy for his back and shoulder tomorrow morning. It's going to be hard- his back went out again the other day- first time in over a year. Thankfully, he has also been sleeping better due to a pill prescribed for his headaches- so he's in a better mood... he gets grouchy w/o sleep LOL Dave's getting even more sick of work... we may have some news on that "soon".

We had a small tizzy here a couple weeks back. Dave's CTS and back, etc was causing him to pass Nathan off to me all the time, and I was getting pretty burnt out and sick of it all. I sorta got ticked off at him and snapped a few times, and eventually we discussed what was going on. The final bit of relief for the situation was purchased this weekend: more bottles and nipples. I no longer have to struggle to keep bottles washed, dried, and set up... we now have enough that I don't have to wash them twice a day everyday.

So, some good, some bad... but we're all doing better emotionally because I'm not stressing out. I swear when I start stressing, I throw off stress to infect everyone else

Ahhhh well. I'm more able to help Dave cope (as his being able to get GOOD sleep again) and deal, and alot less upset when Dave just can't handle Nathan for long.

Proof that no matter how much you love your baby, you still need an hour or so of ME time. I also have realized what I want to DO with my life- I just can't do it yet! LOL

Hope everyone else is doing well- It's been a heck of a year for everyone, I think. Maybe this year, since I'll still be on anti-depressants, I'll be able to enjoy the holidays- even if our celebrations are lackluster and tiny...

 

[Sanny]

I'm glad to hear things seem to be going well. Don't worry, all my babies got rice cereal early on and my doctor actually encouraged it. The last feeding before putting them to bed I had a bottle that I would put formula in and mix in some rice cereal - very thin - mostly milk and the nipple for that bottle we cut the hole slightly bigger. They would chow down and SLEEP LONGER because their tummies were full and the cereal would take longer to digest. It will make a world of difference for all of you to be able to sleep through those early morning hours, even if it means he just sleeps a couple of hours longer.

My sister in law thought it was just terrible, that my kids were going to grow up fat and I have very thin energetic children. My poor little niece on the other hand, that had a rigid feeding schedule and didn't get any solids until she was 5 months or so now is 7 years old and weighs 100 lbs. My 8 year old weighs 48 lbs.

 

[nootka]

I think all kids are different and it sounds like Nathan is definitely ready for cereal. I agree w/Sanny, it can help them sleep through the night.

My second son was sleeping through the night at two months, but quit at about four or five months, and that is when we started the cereal, and in a bottle at first, too. Brandon is a little rail, and so I highly doubt it has made or will make him fat!

*LOL*

Anyway, I am glad to hear an update on you guys and hope you continue to do real well.

Liz M.

 

[ChrystalPaths]

Yippe for Nathan. How bout a new pic!

 

[RainSong]

Yippe for Nathan.  How bout a new pic!

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LOL... we have new pics, I just haven't had the urge to deal with setting the scanner up and scanning and editing the pics. After we get this next roll developed, though, I'm going to HAVE to scan them, or my best friend is gonna kill me

I've noticed Nathan sleeps like the dead when he gets cereal- instead of being a little restless and easier to wake. He didn't get any cereal last night, but we'll try it again tonight, a little later in the evening this time. My mother started my brother with cereal at 6wks, my sister at 7wks, and me at 12wks (but I was 2 months preemie, so of course I'd be started later)... we're all "stout" (or were >.>) but I don't think it has much to do with starting cereal early- I think it's genetics.

I felt bad- I cut his fingernails today, same thing I've done a bunch of times, but cut too close or something and two of his fingers started bleeding

He wasn't happy with us for holding his hands to trim his nails- he was even less happy when I started squeezing his fingers, and to top it off, he was tired- so started getting really fussy. I'm gettng a styptic pencil next time we go to the store!

I've put myself back on a slightly less-strict diabetic diet. Basically, the same thing I was on while I was pregnant those last few months, but a little less strict. I really just went wild after I had Nathan, and was eating way too much. Hopefully I haven't gained alot of weight Need a scale... LOL

We'll know more about Dave's hands Nov 2nd. We expect he'll have to have surgery, though. Dave took a vacation day yesterday since it was his first day of PT... so I got a sort of full night's sleep last night. Sooooo nice

 

[nootka]

Sleep is definitely underrated at that point in your life!

Once you have a full night of it, you realize just how much you take it for granted.



Glad to hear you are doing well, and yeah, those little nails are so easy to overclip.

He will be fine.

A good tip is to trim them when they are sleeping....heheh, they don't struggle and it gets done with no fuss.

Liz M.

 

[Sanny]

Oh My Gosh.....I did that too with my first child - our daughter - clipped the fingernails for the first time and made a finger bleed. She cried so hard I felt horrible. I did it as suggested, when she was sleeping, but woke her up when I clipped too much.

A couple of days later I put her in the bouncy seat on the kitchen counter and sure enough, she bounced off the counter and landed on the floor. It was awful. We called the doctor and he said not to worry he was sure she was fine but we had to be sure she was ok and went to the ER and made them x ray her head and run all sorts of tests (she checked out fine). She does really well in school and is very creative and my husband to this day claims she probably would have been a genius if I hadn't let her bounce off the counter. No matter how much you try to prepare, the poor first child is the one you learn a lot with and it just gets easier every time.

 

[littlehorse2]

I'm glad things are o.kay. My 3 year old still wakes up in the middle of the night. He won't wake up if he's been outside all day and he's beeb playing. He had acid reflux and my doctor told me to put cereal in his bottle. He slept throught the night. Try putting 2 teaspoons of cereal in his bottle. Depening in if it's a 4,5,6, 7, or 8 OZ. bottle depends on how much you put in it. I used to do 1 teaspoon for every once. But I worked up to it. It's something to try to fill his belly. You put it in after you warm the bottle and shake it really well.

Christy