He liked eating it off the tray better. 
This is where he was SOO DONE WITH IT!! hehe.
It's more fun to play in it!
he likes to eat it off the tray.
ready to eat..all clean and everything!! Didn't last long though.
Well, things are going good lately. Dylan is getting SO big. He is so tall when he stands on us now. He loves to stand up also. We will try and sit him down and he gets upset and wants to stand. He also loves sitting in his little boncer because he can stand up and bounce and things. He loves it. We think he's about 16.5 lbs now or something. He has his next Dr visit sometime in the next few weeks. I think it's next week because he will officially be 4 months. He gets his next round of shots but I think I'm goign to space these out. I'm just so torn about it all but I just think it's too much for babies to take at once, so I'm going to space them out I think. I just have to ask her what will happen now, and how often we will come in and which ones he will get if I do it that way. We didn't do that with the first round because we couldn't decide, but I think we will with these. Too much pressure to decide this though!!
He is doing SO much better with going to sleep. Used to, when we would put him down, he would not want to fall asleep and would be up until midnight or something. Now, we read about getting him on a schedule and we have started that, so now he falls alseep at the same time every night!! It was at 8:30, but lately it's been 8:00. And, he used to wake up atleast one more time after we put him down, that was guaranteed, but now for the most part, he will fall asleep and stay asleep. The only thing we haven't conquered yet is getting him to sleep through the night, or atleast past 1:30am. He wakes up at 1:30am, then 3:30 then 5:30. I think it's because I don't have enough milk for him and so he wakes up every 2 hours to eat. But, I was reading and it could also be because everytime he wakes up, I feed him. So when he wakes up, he thinks ok, time to eat everytime!! So they said to try and soothe him back to sleep without feeding him. I treid that last night and he was like "umm lady that pacifier has nothing coming out of it , feed me or I'm going to go crazy!!" hehe. But, I tried that with the first feeding at 1:30, he hasn't eaten since 8:00 at that point, so I think tonight I'm going to try the soothing thing at the 3:30am feeding.
He has also started getting great about his naps. He now is getting on a pretty good schedule with them. He still isn't a long napper, but atleast he's getting some in. He naps for 30 mins at 10:00am and 1:00pm. Then he takes a long nap from 4-5 or even until 6 sometimes. (it depends on if I'm laying with him or not). I'm trying to not nap with him anymore or feed him laying down so he isn't so dependent on that to nap. So now he doens't take as long of one at 4.
I am still having a rough time breast feeding. I'm just not producing enough. Mike is like PUMP, PUMP, PUMP. I'm trying but it's hard to pump when Dylan wants to be entertained or held a lot during the day. I try and pump atleast 3 times a day but I still am not producing enough for him. So he gets about 2 bottles of formula a day. I'm just glad he's still getting breast milk. He is still getting the nutrients and stuff, he just has to be supplemented with formula once during the day and once before bed. I guess I'm just not the best at this pumping thing. I don't mind breastfeeding him, that's not it at all. It's just the pumping. It's time consuming and I guess I just am not a big fan of it. That has been my downfall with breast feeding I guess. Maybe I'll be better with our next one. Yes Grandparents i said our next one! hehe. :) (not for awhile though!!). So, I am trying to breast feed as long as I can. it gets pretty frustrating during the day though not having enough for him and he gets pissed when I'm trying to pump and he won't nurse from me, it doesn't come out fast enough. it has to be from the bottle, so that makes it even more difficult. He will nurse from me at night but not during the day, so weird. So anyways, i'm trying as long as I can. He will be 4 months next week (he's already 16 weeks, but won't be officially 4 months until next week). My short goal was to do it for 3 months, so atleast I have passed that. :) It's easy for Mike to say you have to do it this long, he has no idea what it entails, but all I can say is I'm trying to do it as long as I can.
I gave him his first taste of cereal today. Actually we put some in his milk this past weekend but the nipples aren't big enough so it barely came out, even though it was barely much thicker than the milk. They say to put it in the bottle the first time, so that's what i did. He didnt mind it but he just couldn't get it out. So today I made it pretty runny but tried it with a bowl and spoon. WOW, it was pretty amusing. So funny!! He made the biggest mess ever, but I think he enjoyed it. He woudl have rather just ate it off of the tray but he liked it I think. It was not fun to clean, but it was pretty funny to watch. I added the pics on top.
So anyways, things are going great with him. We are just having a blast together. I'm loving every minute (for the most part, haha) with him. I complain non stop about not having a job, but I do enjoy being home with him and not someone else raising him. I had another interview last Friday. It was a great job and I think It would be a great fit for me. They called me and I had 2 phone interviews and they called me back to come in. I did and now they haven't called. I get so nervous in interviews, I probably said something stupid! It just gets so frustrating that I have applied for SOOOO many jobs and still haven't found one. I guess it did make me feel alittle better that they (this most recent job that called) called me out of 250 resumes to come in!! But the problem I'm coming across right now is that there are SO many people applying that there is always that one person that is more qualified or more likeable than you! it's hard to not start questioning myself and getting down on myself too. I think "what did i do wrong". It's kindof like a relationship (not that I know what that's like anymore, hehe). You sit there and wait for the guy to call you by the phone and if he doesn't you start to question yourself and wonder what you did to make him not call. So that's where I'm at right now with the job situation. I have such mixed emotions. I'm so frustrated with it but also so thankful that I get to be home with Dylan. I really do need to count my blessings each day instead of dwelling on the one bad one.
Everyone is coming up in the next few months and we are SO excited. My sister and her fam are coming up, then my parents, then Mike's family for Thanksgiving. I'm SO nervous about that, but so excited that they are coming here to spend it with us. I love it when people come to see us eventhough I stress myself out on how clean the house is and food and stuff. But it's just so much fun to see all the family. Dylan is lucky that Mike and I have such great families.
Ok, Dylan is waking up!!
Jill
He is doing SO much better with going to sleep. Used to, when we would put him down, he would not want to fall asleep and would be up until midnight or something. Now, we read about getting him on a schedule and we have started that, so now he falls alseep at the same time every night!! It was at 8:30, but lately it's been 8:00. And, he used to wake up atleast one more time after we put him down, that was guaranteed, but now for the most part, he will fall asleep and stay asleep. The only thing we haven't conquered yet is getting him to sleep through the night, or atleast past 1:30am. He wakes up at 1:30am, then 3:30 then 5:30. I think it's because I don't have enough milk for him and so he wakes up every 2 hours to eat. But, I was reading and it could also be because everytime he wakes up, I feed him. So when he wakes up, he thinks ok, time to eat everytime!! So they said to try and soothe him back to sleep without feeding him. I treid that last night and he was like "umm lady that pacifier has nothing coming out of it , feed me or I'm going to go crazy!!" hehe. But, I tried that with the first feeding at 1:30, he hasn't eaten since 8:00 at that point, so I think tonight I'm going to try the soothing thing at the 3:30am feeding.
He has also started getting great about his naps. He now is getting on a pretty good schedule with them. He still isn't a long napper, but atleast he's getting some in. He naps for 30 mins at 10:00am and 1:00pm. Then he takes a long nap from 4-5 or even until 6 sometimes. (it depends on if I'm laying with him or not). I'm trying to not nap with him anymore or feed him laying down so he isn't so dependent on that to nap. So now he doens't take as long of one at 4.
I am still having a rough time breast feeding. I'm just not producing enough. Mike is like PUMP, PUMP, PUMP. I'm trying but it's hard to pump when Dylan wants to be entertained or held a lot during the day. I try and pump atleast 3 times a day but I still am not producing enough for him. So he gets about 2 bottles of formula a day. I'm just glad he's still getting breast milk. He is still getting the nutrients and stuff, he just has to be supplemented with formula once during the day and once before bed. I guess I'm just not the best at this pumping thing. I don't mind breastfeeding him, that's not it at all. It's just the pumping. It's time consuming and I guess I just am not a big fan of it. That has been my downfall with breast feeding I guess. Maybe I'll be better with our next one. Yes Grandparents i said our next one! hehe. :) (not for awhile though!!). So, I am trying to breast feed as long as I can. it gets pretty frustrating during the day though not having enough for him and he gets pissed when I'm trying to pump and he won't nurse from me, it doesn't come out fast enough. it has to be from the bottle, so that makes it even more difficult. He will nurse from me at night but not during the day, so weird. So anyways, i'm trying as long as I can. He will be 4 months next week (he's already 16 weeks, but won't be officially 4 months until next week). My short goal was to do it for 3 months, so atleast I have passed that. :) It's easy for Mike to say you have to do it this long, he has no idea what it entails, but all I can say is I'm trying to do it as long as I can.
I gave him his first taste of cereal today. Actually we put some in his milk this past weekend but the nipples aren't big enough so it barely came out, even though it was barely much thicker than the milk. They say to put it in the bottle the first time, so that's what i did. He didnt mind it but he just couldn't get it out. So today I made it pretty runny but tried it with a bowl and spoon. WOW, it was pretty amusing. So funny!! He made the biggest mess ever, but I think he enjoyed it. He woudl have rather just ate it off of the tray but he liked it I think. It was not fun to clean, but it was pretty funny to watch. I added the pics on top.
So anyways, things are going great with him. We are just having a blast together. I'm loving every minute (for the most part, haha) with him. I complain non stop about not having a job, but I do enjoy being home with him and not someone else raising him. I had another interview last Friday. It was a great job and I think It would be a great fit for me. They called me and I had 2 phone interviews and they called me back to come in. I did and now they haven't called. I get so nervous in interviews, I probably said something stupid! It just gets so frustrating that I have applied for SOOOO many jobs and still haven't found one. I guess it did make me feel alittle better that they (this most recent job that called) called me out of 250 resumes to come in!! But the problem I'm coming across right now is that there are SO many people applying that there is always that one person that is more qualified or more likeable than you! it's hard to not start questioning myself and getting down on myself too. I think "what did i do wrong". It's kindof like a relationship (not that I know what that's like anymore, hehe). You sit there and wait for the guy to call you by the phone and if he doesn't you start to question yourself and wonder what you did to make him not call. So that's where I'm at right now with the job situation. I have such mixed emotions. I'm so frustrated with it but also so thankful that I get to be home with Dylan. I really do need to count my blessings each day instead of dwelling on the one bad one.
Everyone is coming up in the next few months and we are SO excited. My sister and her fam are coming up, then my parents, then Mike's family for Thanksgiving. I'm SO nervous about that, but so excited that they are coming here to spend it with us. I love it when people come to see us eventhough I stress myself out on how clean the house is and food and stuff. But it's just so much fun to see all the family. Dylan is lucky that Mike and I have such great families.
Ok, Dylan is waking up!!
Jill
WHERE ARE THE PICTURES...?
ReplyDeleteOK, NOW I GOT THE PICS...SO CUTE...
ReplyDeleteYOU CAN MAKE THE HOLE IN THE BOTTLE A LITTLE BIGGER YOU KNOW FOR HIS CEREAL TIME. HEHEHE
TOO CUTE.
HE'S GROWING SO FAST...
I AM SEEING MORE OF YOU,JILL, IN DYLAN. I THINK HE WILL HAVE YOUR BLUE EYES, ATLEAST. HEHE
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