Life with Toby

On Monday our little man will be 5 months old. Today I saw some babies that were newborns and it's so hard to believe that he was that small at one point. It seems like ages ago, that our lives did not include Toby. But, we've adjusted and still we continue to adjust. Griffin has been amazing with Toby, he is helpful whenever he is asked, and makes Toby laugh more than any one else in the family. Toby loves his time at Gramma Billies. He laughs when I drop him off and and is laughing when I pick him up.
Sleeping Habits: He still gets up a couple times each night, often with 3 hour chunks at a time. I'm praying for the day that he sleeps for 6 hour chunk. We started rice cereal about an hour before bedtime hoping that will effect the amount/way that he sleeps. So far I don't think that it has, but maybe I'm so exhausted I don't notice. He naps like clockwork during the day though so if I want to try to take advantage of that opportunity I can.
Eating Habits: He's a strong hungry boy. He eats with a purpose and falls asleep almost every single time he eats. I'm nervous that this will come back to haunt me because eventually I won't be breastfeeding anymore and if that's what puts him to sleep and we don't do it anymore... not happy at bed time!

I'm working on trying to figure out how to get him to lay down at night without crying non stop without breast feeding him to sleep. But for my sanity, I am waiting for Tyler to get home so that we can share the crying/hard nights while we teach him how to sooth himself to sleep. I just feel like it having two parents tackling the hard stuff is going to be easier on me and stress.

There are nights as tired as I am I just sit there and watch him sleep, or when he's crying I can't help but laugh.

Rice Cereal

Tonight was Toby's first experience with rice cereal in the hopes that he will sleep for longer stretches at night. I used a bowl and a rubber covered spoon and got it all ready to go. Toby took right to it. He in fact got mad when when the spoon didn't get to his mouth quick enough! Tyler was underway so we set up Skype so that he and Grammy Mar could be part of it all the way on the east coast. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he will sleep through the entire night tonight and that this will be the "magic" thing that will help him sleep longer at night. I can't believe my little guy is almost 5 months old. He has recently discovered his feet and are grabbing them and playing with them, and so excited when he realizes again that they are his feet! He loves his time at Billies and laughs when you ask him if he got to see Billie that day. He's vibrant and full of life, smart and full of personality. I think that when he's 5 years old we're gonna have a little ball of energy and challenge on our hands because he's gonna want to know about everything and go everything and be everything and explore everything. Parenthood is such a new thing every single day, and just when you think you've got it all figured out, there's something new that pops up.