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.
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