Friday, January 31, 2003
Thursday, January 30, 2003
9 month check-up
DS's 9 month check-up went okay this morning. His height is still near the 50th percentile, but his weight is around the 25th instead of 50th. Nine months must be a "chunky" stage, because DS doesn't seem light for his height. He has quite a milk-belly and his arms and legs are full.
We forgot to give him Tylenol before the appointment, so he didn't have the benefit of the pain medicine in his system during the shots. I held him ready to breastfeed, as usual, but he was eyeing the nurses with great suspicion, particularly the one holding onto his legs. He didn't mind the needle stick much, but he cried when the medicine was going in for the first one. He looked up at me with, "why are you letting them do this to me?" in his eyes. The second shot wasn't as bad (the medicine must not have stung as much) and he nursed right through it. He fell asleep in the car on the way home. When we got home he woke up as I was laying him in his crib, so I nursed him some more and gave him some Tylenol. He slept for almost an hour and a half. Then I took him to day-care.
DS's 9 month check-up went okay this morning. His height is still near the 50th percentile, but his weight is around the 25th instead of 50th. Nine months must be a "chunky" stage, because DS doesn't seem light for his height. He has quite a milk-belly and his arms and legs are full.
We forgot to give him Tylenol before the appointment, so he didn't have the benefit of the pain medicine in his system during the shots. I held him ready to breastfeed, as usual, but he was eyeing the nurses with great suspicion, particularly the one holding onto his legs. He didn't mind the needle stick much, but he cried when the medicine was going in for the first one. He looked up at me with, "why are you letting them do this to me?" in his eyes. The second shot wasn't as bad (the medicine must not have stung as much) and he nursed right through it. He fell asleep in the car on the way home. When we got home he woke up as I was laying him in his crib, so I nursed him some more and gave him some Tylenol. He slept for almost an hour and a half. Then I took him to day-care.
Sunday, January 26, 2003
Spaghetti
DS tried spaghetti this afternoon and liked it! We had lunch at Favoli's restaurtant today. DH had spaghetti and decided to share with DS. Most of the pieces were about 1/2" long and had only a touch of sauce. DS did fine mushing them in his mouth, and he wasn't too messy either. Most of the mess came from DH missing DS's mouth. :-)
DS tried spaghetti this afternoon and liked it! We had lunch at Favoli's restaurtant today. DH had spaghetti and decided to share with DS. Most of the pieces were about 1/2" long and had only a touch of sauce. DS did fine mushing them in his mouth, and he wasn't too messy either. Most of the mess came from DH missing DS's mouth. :-)
Wednesday, January 22, 2003
Peek-a-boo
This morning when I came out of the shower DH and DS were playing peek-a-boo. That's not uncommon, but DS was doing the covering up and uncovering himself with the quilt while laying in bed! DH was across the room buttoning his shirt saying, "Where's baby?" and "Peek-a-boo" at the appropriate times. I'm not sure who was leading and who was following, but it was so cute to see DS lifting the cover to hide his face and them pulling it down with a big grin for Daddy.
This morning when I came out of the shower DH and DS were playing peek-a-boo. That's not uncommon, but DS was doing the covering up and uncovering himself with the quilt while laying in bed! DH was across the room buttoning his shirt saying, "Where's baby?" and "Peek-a-boo" at the appropriate times. I'm not sure who was leading and who was following, but it was so cute to see DS lifting the cover to hide his face and them pulling it down with a big grin for Daddy.
Friday, January 17, 2003
Supplementing - sort of
My son may be drinking something besides my milk this afternoon. A friend of mine asked me about banking her milk because she dumps about 12 oz a day. Her freezer is full and she pumps that much more than her son drinks at daycare. Since we don't have a milk bank locally, I offered to take some of it off her hands. She brought me about 40 oz last night.
This morning DS had "Cheerio soup" make with her milk. (I invented "Cheerio soup" yesterday since DS needed cereal but we don't have any boxed baby cereal at home. It's my name for crushed cheerios mixed with milk.) I also sent a bottle with him to my sister's as a backup in case he drinks all 3 bottles of my milk and wants more before coming home. It is a little odd giving him someone else's milk, but I don't feel bad about it like I would if I were giving formula. My supply is still low, so our freezer stash was dwindling. I am more confident that my supply will pick back up before we get too low in the freezer now.
My son may be drinking something besides my milk this afternoon. A friend of mine asked me about banking her milk because she dumps about 12 oz a day. Her freezer is full and she pumps that much more than her son drinks at daycare. Since we don't have a milk bank locally, I offered to take some of it off her hands. She brought me about 40 oz last night.
This morning DS had "Cheerio soup" make with her milk. (I invented "Cheerio soup" yesterday since DS needed cereal but we don't have any boxed baby cereal at home. It's my name for crushed cheerios mixed with milk.) I also sent a bottle with him to my sister's as a backup in case he drinks all 3 bottles of my milk and wants more before coming home. It is a little odd giving him someone else's milk, but I don't feel bad about it like I would if I were giving formula. My supply is still low, so our freezer stash was dwindling. I am more confident that my supply will pick back up before we get too low in the freezer now.
Thursday, January 16, 2003
Tuesday, January 14, 2003
Prunes
We've started giving DS prumes to help with BMs. Since last Saturday he has had several very firm, very upsetting BMs. We introduced prunes on Saturday and I sent one "ice cube" (about an ounce, about 1 prune) for him yesterday and one for today. Yesterday's seemed to help because he had a large BM in the evening, but it was still firm and upsetting. Hopefully the next one will be easier to pass and not upset him so much.
We've started giving DS prumes to help with BMs. Since last Saturday he has had several very firm, very upsetting BMs. We introduced prunes on Saturday and I sent one "ice cube" (about an ounce, about 1 prune) for him yesterday and one for today. Yesterday's seemed to help because he had a large BM in the evening, but it was still firm and upsetting. Hopefully the next one will be easier to pass and not upset him so much.
Sunday, January 12, 2003
Night-time challenges
Tonight, for the third night in a row, DS has had a very difficult time falling asleep at night. He has fallen asleep for naps okay, both at daycare and at home this weekend. But he has cried a lot and reawoken a lot the past three nights. This evening, after nursing him on both sides 3 times (twice beteen 8 and 9pm, then again after playing for awhile because he wasn't going to sleep), I warmed up a bottle and DH fed it to him. It's the first time that we have given him a bottle because he was still hungry after nursing. It made me very sad. I know my supply is down right now, my pumping sessions have been down for about a week, plus the calendar and my mood swings tell me that I should be starting a "monthly" cycle soon. DS also hasn't had as much solid food today as he usually has at daycare. So logically his needing a bottle makes sense, but emotionally it was still hard to do. DH and DS are in the bedroom now... DS is quiet for a while, then he stirs and cries. DH is holding him in the rocking chair and talking / singing to him quietly. DS may be teething or having a growth spurt, or just going through a "hard to fall asleep" phase. I hope this passes quickly!
Tonight, for the third night in a row, DS has had a very difficult time falling asleep at night. He has fallen asleep for naps okay, both at daycare and at home this weekend. But he has cried a lot and reawoken a lot the past three nights. This evening, after nursing him on both sides 3 times (twice beteen 8 and 9pm, then again after playing for awhile because he wasn't going to sleep), I warmed up a bottle and DH fed it to him. It's the first time that we have given him a bottle because he was still hungry after nursing. It made me very sad. I know my supply is down right now, my pumping sessions have been down for about a week, plus the calendar and my mood swings tell me that I should be starting a "monthly" cycle soon. DS also hasn't had as much solid food today as he usually has at daycare. So logically his needing a bottle makes sense, but emotionally it was still hard to do. DH and DS are in the bedroom now... DS is quiet for a while, then he stirs and cries. DH is holding him in the rocking chair and talking / singing to him quietly. DS may be teething or having a growth spurt, or just going through a "hard to fall asleep" phase. I hope this passes quickly!
Friday, January 10, 2003
Computer problems
Argh! I have to rebuild my handheld computer. :-( I was editing a memo when an alarm went off. Instead of "ok"ing it I tried to set a timer. That caused a "fatal exception" which normally just requires a soft reset. But since my battery was getting low, the soft reset didn't work and I just got random dots on the screen. I put in new batteries and got the Palm OS logo, but it was blinking, which I had never seen before. I tried another soft reset, but the logo kept blinking. The power button did nothing, so I took a battery out. When I put it back in I had a blinking dot in the upper left corner, but at least the logo wasn't blinking anymore. Another soft reset got me back to a blinking logo. After consulting a couple of co-workers, I went with the hard reset which wipes out all of the data. I'm resync'ing now, so I should get everything back except for the calendar entries that I exclude from my desktop at work. I may be able to get them back when I sync up at home tonight.
Moral: replace your PDA's batteries when you start getting the low battery warnings.
Argh! I have to rebuild my handheld computer. :-( I was editing a memo when an alarm went off. Instead of "ok"ing it I tried to set a timer. That caused a "fatal exception" which normally just requires a soft reset. But since my battery was getting low, the soft reset didn't work and I just got random dots on the screen. I put in new batteries and got the Palm OS logo, but it was blinking, which I had never seen before. I tried another soft reset, but the logo kept blinking. The power button did nothing, so I took a battery out. When I put it back in I had a blinking dot in the upper left corner, but at least the logo wasn't blinking anymore. Another soft reset got me back to a blinking logo. After consulting a couple of co-workers, I went with the hard reset which wipes out all of the data. I'm resync'ing now, so I should get everything back except for the calendar entries that I exclude from my desktop at work. I may be able to get them back when I sync up at home tonight.
Moral: replace your PDA's batteries when you start getting the low battery warnings.
Wednesday, January 08, 2003
Transition to crib
Last night DS started out in his crib in his room instead of the cradle in our room. Since his has pulled himself up from sitting to standing once, and can easily reach the top of the side rails on the cradle, it is time to stop using it. I would like to still have him in our room, but I don't think we'll be able to fit the crib in there, even if we took my dresser out. Plus I don't think DH would like that idea too much.
I haven't actually seen him get to a sitting position from laying down, but I would not be surprised if he can already do it. I'm starting to wish for longer times between him going to sleep and waking for a meal. I do still want to bring him to bed and nurse there and stay there, though. For the past couple of nights it has been 4-5 hours before the first night-nursing. Another hour and we can "officially" call it "sleeping through the night". (The experts say that 6 hours should be considered "through the night", even though they also say that infants usually sleep 10-12 hours at night. Hmmm.)
Last night DS started out in his crib in his room instead of the cradle in our room. Since his has pulled himself up from sitting to standing once, and can easily reach the top of the side rails on the cradle, it is time to stop using it. I would like to still have him in our room, but I don't think we'll be able to fit the crib in there, even if we took my dresser out. Plus I don't think DH would like that idea too much.
I haven't actually seen him get to a sitting position from laying down, but I would not be surprised if he can already do it. I'm starting to wish for longer times between him going to sleep and waking for a meal. I do still want to bring him to bed and nurse there and stay there, though. For the past couple of nights it has been 4-5 hours before the first night-nursing. Another hour and we can "officially" call it "sleeping through the night". (The experts say that 6 hours should be considered "through the night", even though they also say that infants usually sleep 10-12 hours at night. Hmmm.)
Monday, January 06, 2003
Saturday, January 04, 2003
Thursday, January 02, 2003
Standing!
DS pulled himself up completely from sitting to standing this evening! He had pulled himself up to his knees several times, and he even got one foot out a few times, but I saw him pull from seated up to two feet using the side railing of his crib this evening. We tried to get him to do it again so Dad could see it, but DS wasn't interested in showing off; he was more interested in letting us know it was time for dinner.
DS pulled himself up completely from sitting to standing this evening! He had pulled himself up to his knees several times, and he even got one foot out a few times, but I saw him pull from seated up to two feet using the side railing of his crib this evening. We tried to get him to do it again so Dad could see it, but DS wasn't interested in showing off; he was more interested in letting us know it was time for dinner.
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