Sunday Snap Shots

Smiles

William has been busy giving smiles out lately. They are just so cute. Here Grandma was giving him a side belly massage and he was loving it.


Caught him in a sneeze, goofy I know, but I thought it was funny. Just look at that double chin!


And Murphy taking a puppa snooze. He has to save up his energy to bark at the UPS driver when William is taking a nap (How is it that UPS knows exactly when William is sleeping?).


We are still working on the naps during the day, I have learned that if he wakes up 30 minutes into it, to work on getting him back to sleep. If successful he will sleep for another 1.5 hours.

Night time is about the same, he is going to bed at 8pm, will sleep till 1:30 or so and then is up again at 4am and then again at 5:30 or 6am. My trouble lately has been falling asleep after the 1:30 feeding. I keep tossing and turning till about 3:30am, get 30 minutes of sleep and then William wakes up. Not sure what my deal is, and I hope it changes soon.

Four more week days home with William and then back to work on Friday :(

Day Care Visit

We visited Day care today and talked with the teachers. It is going to be really hard for us to drop him off, but I am sure it will be good for him in the long run (meet other kids, interact with the teachers, etc). I am thankful that he will only be there typically in the afternoons, but I am sure going to miss having all the time with him that I currently do. I wouldn't have given up these 12 weeks for the world.

Grandma and Grandpa S were here for a visit and Grandma stayed and Grandpa is coming back to get her soon. They are having fun with how much William has grown and developed since they saw him last.

The smiles and coos are so fun right now, and I can't wait for the giggles. Neither can Adam as he blows zerbits on Williams belly when changing him to practice for the giggles to come. William just looks at him like, "What was that?"

Tummy Time and Lunch Visits

Tummy time is going better, we can get in at least 10-15 minutes before the screaming starts. But mostly because we are working on finding our hands to suck on.

We had lunch today with friends Kara and Melissa and learned how quickly a living room can go from seeing the floor to covered in toys, thanks to the ~9mo old Tyler, Maya and Max.

Formula Update

Well, formula wasn't the magic sleep cure. We have feed him formula four nights in a row and no noticeable sleep pattern difference. Occasionally he goes 4 or 5 hours, but he did that on breast milk too. I think we will keep up with the last feeding of the evening as formula as it makes it a bit less stressful on me when I am by myself, and I know how much he is getting. Plus it allows me to build up a little extra supply of breast milk.

So I think it just comes down to his maturity and he will decide to lengthen his sleep sessions when he is ready. We upgraded our swaddlers to a larger size as he has out grown the small size ones and it seems they still help him to sleep.

He really likes his swing now and will take naps during the day in it.

In the last week we have noticed that he is able to bear weight on his legs for much longer periods of time. Here Daddy and William are practicing while looking out the window (sorry its a bit dark, should have used the flash).

Smile and Watch Time

First interactive smile caught on camera.
Adam and William catching up on the latest watches.

Formula Experiment 1

Well formula didn't make any difference last night, it was a typical poor sleeping night. William went down well at 8:30pm, but awoke at 12:30, 3:30 and then didn't settle down for more than 15 minutes till 8am. I am not giving up on formula totally and will give it another chance tonight. When we talked our pediatrician that was her suggestion. At our last visit our pediatrician told us she is moving to Texas to get out of the winter. Bummer, we really liked her.

I go back to work on Feb 5th, its a Friday, so it will be nice to have one day in and then two days off. I hope things change with sleeping by then. Thanks every one for the words of encouragement and suggestions.


William fell asleep on the floor this morning for a little cat nap.