Saturday, February 05, 2005
The beginning?
Well, this isn't truly the beginning, but it's the start of tracking our experiences. Dane is 5 months old and we couldn't have asked for a better child. In the words of Renee, he has been "low maintainence" since the day (or should I say week?) he came into the world. We would like to think we are just good parents, but I think we got lucky with a great child. Maybe it's a combination of both... that actually sounds better.
Right now, the little man is taking a nap. He was up last night for what seemed like hours. It's interesting how quickly you forget your past sleep deprivation. We used to get up with him every 3 hours to feed and change him.
Well, hold on a minute. That isn't entirely accurate. For those of you that aren't parents, feeding a baby every 3 hours isn't really what it sounds like. When he wakes up, you warm the bottle (10 minutes, which seems like a lot longer when he is squalling to be fed), change him in the meantime, feed him (30-40 minutes) and get him back to sleep (10-20 minutes). Then 3 hours of peaceful sleep? Nope, 3 hours from when you started. So you might get 2 hours of peaceful sleep, but only if you can get back to sleep. I will say it was easier for Renee to breast feed, she could zombie out while he ate. But she would be on-the-clock for so much of the time, I tried to do what I could and let her sleep.
Back to my original thought. Since he's sleeping in his own bed for the entire night, we have become acustom to our sleep. Last night was hard on all of us, but we still got more sleep than we did before he was in his own bed. We are all so tired!
The source of all this fussiness? We think Dane has aquired a food allergy. From what you ask? Who knows. He has been eating some solid foods (bananas, peaches, rice cereal) and breast milk. That's it. And he's been eating these same things for a couple of weeks. So no bananas or peaches for you young man!
He has a bit of a rash on his head. A little on his body. Eating great. Breathing is fine. He isn't squalling (unless we don't hold him). So we aren't worried about him. And now he is even taking a nap, which is something he wouldn't do yesterday. So, life as usual for now.
Well, he's awake.
Right now, the little man is taking a nap. He was up last night for what seemed like hours. It's interesting how quickly you forget your past sleep deprivation. We used to get up with him every 3 hours to feed and change him.
Well, hold on a minute. That isn't entirely accurate. For those of you that aren't parents, feeding a baby every 3 hours isn't really what it sounds like. When he wakes up, you warm the bottle (10 minutes, which seems like a lot longer when he is squalling to be fed), change him in the meantime, feed him (30-40 minutes) and get him back to sleep (10-20 minutes). Then 3 hours of peaceful sleep? Nope, 3 hours from when you started. So you might get 2 hours of peaceful sleep, but only if you can get back to sleep. I will say it was easier for Renee to breast feed, she could zombie out while he ate. But she would be on-the-clock for so much of the time, I tried to do what I could and let her sleep.
Back to my original thought. Since he's sleeping in his own bed for the entire night, we have become acustom to our sleep. Last night was hard on all of us, but we still got more sleep than we did before he was in his own bed. We are all so tired!
The source of all this fussiness? We think Dane has aquired a food allergy. From what you ask? Who knows. He has been eating some solid foods (bananas, peaches, rice cereal) and breast milk. That's it. And he's been eating these same things for a couple of weeks. So no bananas or peaches for you young man!
He has a bit of a rash on his head. A little on his body. Eating great. Breathing is fine. He isn't squalling (unless we don't hold him). So we aren't worried about him. And now he is even taking a nap, which is something he wouldn't do yesterday. So, life as usual for now.
Well, he's awake.
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