caved.

After trying to put James to bed for an hour and forty minutes and then listening to him cry/scream for 45 minutes even while holding or rocking him for a big part of the time I finally took him out of the room. The minute I walked into our room he smiled and started giggling. I put him on the bed for a few minutes and watched him smile and giggle. I picked up up and rocked him for a minute and then walked back into his room and he started screaming. I backed out of the room he giggles.

So now I caved. He is laying in my bed giggling at me while I type this.


I guess we will try new bed time and sleeping in our own room again tomorrow when Jason is home to help take turns with the crying.


p.s. Good thing babies are so cute when they smile so that they crying doesn't seem soooooo bad.

My four month old boy.

We went to the doctor today, it went well and I still love our doctor.
Here is a recap:

-He is a beast. 15 pounds 10 ounces. He has now bigger than his bff. (I wonder if that means at our next play date if he will start fighting back with Scarlett tries to eat him.)
-He is 25 1/4 inches long, which explains why he is now in size 6 month and sometimes 9 month clothing.
-He loves medicine and sucked it down in no time today.
-We are starting a new nap and sleep schedule that the doctor thinks will help with his sleeping issues that have developed (he wont go to bed before 11pm and STILL gets up 2-3 times each night before 8 am)
-We are starting rice cereal mixed into his bottles or before breastfeeding to see if it will slow down or stop his throwing up. (Last night jason got projectile vomited on...awesome.)
-The nurse said "he really is one of the cutest babies ever."

We got home today and tried a small of amount of rice cereal. James made a grumpy face and then sat with the food in his mouth for five minutes refusing to swallow. However after about 10 minutes of breastfeeding he ate about five bites of cereal. He doesn't seem to love it though.




And now he is crying so I will post more pictures later.

James turned four months yesterday! I can't believe how big he is getting and that he is already four months. He doesn't feel like a baby anymore. Just a kid. He got his first hair cut yesterday. The first picture is pre cut the last two are post cut. I will post another blog this week with an update from the doctors office.

James Giggling

James is a Smilin'

James is Two Months!

First... how cute is this picture?



Second, how cute is this picture!!

Third, for some reason this picture wanted to be sideways for the first 10 uploads, after rotating multiple times Jason finally got it to work.

Fourth, my boy is two months old already! (doesn't he look handsome in his stripe sweater in his two month birthday picture?!?)

We took him to the doctor today and learned several things:

-he is a beast, 12 lbs 3 oz. The nurse claims he is only 21 7/8" but I kinda don't agree. When he was at his playdate on Tuesday he was just hardly shorter than Scarlett who I think Megan said is 24" and on our surfboard he measures at 24".

-He has extra impressive neck strength and at two months is not expected to be rolling over yet but still is. He even rolled over at the doctor office.

-The doctor was shocked at how much my pot belly piggy is eating (4-6oz!!!) the average for his age is 3-4.

-She thinks he is vomiting after nursing due to my milk supply being too much and as a result he can't keep up with it and gasps a lot of air.

-He got shots today. It broke my heart a tiny bit when he cried SO hard after getting them. He is also now grumpy (we had to give him cherry pain drops) and he has slept for four hours since leaving the doctor 5 hours ago.

-He is awesome. (the nurse totally said so)

-Last, we LOVE the doctor and nurse. They are both super super nice, know a lot, and excited to work with James. As a result I am excited to take James to them for the next long time.

Fifth, Dave and McKenna plus Ellie were in town last weekend. They came over for a visit as did Amy and Pat. It was great to have everyone together. James slept most of the time. Ellie played with his toys most of the time. Dave was nervous of the babies but got over it quickly, good work Dave. Dave and McKenna are great friends and I'm stoked James is lucky enough to already be building a friendship with Scarlett that is hopefully like mine and Daves. (Dave and I have been friends for almost 25 years..dang!)

Sixth, Jason finally shaved his gross beard. Even more gross he walked out with a moustache. He promptly went and shaved it back off when I yelled GROOOOSSSSSS and told him to get out.

Seventh, I am on strike. Prayers that the district and union can resolve this quickly please. I don't want to have to be separated from my baby for all day long to not even be doing my job.

p.s. My son snores, tells stories, and "eats" (dreams of food and makes sucking motions) in his sleep. It is cute.