Jack has had trouble sleeping lately. It started right before we left and I thought we had nipped it in the bud, but apparently not. He was up several times last night. I immediately assume that it is his teeth every time because I know he is getting a few in on top, but after trying Motrin, orajel, rocking, walking, singing, and just about every other thing I can think of, I end up giving him a bottle – which he takes like he is ravenous. Is this normal at this age?? To wake in the middle of the night to eat?!? I thought we were well past these days.
After he transitioned to solid foods (well, baby food, I’m not sure why we call that solid)… first the one meal a day then two and finally three – I never really had to switch his eating schedule. I pretty much just substituted a meal instead of a bottle. So after lunch he had a snack at about 3 (bottle), then dinner (baby food) at 5, and a bottle before bed. Those feedings were all stacked up close together because back in the day I had to tank him up before bed to make it through the night. But now, since he has a snack at 3, he’s not all that hungry at dinnertime at 5 and he is usually so tired by the time it is time for his last bottle of the night that he doesn’t take much of it. And well, that’s just not cutting it for him to make it through the night (or at least that’s what I think is going on). I had started giving him some Cheerios or those Gerber fruit puffs with his last bottle (causing him to want even less of the bottle) and that seemed to help, but I think I’m going to start pushing back his dinner. We’ll see how that goes.
I’m almost finished Christmas shopping. My mother-in-law came over yesterday to watch the little man so I could get out and power shop and that really helped. So nice to not have to lug that stroller in and out of the car and buckle and unbuckle him in and out of the car seat, then of course worry about whether he needs to eat or be changed blah blah blah.
Christmas cards are all finally out. Whew! I thought I’d never get those done. Every year I think about how I really need to cut that list back. And I just can’t. I get a card back (and most people get them to me before I get mine to them) from almost everyone I send one to… and the ones that I don’t get one back from always tell me in person how much they appreciate the picture. So 75 it will continue to be.
Turkey boy has been into everything lately… although he’s still not quite crawling. I’m starting to feel a little uptight about it, for some reason. And I’m not sure why. I always thought I wouldn’t care at all about stuff like that. I mean really, how important is it? It’s not like anyone is going to say “remember when Jack was 8 months old and still not crawling… so and so was crawling by five months”. In the grand scheme of things it seems so silly to feel weird about it, but I can’t help but feel like he’s starting to feel a little left out with all of the other kids at the playgroup up and crawling and doing whatever and little Jaker-doodle-doo just doing the superman on the floor. I do have one HUGE milestone to report… that I know no other kid at the playgroup can do yet! He WAVED and said HI yesterday to both Grandma and Daddy!!! My kid is a genius! Ok, so maybe not a genius… but he did it, I swear!
Try not to sweat the crawling thing. Tommy went from doing nothing to crawling, AND pulling up in literally 10 days! Then you will miss the days he wasn’t mobile, I swear! And doesn’t it feel good to have the X-mas cards out the door?
I agree with Sarah…Morgan didn’t start crawling until she was 9 1/2 months and from there, it’s downhill :) She’s pulling herself up on everything (including my dogs!!) and causing me to skip heartbeats often during the day. I am happy she’s more mobile but, long for the days that she remains in one spot for more than 32 seconds!! Bravo on the cards–mine are just waiting for pics to be printed (guess I should get on that!!).