Night Feedings

They are definitely different than they were before. So Nate has decided in the last couple of weeks to no longer sleep through the night. Before he would wake up, eat, and then go back to sleep. I would usually hold him for 15-20 minutes before putting him back in his bed to make sure he was in a deep enough sleep and wouldn't wake up when I put him in. Well, now feeding him has become a big ordeal. The night before last it took almost an hour to get him back to bed, then the dogs were whining at the door. Afraid they would wake him up, I had to get up to let them out. Before I could get back upstairs, Nate had thrown up and so was up again and the whole process started over again. Last night, I put the gate up so the dogs couldn't come upstairs. Of course they woke up when Nate started crying, but this time they could only whine from downstairs and not right outside the door. I thought the night would go much better. Ha! I fed Nate, however this time anytime I tried to take him off the boob he started to cry. So I thought I would let him fall into a deep sleep this way and then take him off. That didn't work. He would instantly wake up and start crying. This went on from 2-4am. Finally I got up and walked with him until he fell asleep. I put him in his bassinet and he stayed asleep. Well, until 5am, when he threw up, waking himself up. I got to it right away, but it didn't matter, he was up and smiling, as if we were ready to start the day! I was exhausted so I came downstairs and put him in the swing. That worked and he fell back asleep closer to 6am and so I slept on the couch until he woke up about 45 minutes later. Scooping him before he could really wake up, and cuddled/slept with him on the couch until around 8am. I don't know why the change; why he's getting up now instead of sleeping through the night, why it's harder for him to get back to sleep, any of it. But I guess that's babies. They do what they want, that's for sure!

Last week I went off dairy (for the most part) to see if that would help with his spit up problem. It seemed to help some, but on Friday he was throwing up a ton again, so I figured the no dairy wasn't the solution. So of course, missing my milk, I went out Saturday and bought some more. I'm starting to think that dairy is the problem. He's been throwing up so much this week! And, his face had cleared up last week and now it's broken out in a rash again (so has his belly) and he pooped twice last week and hasn't at all this week. Plus, I think he was a little happier last week (although I would be too if I wasn't all blocked up!). So good-bye milk and ice cream and all you other wonderful dairy products.

I took Nate to get his 3-month pictures at Wal-Mart yesterday. He did a pretty good job. I was worried because he fell asleep on the way there so I had to wake him up. It took awhile to get a smile out of him, but she finally got a good one. It's funny, I think babies know when there's a camera in their face and they just shut down. And of course she commented on his size, asking how old he was. She was shocked when I said 3 months, as she thought he was 7 months. Now, to me, that's a little ridiculous. I don't think he's that big. Big, yes, but not that big!