Eating & Sleeping

It might be his teeth, it might be his age, but either way, the last few days Nate has not been eating as much in his bottle as he used to. It seems as though he wants more jar food. Along with the baby food, I've been trying to introduce "people" food. It's been a struggle as he spits most of it back out. He seems very particular about the texture of his food, doesn't like jello, etc. He will eat crackers and anything crunchy. But I keep trying and it seems to be working. He will now eat (and loves) mashed potatoes and applesauce, two things he refused several times. Last night he ate mac n cheese and loved it! Although I did try pancakes again this morning for breakfast and he wanted nothing to do with them, again. But did eat a couple of Kix, which he wouldn't eat before. So I think slowly but surely (and with some determination) he'll be eating "people" food soon enough. Looking forward to not buying jars of baby food anymore.

His sleep for most of September has been terrible. I know it's his teeth, but the problem is that he gets into the habit of waking up because of his teeth and then when his teeth aren't bothering him he still wants to get up in the middle of the night. So there's no really "working" on getting him to sleep through the night. I can't let him cry it out because sometimes he really is in pain and needs something. And other times he really is hungry and needs to eat (and as per the doc's instructions, I should feed him). So I've just been trying to figure out if he really needs me for something or if it's just habit. His teeth have been a little better the last few days and so I thought we'd have some good nights. I was right. The night before last he woke a few times and whined a bit but went back to sleep. He didn't wake up until 6am to eat and then went back to bed until 9:30am. Last night he woke up once and was able to go back to sleep once I put the pacifier back in. He woke up around 3:30am to eat and then he went back to sleep until 7:30am. So much better, especially considering he went to bed at 8:30pm. I'll take it! Compared to the last week of getting up and being up for an hour and half. I was getting too tired to keep doing that! So hopefully this will continue, but I'm not holding my breath.

We've also decided to not bring him to daycare anymore. We were taking him one day a week. Initially, it was to get him used to daycare for if and when I got a job. I didn't get a job and decided I would sub one day a week. Well, that hasn't been working out quite like I planned. The last time I brought him in he didn't want me to leave, following me and pulling on my pant leg. It breaks my heart and if I don't want to leave him and he doesn't want to leave me, then why do we do it? So now we're done. I liked the fact that he was able to play with babies and socialize, but we are just going to figure out other times and places for that to happen. So for now, he'll be at home with me everyday, just the way we like it.