3rd Day of Day Care

After the first night of Day Care, we got him ready for bed a little late (8:44pm). I put him in his sleep sack. Next thing I knew, he put his thumb in his mouth. It threw me for a loop since we have this routine where I put the pacifier in, then hold him til his eyes close. I cautiously repositioned him in the crib, kissed him, and left. During that time, he was talking to himself. I couldn't relax. I was thinking it was the calm before the storm. I was waiting for him to cry. He never did! He just went to sleep! I was so happy!

Day 2: Wes woke up at 5:42am. I tried to get him to wait til 6am. Couldn't do it. I got to 5:55am and got him up. Normally I would bring him to bed, feed him, and we would sleep. This time I had to keep him awake til I brought him to Day Care. I tried to breastfeed him and he was really distracted (prob feeling my anxiety about preparing to leave). We got there and he looked tired. But, he didn't sleep. He finally took a 20 minute nap in the provider's arms at around 9. He normally doesn't stay up that long. After I left, he barely slept. He kept waking up while the kids were coming in. He did take a bottle from her and ate a little less than I hoped. After I picked him up at 10:00am (which he looked TIRED), we went to our Breastfeeding support group. He didn't sleep during the car ride, but zonked out during the class for an hour. Poor baby! I woke him up to weigh him (12 lbs) and he got cranky. So, I left thinking he was going to sleep. Nope. He talked to himself on the ride home! Fed him at 12pm and he fell asleep in our bed for another hour. Took another nap at 3:00 for 2 hours! Thought everything was going OK, til last night. We got him to bed a 1/2 hour earlier than usual. He woke up at 9pm. Jay went to check on him after a bit since he was still crying. Not good. He just cried harder when he heard someone come into his room. He kept on crying til I went in at 9:45 pm (longest he has every cried). The only way I could calm him down was to breastfeed him (normally Jay bottle feeds him at around 10pm while Wes is asleep).

Day 3: He then woke up at 2:30 and 5:00am. I probably shouldn't have fed him at 5am, but I didn't want to go thru another crying session. Course again he didn't settle down to sleep til 5:40am, and then I had to wake him up at 6:15. He fussed, but actually woke up ok. Got him to Day Care at 7:30am. He napped in her arms at 8:45 for about an hour, then she put him in the swing, and he slept til 11am. When returned at 11am, he didn't take the bottle from the provider or myself. We think it was because he heard and saw me. He would only take the breast. this time we went straight home, and right now he's napping..so far it's been 45 min. I'm crossing my fingers that tonight will be better. I hate this adjustment. The provider says that it might take a month for all of us to adjust. Thank goodness the first 2 weeks is where I'm not back to work yet. Hopefully Wes will catch on quickly.

1st Visit to Daycare

Today was Wes' first real visit at Daycare. We got there around 9am. I thought it was strange that there was only one child there before us. What time do these parents have to work? Right now the only 2 babies there is Wes and the Provider's grand-daughter (almost 2 months). We put them face to face and they just stared at each other. Wes did really good when the other kids showed up. He just watched them as they came in. When the toddlers were playing a game, it almost seemed like he wanted to join them while on the provider's lap. She suggested leaving him for a hour there and I agreed. I thought better start this now and get it over with. I was surprised that I felt totally comfortable with it. I feel good that I chose her. So, for an hour, I went down the street, got a coffee and actually bought a Top! When was the last time I bought clothes for myself? When I was pregnant. When I came back, he was talking to her and looked happy. He did fuss a little. They thought he was hungry at first, then realized he was tired. He didn't take a nap there, though. They also said that they put the babies on their backs side by side and they held hands! How cute! They had to take a picture of that! Guess Wes has a girlfriend! My Ladies Man! They also said how Easy Going he is and how well he's doing. Whew! I think I'll really worry when he stays there for a longer time and they will have to put him down for his nap. That will happen soon. Tomorrow and Wednesday, we're going again for a couple hours in the morning. Thursday and Friday we will be going in the afternoon instead. Then all next week, he will gradually stay there longer and longer to where Thursday and Friday he will be there all day. I'll probably be a nervous wreck next week. I'm glad she suggested we gradually ease him into it. It just confirms that I picked the right person. I know he is adjusting though. When we got home, he was sleepy, and then he cried a couple of times after I put him down. Too much stimulation for him in just a couple of hours. Hopefully he'll keep sleeping as well as he has the last 3 nights. He's been getting up at around 4 and 6! Yea Wes! Keep it up!

thumb sucking

Wes has figured out that he enjoys sucking his thumb. I think he's been using it to sometimes self-soothe himself when he's sleeping. We were able to get him out of the swaddle and now I'm using a sleep sack. Unfortunately, he still hasn't gotten back to longer naps and longer sleep. For naps, it seems to still be only for 1/2 hour, unless I'm driving with him somewhere. For the last two nights, Jay has been doing a "dream feed" at 10pm. This is where you feed the baby while they are still sleeping. This, so far has actually help. For the last 2 nights where he's going to bed around 8:30, he's been getting up at 1am and at 2am. Without the dream feed, he was waking up around 11:30pm. We're going to keep this up and see how it goes.

Post Pregnancy

I got a lot of white hair when I was pregnant. After you have given birth a few months later, you're hair starts to fall out. When you are pregnant, you're hair does not shed like normal due to the hormones. Therefore, thicker hair. Well, it's starting to fall out. Lots! I'm not concerned since I knew this was going to happen. What I can't understand is why does it seem to be just my dark hair and not the white ones?!? Now when I look in the mirror, I see the white ones more exposed due to the loss of the dark ones. Of course it's also on the top and back of my head so I can't really see it, but other people can and do tell me so. Great. I guess this means that I'm coming to the point in my life where I'm going to have to start dyeing my hair. Well, I am 36. (whoa..I am getting old. For a minute there I had to calculate whether I was 36 or 37. I'm going to have to blame it on lack of sleep instead!) I can't believe I'll be 37 this year..it sounds so old. Well, at least I can stay by this age I have a wonderful husband, house, and beautiful child. And so far, I'm 9 lbs below my pre-pregnancy weight!

He Rolled Over!

A few weeks ago, he rolled from his stomach to his back. But,Yesterday, Wes rolled over from his back to his stomach! This is great news and bad news. Great that he was able to do it. Bad, because he really needs to be out of his swaddling miracle blanket. I don't want him to roll over and not be able to use his hands to push his head up if need be. For the last couple of weeks his sleeping has be erratic at night. Sometimes he would get up 2 times, sometimes 3. I decided to take one arm out of the swaddle. It took a couple of days, but it seemed to help him later sleep better. Yesterday, I've tried to not swaddle him during naps and he slept some long naps on his side. Last night he was swaddled with one arm and woke up at 11:30 and 2:00 and 5:30. At 5:30, he was completed unswaddled and lying on his side. Maybe he had this longer sleep because he was able to move around. Today, I unswaddled him again and he's been sleeping long naps again! Also, I put him down, he jolts awake, but was able to settle himself to sleep when I walked away.....hmmm. And, when I check on him, he's sleeping on his side. I'm hoping that it's the swaddling that's keeping him from sleeping. Today, we went out and I bought a sleep sack for him. Hopefully this will work out so I don't have to use a blanket to cover him.