Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving! Wes was 8 months on the 19th. He had his baby food of Sweet Potatoes and Turkey...yum! We also found two new upper teeth today! So far, he has 7 total! Four on top and three on bottom. He's sitting, pulling him self up standing and going down. Sorta cruising. And, he said "Mum-Ma" today and he was pulling himself up on my leg wanting to be held! Two times! Wes is also finally sleeping thru the night. We started this one month ago. Finally! We held off due to the Dr. wanting him to still keep eating thru the night due to his low weight. Finally got the go ahead and he cried it out 2 nights. One nite was an hour and half on and off crying. That was hard. But, after that, no more 10pm dream feed or 5am feed. Now he sleeps from 8:30pm to 6:20 am. Now if I can stop waking up in the middle of the night =)

5 months Montage

Sorry, I'm a little behind in the months...he's already 7 months...

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Moving On

In the last month or so, I've been slowly claiming my body back. I've been pumping less and Wes has been taking more formula. Well, today is the last day I'm pumping. I just packed up the pump parts just a few minutes ago. I never realized how hard it was going to be. I thought before I had him that as soon as he bit me, I was going to stop for sure. Or as soon as he turned 4 months, I wouldn't be able to do it anymore. As you can tell, this hasn't happened yet. I'm still nursing him. Just now at Bedtime and once in the middle of the night. If putting away the pump is hard on me now, it's going to be bad when the nursing ends. It felt like an addiction for pumping. Feeling like I couldn't stop. I was so used to doing it, but at the same time so tired of doing it. I feel like if I stopped, I wouldn't be able to produce any milk at all. Luckily I found, I can still nurse. But I know that has got to stop as well. I don't want him to be calling me in the middle of the night once he knows my name..it will be that much harder on me.

And, at the same time, I want my body back. More later...

6 1/2 months

Wow..it's been a long time since I've written. Well, what's been new? Wes got 2 new teeth on the bottom. Yeah..I think. The boy is just a gnawing machine! He's learning to crawl better and now when I lay down next to him, he's trying to climb on me by using his hands and teeth while grunting! I feel like one of those Lions on the Nature channel with the cub trying to wrestle with me as I lay down all tired. With his new found freedom, Wesley is trying to get into everything that is not his....TV remote, keyboard, my hair..you name it. He's a lot more fun now that he can move, but I'm dreading when he really takes off. I don't know if I'll be able to keep up with him. The other day when I thought he might be napping, I heard this weird squeeking noise. I go into his room, and he's in the corner of his crib sitting up and tugging so hard on the mobile it was bending! AHHHHH! I'm not sure where he gets all this activeness..definintely not from Jay! ...ooohhh I'm in for a handful...

5 1/2 months

Wow..it's been a while since I've blogged! Guess I have just been busy adjusting to work and my new thing is the One True Media site! With all the pictures and videos I had of Wes when he was younger I'm finally starting to create something. I also just did a Wedding one of a friend's daughter. yup..Jay and I finally went out by ourselves! I would have to say this is the first official time. And, can you believe I never called my mom to see how he was doing? I think it was because I was so into taking pictures of the wedding so that I could make a montage that I couldn't worry so much. But, Wes did really well with my mom. He even went to bed early! Unfortuantely, though, he woke up twice in the night to eat. His teeth have been really bothering him. Hopefully they should be coming up any time now. But, it also seems he might be also going through a growth spurt. So, days have been a little rough. We might have to CIO again. We'll see how he does tonight.

As I write this on the 9th, Wes is going to be 6 months on the 19th of Sept! Instead of filling outward, it seems to be just length. It seems that breastfeeding will also come to an end soon. I thought I would be really relieved. Now, I find myself being sad about it. Right now it's pretty much when he goes to bed, in the night/early morning. I was hoping he would be the one to reject me. Actually it seems like he wants it more. He seems to recognizing the differences and now knows what he wants. It's going to be really hard, but I feel I'm going to have to cut him off soon or it's just going to be harder on the both of us..