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| Come back my Little Bear |
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| Kissing Already |
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| Father/Son Bonding Time |
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| Father/Son Bonding Time |
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| Precious Moments |
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| My 3 Boys |
5/8/12
Selected Camera Moments
5/6/12
Happy 5 Month Birthday (a couple days late)
Well, this last Thursday Little Bear turned 5 months old. It's hard to believe it's been that long already. He is getting to be so much fun. He continues to love-love-love the exersaucer. He's getting so strong and active in it that I think he'll jump out of it soon. He's found his feet recently and amazes me with his flexibility. I used to be flexible, but not so much anymore. He's been gnawing on his hands and feet or whatever he can put in his mouth. Just this morning I felt something. His first tooth has broken through. He really hasn't been that fussy with teething. He has been slobbering a ton and the last several days he's had a little rash on his bottom and some diarrhea. I went ahead and picked of some Hyland's Teething Gel (the store was out of the tablets) just in case we might need it.
I wanted to update you all on how it's gone with putting Little Bear in his crib for night. I'm happy to report that it's going very well. the last 5 nights he's had 6 - 7 hour stretches. I've heard him make sounds a few times at night, but then he's gone back to sleep on his own. Last night I put him down at 8pm. I picked him up at 10, changed his diaper, fed him and he went right back down. He woke up at 5:15 and I fed him. He slept till about 8:15. Wow. So, all in all he slept almost 12 hours. Very nice! I hope to continue to get into more of a night time routine. I did put him in a disposable diaper last night. There was slight leakage when I changed him again at 8:15 this morning. I think this was most likely due to the fact that I still have size 1 diapers instead of the 2-3 since he's 17-18 pounds. So, I did get to the store today and bought size 3. That just sounds so crazy.
I wanted to update you all on how it's gone with putting Little Bear in his crib for night. I'm happy to report that it's going very well. the last 5 nights he's had 6 - 7 hour stretches. I've heard him make sounds a few times at night, but then he's gone back to sleep on his own. Last night I put him down at 8pm. I picked him up at 10, changed his diaper, fed him and he went right back down. He woke up at 5:15 and I fed him. He slept till about 8:15. Wow. So, all in all he slept almost 12 hours. Very nice! I hope to continue to get into more of a night time routine. I did put him in a disposable diaper last night. There was slight leakage when I changed him again at 8:15 this morning. I think this was most likely due to the fact that I still have size 1 diapers instead of the 2-3 since he's 17-18 pounds. So, I did get to the store today and bought size 3. That just sounds so crazy.
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| keeps getting bigger and longer |
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| Play Date with friend McKenna (she LOVES him) |
I wanted to add several more pictures, but for some reason blogspot isn't recognizing them. I'll post them as soon as I can.
5/1/12
Big Night Coming
Well, I think I'm about to make a big transition. Tonight is the night I put Micah in his crib instead of our room. I haven't been wanting to do it because I enjoy having him close by. However, I'm ready to have our bedroom back and I think everyone in the house will sleep better. I was going to do it last week, but then Little Bear got sick and definitely wanted him close by. Then over the weekend he was waking up every 2-3 hours. Me, being as tired as I am in the middle of the night, of course picked him up and fed him. My amazing girlfriends who are moms of 2-3 kids each gave me some wise counsel. They said babies train very easily. And the fact that I'm picking him up every time he cries and feeding him, he's going to start wanting it that way. So, Sunday evening I did something that was rather difficult. Little Bear started fussing about 2 1/2 hours after going to sleep. I let him fuss. I gave myself a time limit of 10 minutes. He calmed after 8, then several minutes later fussed, then calmed after 5 min, etc. This went on for about 20 minutes after which I put the binky in his mouth and he went back to sleep. He slept for another 2+ hours and started crying. I mean really crying. I let him cry and about 10 minutes into it, I put the binky in his mouth, patted his back and he eventually went to sleep. Normally I would have actually picked him up to feed him. However, since I had to work Monday, I was going to be feeding him right before I left which was in another 1 1/2 hours. So, I let him be. He of course eagerly fed when I woke him up. I felt horrible though because when I picked him up, I realized his diaper had leaked. Poor guy! If any of you guys that read this do cloth diapers, I'm curious as to what brand you use and why. Since I put Little Bear to sleep on his tummy, I feel like he leaks after long periods of sleep. I'm looking for suggestions on cloth diapers that don't leak as easily. Right now I'm using GroVia, Rumparooz, and Bum Cheeks.
Well, Monday night I Little Bear went to sleep at 10:15 and slept till shortly after 5. Woohoo for 7 hours straight. I changed his diaper, fed him and put him back to bed. He didn't wake up till 8:30. Fabulous!! I felt great this morning after getting that much sleep. So, since he did so well last night I decided that I'm going to be brave and put him to bed in his own room. I'll be sure and let you all know how it goes.
We've had a great day today. I decided to have fun with our camera. I need to take some lessons on how to use it for how it was created. I have a ton to learn!! Anyway, here are a few shots from playtime and our walk.
Well, Monday night I Little Bear went to sleep at 10:15 and slept till shortly after 5. Woohoo for 7 hours straight. I changed his diaper, fed him and put him back to bed. He didn't wake up till 8:30. Fabulous!! I felt great this morning after getting that much sleep. So, since he did so well last night I decided that I'm going to be brave and put him to bed in his own room. I'll be sure and let you all know how it goes.
We've had a great day today. I decided to have fun with our camera. I need to take some lessons on how to use it for how it was created. I have a ton to learn!! Anyway, here are a few shots from playtime and our walk.
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| Super Happy!! |
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| Very Intrigued |
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| Enjoying the walk |
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| So adorable!!! |
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| Brother Shadow exploring |
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| Wassup? |
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| Tummy time - probably watching a little TV |