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Six Weeks With Daddy – Day #16 – Worst Spit Up Ever!

// May 4th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Baby

Does it count as sleeping through the night if your baby goes to bed at 8pm and doesn’t wake up until 5am? I think it does. Those night don’t happen very often. He usually needs to eat at least once in the night.

Now while you may think that him sleeping through the night was a good thing, it happened to coincide with the same night I decided to stay up until midnight. So by him sleeping through the night it caused him to wake up about 2 hours earlier than normal and since he was fully rested, he had no desire to go back to sleep after his 5am bottle. You know the old saying, “If the baby ain’t sleeping, nobody is sleeping.” Except for my wife. Since she fell asleep at 9am and the baby didn’t wake up during the night, she too got a full nights rest.

Which brings us to 9am this morning where I was greeted with the worst spit up to date. Not because of the quantity of spit up but because of the after effects. You see, as I was burping him he had his head buried in my shoulder. At the same time he decided he projectile vomit. My shoulder and the burp cloth absorbed plenty but the majority of it bounced back into his face. He was covered in spit up from his forehead to his chin. It was in his eyes, nose and mouth. I would have taken a picture had I not had to clean him up so quickly. Just imagine your kid dunking his head into a bowl of milk. Now triple it.

Now that he is cleaned up and calmed down he is currently fighting his nap. Has he really reached the age where he doesn’t want to nap? He’s only three months old! He’s been playing this game for the last few days. He eventually will nap but not without a fight. I’m trying to teach him to nap where ever I lay him down without me intervening very much. He’s getting better at it and very few times do I have to go and pick him up.

We aren’t the type of parents that can let their kid “cry it out”. There are ways to console a crying baby without “spoiling” him and without just leaving him by himself to cry himself to sleep. Besides, as fast as they grow up and change, we feel like we are missing out on things if he just cries it out.

Like today for instance, during his little fussy bits I got to sit with him by his swing and bounce the swing up and down. I get to console him and be close but he also has to work things out for himself. But in between his fussy spells he would just stare at me and I would smile at him and he would give me a coy little smile in return. I would have never got to see that if I had left him alone in his room. You can’t get those moments back so why set yourself up to miss them?

During his nap I’m working on cleaning out the laundry room. We are getting our new washer and dryer tomorrow so I’m doing the last load of laundry today so I can take the old washer and dryer out. I never thought I would be this excited about laundry!

Call me Mr. Mom! Except I still suck at cooking. I’m getting pretty decent at laundry and cleaning though.

Six Weeks With Daddy – Day #15 – It’s A Good Day For A Monday!

// May 3rd, 2010 // No Comments » // Baby

Today has been a surprisingly easy day. We started off the morning at 630 with him laying next to me on my pillow and listening to his favorite acoustic music. Then we had a bottle and a diaper change. Shortly after that he took about a 3 hour nap. We then had another bottle, a poopie diaper and we headed out into town where he slept the entire time.

I was approached but another stranger that told me how cute he was and then reminded me, “Enjoy it now because they grow up so fast.” I’m really getting tired of hearing that. When we got back home it was time for another bottle and we’ve just been playing and talking for about the last hour.

Now it’s nap time but he doesn’t want to admit it. He’s sitting in his bouncer half crying/fussing and then calming down and then starting back up and then calming down. In between he closes his eyes for a moment. It’s like he’s upset that he’s sleepy and he doesn’t want to miss anything. The only thing he will miss is me sitting on the couch and possibly doing a little tidying around the house.

It’s ok, you can sleep through that child because when you’re older you will be the one doing the tidying!

Now he’s sleeping.

Nap time – 3. Baby – 0

Six Weeks with Daddy – Day #7 (Getting Over the Cold)

// April 27th, 2010 // No Comments » // Baby

::4am:: We have had a little wedge for the baby to sleep on for a couple of months now. It keeps his head elevated a little bit and helps keep him in position through out the night. Lately though, as he is becoming more of a mover, I would wake up and find him at the bottom of the wedge with his butt up against the end of the bassinet and his feet vertical up the side. (Imagine you sitting on the floor with your butt up against the wall and your feet going up the wall) It quickly become apparent the wedge was not going to work anymore. So, like the brilliant father I am, I took the sides off the wedge and placed it under the mattress so he still has a bit of an incline but not as steep. While he no longer slides down to the end of the bed, he is now able to completely kick out of his swaddle so I wake up and find him completely uncovered several times a night. Not only that, he manages to scoot himself sideways in the bed. I think I’m just going to make him a onesie out of velcro and stick him to the bed.

::6am:: Baby is up again. I was too tired to get up so I sent Mommy a half asleep text message (since she was up and getting ready for work) that said, “Would you mind changing him?”. Unfortunately she was in the living room and left her phone in the bedroom. The only person that heard her message tone was me. I fell back asleep approximately three seconds later.

::7am:: “Is it time to get up already? I really thought we would sleep in a little bit today.” That’s the conversation I had with the baby when he woke up again crying. With Mommy at work already, it’s time for Daddy to get up. Time to start the day!

::8am:: After eating, I put him in the swing for what I thought would be his morning nap. I went upstairs to download the latest baby pictures from my iPhone to the computer. It’s never a good thing when you are upstairs and you can hear all the evil sounds your baby (and his butt) are making. Nothing good is going to come of this when I go back downstairs. I don’t want to go back downstairs. You can’t make me!

::815am:: Yep, I called it. Not only was it a poopie diaper but it was one that managed to spill out of his diaper and climb halfway up his back. There was poop on the onesie, the blanket, the changing table and of course, my finger. The best part is the baby likes to smile while I’m cleaning all of this. Despite th fact that I have a hold of his feet and am practicing dangling him upside down so I can clean every place where the poop went without it getting all over him again.

::830am:: He’s a happy baby again so we laid down in his little play gym for some tummy time. He had a great time looking at all the colors and listening to the music. He’s working on his hand eye coordination and soon he will be intentionally reaching for things. Currently the only thing he intentionally reaches for his Mommy’s hair and he doesn’t like to let go once he’s got it.

::915am:: I’ve finally got all my pictures saved to the computer and there is a certain little baby that is ready for his morning nap. I’ve got nap time down to a science. His eye lids and eye brows turn red when he’s sleepy, oh, and he cries a lot. The recipe for a nap is: one receiving blanket swaddled tightly + this White Noise iPhone app + swing. Pacifier is not really necessary.

::1112am:: I was fooled with the first nap. It turned out to be just a cat nap. 20 minutes later his eyes are wide open. So we had another bottle and watched some elephants on National Geographic. He loves to lay on his back on the center couch cushion and watch all the colors on the TV. It only works on the center couch cushion though. Not sure why. Now he has drifted back off to sleep. Let’s see how long this nap lasts. In unrelated news, I didn’t have breakfast this morning so now I’m hungry.

::1245pm:: I’ve used nap time for several things, none of which were entertaining. I sorted/threw away our pile of mail that seems to continuously collect on the counter top. Most of which was junk mail but there were a few important papers that I saved and put into another pile of which I intend to put away some time in the next four weeks. Then I went through the pantry and organized some of it. We had random pots, pans, and various other cooking items just thrown about. I spent about 30 minutes trying to organize it. End result, it’s slightly cleaner than it was but not by much. To top it all off….DISHES! There is one bottle that apparently sit for too long with formula in it and created an awful smell. I really need to get into the habit of rinsing out the bottles shortly after use. Well, I think nap time is almost over. He’s been opening his eyes every few minutes and then going back to sleep. At least I feel like I got something accomplished!

::248pm:: Everyday there is a different sound that makes my son smile. Friday it was me making the sound of a pigeon. Yesterday it was me counting the buttons on his onesie like the Count from Seasame Street and today it’s me saying, “Whoop whoop whoop” like Curly from the Three Stooges. Next I will spin around in circles on the floor. Whoop whoop whoop whoop! Oh yeah, he pooped again but this time he kept it in the diaper. Daddy thanks you son.

::4pm:: Well, I guess that’s about it for today. It was a fairly simple day but a fun one. It’s great to be home and watch the little one grow every day. Today he smiled so big it looked as if a laugh was going to come out at any time. He had an awesome nap schedule as well. A couple of hours in the morning and a couple of hours in the afternoon. Mommy will be home shortly so the day with Daddy is almost over.

Thanks for hanging out with us today! See ya tomorrow!

Six Weeks with Daddy – Day #6

// April 27th, 2010 // No Comments » // Marriage

Day #6, started off on the wrong foot and just continued from there. It seems the baby has a bit of a cold so I got him dressed yesterday morning and headed over to the doctor to confirm it was a cold. All he has is a runny nose, one episode of diarrhea and a very slight fever once. Since then he has been fine minus the runny nose. Really all I have to do is suction out his nose (which he used to not mind but now he HATES) every so often and give him some nasal drops. He is much better this evening.

After coming back home from the doctor we just stayed in the house the rest of the day so he could rest.  I suspect we will do the same tomorrow.

Six Weeks with Daddy – Day #4

// April 22nd, 2010 // No Comments » // Baby

::4am:: So begins our day. We enjoy a little quiet time together with a rocking chair and a bottle. Luckily he went back to sleep pretty easily. It’s funny though how for the last few days it seems he tries to do most of his practice talking around 4am in his bed. He makes some very cute sounds when he is practicing.

::730am:: Well now we are up for the day. The usual morning routine. Get him out of bed and lay him on my bed where we talk and play for a few minutes and I watch him smile. He’s a morning baby. He loves to see smiling faces when he first wakes up for the day. Then we move to the changing table to get him a fresh diaper. He continues to smile throughout the diaper change. Then we sit down for breakfast. He has a bottle, I have cheerios.

::830am:: Poopie diaper. My evil plan to train him to save his poops until around 5pm when Mommy gets home is not working. It appears he operates on the same schedule his Daddy does. Curse me and my regular bowels!

::930am:: He’s down for his morning nap which allowed me to take my shower and get myself ready for the day. It also gave me a chance to fold all of his clothes that I washed yesterday and then just dumped on the couch. Funny how many things come up during the day where you say, “I’ll finish this in a little bit” and then you never get back to it at all. After that I spent about 10 minutes readjusting his car seat. Since he has grown a few inches I had to move the straps up a notch otherwise it was just too cramped for him. I’ve been using Mommy’s car seat for the last few days since I had already adjusted hers. Even though her’s is the same brand as mine and we both have the same base, her car seat does not like to unlatch from my base. I guess that’s good. I’d rather have it not unlatch then to have it not latch.

Now we’re going to head across town to see Gpa! We didn’t like sitting in the house all day yesterday! Next update will be from the road!

::404pm::We’ve been back from Gpa’s for a while now. He slept for most of the time but then got hungry so Grandpa got to feed him two bottles. After running around town a bit more we stopped for lunch at Chic-Fil-A where two random people stopped to tell me how cute my baby was. Duh!

One lady then proceeded to tell me she had a two year old but she was a “single momma and kicked the daddy out when she was four months pregnant”. Why would you tell a random stranger that?

Back at home we’ve played and talked a bit, drank a bottle and had another poopie diaper. Then a short nap and he is currently fussing in the swing. Guess nap time is over!

A small road trip tomorrow to visit my aunt! Stay tuned!

Daddy out!