James had a rock-star day with his bottles yesterday -- 470 ml (total)!The last couple of nights, we've had a really hard time getting James to go to bed. He'd be either happy or snoozing, but then when we started his continuous feeds (through the pump), he'd start to squirm and cry. We couldn't figure out if he was hungry, or having reflux, or what, but giving him a bottle didn't solve the problem (though he drank it), picking him up only helped until we put him down, and so we ended up just holding his paci in for him for a loooong time. (I think it took about an hour the first night and longer than that the second.)
Last night, we knew he was tired. He'd been up playing for a long time, and hadn't had much of an evening nap. (Both James and Matthew had just fallen asleep when a
potential babysitter arrived for us to interview her, and they both woke up while she was here -- which was great because we got to see her interact with them, but not so good because their nap was only maybe 20 minutes!) He was fussing, but giving him his paci again and again didn't seem to be helping for long. So we decided to see what would happen if we just left him alone. Mike set the timer for four minutes, and before that time even finished, James was asleep!Earlier in the day, Mike started playing his guitar across the room when James was half asleep, and James opened his eyes and seemed to look toward the sound. (Of course, Mike does play the guitar loud!) And this morning when James was in the crib fussing and I was changing Matthew, he calmed down for a minute or two when I talked to him. It could have been because he saw me, but in this case it seems less likely. We're supposed to keep track of what we think James is hearing, so sorry, dear readers, you're stuck with these updates. :) Mattie is just recently starting to look towards sounds (when Mike was holding him and I was talking, he looked over at me, and then when Mike started talking he looked at him), so it looks like they're getting to a developmental stage where we'll hopefully see more of that.
4 comments:
Do I look that old and flabby in person?!
Melanie,
No need to apologize for the hearing update posts. I think they could be considered a step up from the poop posts of days past. Progress, right?
I've been enjoying keeping up on the boys. They are so cute!
Cheryl
Cheryl -- That's a good point! (But when you start with poop, there might be no place to go but up!)
Melanie :)
Not to go back to that subject, but I hope the lack of poop updates means both boys are doing as expected in that regard (albeit James still with the ostomy for now).
And, Mike, you look neither old nor flabby. You look very content and maybe a little sleepy. It's a great picture!
Colleen
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