formula

So Little Man took his first bottle of formula Tuesday afternoon at 12:45. The rest of the day he went 3 hours before eating again, since then he's trying to push them a little closer. I wonder if he needs to eat a little more at each feeding. Sleeping has been sooo much better. The first night he ate last at 6:45. I'm used to him eating and going to bed at 9 so I figured he'd be awake until his next feeding, NOPE fell asleep at like 8:30 or so. Slept until 3:15. Last night he ate at 6 so I thought he'd surely stay up and eat around 8:30, NOPE, fell asleep at 8 and slept until 2:30 or. So the past two nights since he's gone to bed so early we've had to get up twice. I am determined if he stayed up later and went to bed on a full belly he'd sleep longer. Like last night even though he didnt' go to bed until 8:30, his last meal was at 6. So from 6 pm until 2:30 am he went without food, if it were later that would have been good sleeping time..like from 9 until 5:30! Do you realize how fabulous that would have been!?!?! Of course with him sleeping longer the past two nights I wake up wondering when he's gonna wake up. haha. I hope to be blessed like a friend of mine. She puts her baby down at 9 after a bottle and he gets up between 7 and 8 and sometimes sleeps until almost 9!!

ramblings

So..I love nursing, love it. I love being the only one to be able to feed my gorgeous baby.

That is what I say to myself 97 percent of the time..then the other time...

I wish someone else could do it so I could get a break. I want to sleep for like 6-7 hours without having to get up. I would love to sleep longer than that..just once even!! I would like to have a margarita or something..not indulge too much, just have one and not have to worry about pumping afterwards and all that. I would like to work more on my weight. I pretty much lost all of my pregnancy weight except for about 4-6 pounds that keep fluctuating. I would like to really focus on it and get in shape for this nice weather. I needed to lose about 15 pounds before getting pregnant!

So after I think all of these things I feel bad and feel like I am being selfish!

I miss sleep. Oh my gosh how I miss it. Lately there have been a few times where he'll seep for 5-6 hours straight...for instance, he may sleep from 9-2, get up and eat and go back down..since he slept for 5 hours the next stretch will not go any longer than 4 hours..usually more like 3, so he'll be up again around 5:30, then around 7:30 for the day. That's a good night..only getting up twice. Last night, he slept from 8:30 until 12:45, then got up at 3, then at 4:15, then 6:30, woke up crying at 7:30, got paci and slept again until around 8:30. That is a not so good night for me.

I was going to take a nap, first his daddy called, had to get up. Then the unemployment office called, had to get up and talk awhile. He was waking up before I could hang up..ugh.

I can deal with all the things that go with nursing other than the sleep deal. After a night like last night I just want to give him some formula since that seems to tide babies over all night! I read other nursing mom stories and they too have babies who will sleep all night long..I'm sooooo jealous.

BIG Boy

I was sitting with Little Man yesterday, talking to him and I was just barely holding him up. He was sitting up, holding his head up and looking around, 'talking' to me and laughing and I wondered how he all of a sudden could do this!

"I Only Wanna Be With You...."

Yesterday morning at church was the first time that I knew my little booger knew for sure who I was and knew for sure he only wanted his mommy.

His Aunt and Uncle recently started coming..two Sunday's ago..and she was in the row in front of us. My mom had been holding him but passed him to his aunt because my parents see the Little Man daily. Anyway, he fussed and fussed, never really straight out cried, but wouldn't be quiet, just whiny. I focused on the preacher rather than stare or try to take him because I didn't want to affend her..does that make sense? I didn't want her to feel like I thought she couldn't handle it. So I watched from the corner of my eye as she tried to comfort him and change his position etc, and he would never stop. Finally my dad felt sorry for him crying and told my mama to tell me to get him! As soon as I did he instantly hushed. He rested his little head on my shoulder and never made a peep. He eventually fell asleep.

The next best part was when my hubby noticed too. He leaned over and whispered "No on can do it like mommy can". It was SOOO cute.