This week, Dean had started pulling himself up! It's mostly only when we are laying in front of him and he can pull on us. It's not on the couch or anything. While in the crib he can pull himself to his knees, which is adorable. He pulled himself up all the way once but at like a 45* angle haha. That didn't last long but luckily I was hovering.
*so since his tongue clipping, Dean eats more efficiently. He still has the same problems-needs to be sleepy to finish or else he only does a half feeding. Only now the full feeding is about 7-8 minutes and a half is 3-4. We are going to try something new next week though. Standby....
*KR started his second half of this rotation. He's doing the same thing, internal medicine, but now at st. Vincent's (where dean was born!) Instead of ohsu. This week we were spoiled though! Monday he started at ten, found out he only had orientation and was home two hours later! Tuesday he did have a fancy dinner and wasn't home til 9 but but then Wednesday he was done by noon, came home and then had to go to ohsu for some lecture from 3-5. Thursday I think was normal. Then Friday was home by like 4 and Saturday was home by 2!! Sunday was is day off again too! Next week he has Thursday off! Which happens to be a special day for us. Again, standby. The only downfall of that is he has to work next Sunday and also that his next day off is not until the following Saturday. Oh well.
*dean is getting good at rice cereal and although he didn't love sweet potatoes and wouldn't eat them at first, he at least tolerates them now. I also may have let him lick my pear and he may have loved it. We tried it again in his mesh thing and he liked it but didn't quite get the concept of holding it himself. That doesn't make sense cuz everything goes in his mouth usually. So we had to hold it for him haha. This week coming up, we will puree them and see how that goes.
*another major thing: teeeething. Ah! So I've mentioned it a lot. And I truly believe he has teethed here and there. But now its the real deal. We see the bulge, he's reallllly cranky and his hands alllllways in his mouth. Lots of drool, tears and very little sleep. Like, up every hour and 15-30 min. Yikes. Needless to say, its been a hard week. I feel like i say that too frequently. But its true. Between nursing issues, sleeping issues, tongue clipping, teething, sleeping issues(yes I said that twice). I try not to complain but I do. Too much. It's just I knew they said motherhood was hard, I just didn't think for these reasons. I mean, these things, besides teething, aren't normal so I keep thinking its only hard because we are abnormal. If eating wasn't an issue, motherhood wouldn't be so hard (notice I didn't say easy). But then I remember the mothers going through way harder health issues with their babies, or worse, the very deserving mothers without children of their own. I'm grateful, and I truly try to keep perspective. But this trial has definitely gotten the worst of me. My biggest regret already is time not well spent. I have lots of chunks of time that are sweet and wonderful, but I hate how overshadowed this time in our lives is by his nursing issues. I recognize that and try to focus on the sunshine instead of the storms, but its really hard when feeding your baby is such a huge part of motherhood the first part of their life. Ok tangent done. Sorry. Journaling, right?
*anyway, like I said, next week has something new in store and we will see how it goes. Assuming teething isn't the death of me!
*Monday is the big 6 month mark!!!!!! One more, "standby"!!!!
*so since his tongue clipping, Dean eats more efficiently. He still has the same problems-needs to be sleepy to finish or else he only does a half feeding. Only now the full feeding is about 7-8 minutes and a half is 3-4. We are going to try something new next week though. Standby....
*KR started his second half of this rotation. He's doing the same thing, internal medicine, but now at st. Vincent's (where dean was born!) Instead of ohsu. This week we were spoiled though! Monday he started at ten, found out he only had orientation and was home two hours later! Tuesday he did have a fancy dinner and wasn't home til 9 but but then Wednesday he was done by noon, came home and then had to go to ohsu for some lecture from 3-5. Thursday I think was normal. Then Friday was home by like 4 and Saturday was home by 2!! Sunday was is day off again too! Next week he has Thursday off! Which happens to be a special day for us. Again, standby. The only downfall of that is he has to work next Sunday and also that his next day off is not until the following Saturday. Oh well.
*dean is getting good at rice cereal and although he didn't love sweet potatoes and wouldn't eat them at first, he at least tolerates them now. I also may have let him lick my pear and he may have loved it. We tried it again in his mesh thing and he liked it but didn't quite get the concept of holding it himself. That doesn't make sense cuz everything goes in his mouth usually. So we had to hold it for him haha. This week coming up, we will puree them and see how that goes.
*another major thing: teeeething. Ah! So I've mentioned it a lot. And I truly believe he has teethed here and there. But now its the real deal. We see the bulge, he's reallllly cranky and his hands alllllways in his mouth. Lots of drool, tears and very little sleep. Like, up every hour and 15-30 min. Yikes. Needless to say, its been a hard week. I feel like i say that too frequently. But its true. Between nursing issues, sleeping issues, tongue clipping, teething, sleeping issues(yes I said that twice). I try not to complain but I do. Too much. It's just I knew they said motherhood was hard, I just didn't think for these reasons. I mean, these things, besides teething, aren't normal so I keep thinking its only hard because we are abnormal. If eating wasn't an issue, motherhood wouldn't be so hard (notice I didn't say easy). But then I remember the mothers going through way harder health issues with their babies, or worse, the very deserving mothers without children of their own. I'm grateful, and I truly try to keep perspective. But this trial has definitely gotten the worst of me. My biggest regret already is time not well spent. I have lots of chunks of time that are sweet and wonderful, but I hate how overshadowed this time in our lives is by his nursing issues. I recognize that and try to focus on the sunshine instead of the storms, but its really hard when feeding your baby is such a huge part of motherhood the first part of their life. Ok tangent done. Sorry. Journaling, right?
*anyway, like I said, next week has something new in store and we will see how it goes. Assuming teething isn't the death of me!
*Monday is the big 6 month mark!!!!!! One more, "standby"!!!!
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