The Teeth!!!!!!!!
Dominic has been CRANKY!!!! He us usually so bright and happy that when he is out of sorts it truly shows. The last three days he has been especially cranky, clingy, and miserable. Him being so cranky makes for very long, exhausting days for me.
Hopefully these new teeth will show their heads soon. He has both top teeth poking through and I feel the side ones are causing the trouble.
In other news, last night was the first night without a night nursing. The night prior we were down to 2.5 minutes and when I pulled him off he was very mad. It took time to calm him down and then he was wide awake and his stomach was growling. I felt terrible! He woke up every hour to hour and a half till his morning feeding. Then last night I decided not to even put him through the short period of contentment only to be ripped away from it. That would be a bit cruel, so we did not nurse at all last night. He went from 7pm till 6 am without eating. I did give him some water to ease the stomach growling, but he still woke up often and wanted to nurse. Hopefully, each night will get easier and he will soon sleep longer.
I am happy to report that he now sleeps for 6-8 hours at a time!!! This is a huge transition. He will now go down around 7-8 and sleep till around 2-3am. Then it is a rough patch till his morning feeding around 6am.
All in all, getting his own room has made a huge difference in this weaning back of nursing. Only 1 1/2 months ago he was getting up every 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours to eat. I was having trouble getting him out of that mode. I started with one feeding and decided to ease out of it. Then I dropped another. By the time we moved into our new apartment he was down to two feedings; one at 2 and one at 5am. With him being in his own room and further away I didn't hear his every peep and pop out of bed. This helped me to get some good sleep and it helped Dominic to put himself back to sleep for the times when he really didn't need me. Then, for the last 10 days we have been dropping one minute each night from his 2-3am feeding. This worked fine until the last three days. (Up until then he would not wake up till his morning feed.) :-) The last three days when the milk drastically eased up for him he has had trouble sleeping from that point until the morning feeding. Hopefully, it will resolve itself in a few days when his body gets used to the lack of calories during that time. Hopefully, then he will sleep through that feeding. (It hasn't helped that he has been up due to his teeth as well.)
Lastly, we have been busy going to the library on Tuesday's. Dominic gets to hear rhymes, read stories, play with other children and new toys. He is very social and loves other children. It has been a wonderful experience, plus we get to walk to the library just like we did in Maine. (Very Cool!!) Oh! Sat. will be our last day of baby sign language. Baby sign language class is more interesting for mom and dad then it is Dominic. He enjoys exploring and playing with the other children, while mom and dad learn new signs to teach Dominic. The only challenging part with signing is remembering to do the sign as you say the word. It really takes work to remember to sign while talking. Hopefully, after we have gotten used to it, it will become like second nature. We will see!!!
Hopefully these new teeth will show their heads soon. He has both top teeth poking through and I feel the side ones are causing the trouble.
In other news, last night was the first night without a night nursing. The night prior we were down to 2.5 minutes and when I pulled him off he was very mad. It took time to calm him down and then he was wide awake and his stomach was growling. I felt terrible! He woke up every hour to hour and a half till his morning feeding. Then last night I decided not to even put him through the short period of contentment only to be ripped away from it. That would be a bit cruel, so we did not nurse at all last night. He went from 7pm till 6 am without eating. I did give him some water to ease the stomach growling, but he still woke up often and wanted to nurse. Hopefully, each night will get easier and he will soon sleep longer.
I am happy to report that he now sleeps for 6-8 hours at a time!!! This is a huge transition. He will now go down around 7-8 and sleep till around 2-3am. Then it is a rough patch till his morning feeding around 6am.
All in all, getting his own room has made a huge difference in this weaning back of nursing. Only 1 1/2 months ago he was getting up every 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours to eat. I was having trouble getting him out of that mode. I started with one feeding and decided to ease out of it. Then I dropped another. By the time we moved into our new apartment he was down to two feedings; one at 2 and one at 5am. With him being in his own room and further away I didn't hear his every peep and pop out of bed. This helped me to get some good sleep and it helped Dominic to put himself back to sleep for the times when he really didn't need me. Then, for the last 10 days we have been dropping one minute each night from his 2-3am feeding. This worked fine until the last three days. (Up until then he would not wake up till his morning feed.) :-) The last three days when the milk drastically eased up for him he has had trouble sleeping from that point until the morning feeding. Hopefully, it will resolve itself in a few days when his body gets used to the lack of calories during that time. Hopefully, then he will sleep through that feeding. (It hasn't helped that he has been up due to his teeth as well.)
Lastly, we have been busy going to the library on Tuesday's. Dominic gets to hear rhymes, read stories, play with other children and new toys. He is very social and loves other children. It has been a wonderful experience, plus we get to walk to the library just like we did in Maine. (Very Cool!!) Oh! Sat. will be our last day of baby sign language. Baby sign language class is more interesting for mom and dad then it is Dominic. He enjoys exploring and playing with the other children, while mom and dad learn new signs to teach Dominic. The only challenging part with signing is remembering to do the sign as you say the word. It really takes work to remember to sign while talking. Hopefully, after we have gotten used to it, it will become like second nature. We will see!!!
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