Wow! Where does time go? Our baby boy is 6 weeks old already! I think about if I had to go back to work right now...I can't imagine!
Hayden is starting to "coo" a lot more and often holds his head up for 30 seconds to a minute. When should we start the bumbo seat? I don't think it will be long before he starts to smile! He has pretty much grown out of his newborn things now. They are quite snug these days! Time for some big boy clothes! Diapers...UHG! He is still wearing newborns, but I don't feel like they fit that great. We have tried both Huggies and Pampers and they both leak!! Pampers out he top and Huggies out the side. Anyone have better luck with boys and another brand?
Hayden is still fussy quite often in the evenings. He is currently taking Previcid for reflux and it has seemed to help a little. The doctor also recommended giving him a little cereal at his bedtime feeding. So, with hesitation, I started giving him a little oatmeal cereal at his 9-10 PM feeding. This worked great on Monday and tonight (so far). Not so much last night...probably because I tried to put him in his bed. :-/ That brings me to another point...Hayden HATES his bed!! He will be dead asleep and we put him in his bed and 10 minutes later he flailing his arms and legs around and starts screaming! We don't ever put him down in his bed unless it has been an hour or so since a feeding because the milk seems to start coming back up if we do and he starts gagging/swallowing. Poor baby, it is horrible! We have tried to be "tough" a few times and let him cry in his bed to try to get him to go back to sleep. The longest I have gone...25 minutes. Jeff...5 minutes. He is a little weaker than me (Ha!), but obviously I couldn't resist either. So, needless to say, Hayden sleeps in his swing. And, yes, I have to rock him to sleep most times unless he fell asleep in the carseat or in the sling.
So, I think about it all the time. I don't want the reflux to bother him and don't want him to start gagging, but feel like he needs to start sleeping his bed at some point soon! And, I don't want to have to rock him every time either (although I LOVE it!). I really feel like sometimes he gets antsy and tired of rocking and just gets fussy. But, if you lay him down...the screaming begins! I have heard some people have had some luck with visiting the chiropractor for the fussiness/reflux. I may call tomorrow to ask about it.
Any advice??? I keep reading the Baby Wise book and it make it all sound so easy! It's not! I just want to make the right decisions!!
Other than this, we are doing GREAT!!!!!!!!!!! We love our baby more than we ever imagined we could! Here are some more pictures of our growing boy!
This is a new thing. He doesn't do it to often, but he fell asleep in my arms like this as I was running around like my head was cut off. I had just changed his diaper 3 times in a row. Then the dog threw up on our bed and Hayden was crying and Jeff had called. Seriously all within a minute or so. So, I had him in my arms, trying to change the sheets and talk to Jeff and I look down and he is asleep sucking his thumb. So Sweet!!
Loving on his Nanny (my mom) after she had been gone for 10 days to visit my Aunt Kathy and my Grandaddy in Vegas.
PS...Hayden had gained a pound (8 lbs, 4 oz.) and grown another 1/2 inch (21 inches) at his 1 month check-up (since the 2 week visit).
