We had a better night. He only woke twice and slept until nearly 7:00 (just played quietly until I got him up).
I feel so refreshed after getting 4.5 hours of straight sleep! :lol:
Asher officially started crawling yesterday, taking several steps in a row. He's seem to have forgotten how this morning though! :lol:
Question for everyone: Do you take your LOs to church and how do you do it around nap/eating times?
We've only been a few times since Asher's been born. It seems to always fall around that morning nap and he had a hard time staying awake. He won't sleep in my arms. And I won't put him in the nursery until he's at least a year (not vaccinated). He can stay awake longer now, but that morning nap is still the problem. Should I get him up for the day earlier so he can finish the nap before leaving for church? Or should I just cut his nap short and see how it goes? BFing is also a problem. I'm horrible on the go so I usually have to do it before we leave.
Vidya: Asher's awake time is around 2:15 hrs each time. He's pretty cranky the last half hour, but if I put him down sooner, he wakes up early. This is how it's always been since moving to the 4 hour EASY though. The last 10-15 minutes is usually in his room winding down.
Branwen: Asher's digestive issues are buckets of spit up and green stools. The green stools started when he was 2 weeks old. They've changed colors and improved in frequency and smell, however. I've tried practically everything short of taking him to a pediatric gastroblahblahblah. He prolly has reflux, but I know they'd just put him on meds. There was a long waiting list and by that time, the spit up didn't seem to bother him like it did when we was younger. We just use lots of bibs and burb cloths! :lol: He also has blood in his stools periodically. Doesn't seem to concern his doctor for some reason. :? I've tried elimination diets and stuff. So needless to say, with our luck, I'm paranoid about food allergies even though there's no history in our families. I talked to doctor this week about starting the solids and my concerns and she said to hold out for as long as we can. We both would like to wait, but DH hopes starting solids will help reduce the spit up and I hope it will help him sleep at night. We're both 50/50, so we'll wait until one of us tips the scale.
Most of Asher's nightwakings are brief and he goes right back to sleep if I go in and "put him back together." I only feed him once. But he takes a full feed so that's why I feel guilty about wanting to try to drop that night feeding before we have solids well established.
I know that's unrealistic. Then he wakes early for the day 90% of the time. Sometimes he plays and goes back to sleep, sometimes he cries and I have to resettle him. But he ALWAYS wakes me up in the monitor, no matter what he's doing. :shock:
Asher also pulls the stuff over his face (loves to have luvie right up to his face), but I tested everything to see if I could still breathe clearly so I feel okay about it. Everything in his crib it very thin.
