Napping

Mason started the summer off with the worst napping routine fussing wanting to be rocked. At first I was fine with it I was excited to spend time with him, but it got to be a problem when 1/2 the day was spent with him being sleepy, me rocking & rocking, finally getting him to sleep, laying him down, and 30 minutes he was back up and not fully rested! Something had to change! He did well with cry it out for night time but he never did well with it during the day at the baby sitters and there was other babies who he would wake up! I had to try it though! The first time I tried he cried and cried and I think his teeth were bothering him and it did NOT work I went and got him. A few days later I tried again for his afternoon nap I could tell he was getting sleeping and so I gave him some milk in a sippy cup (no more bottles…yay) and then put him in his bed. He went right to sleep and slept for 2 hours…it was amazing! The next day Daddy was here with us and he put him in his bed around 9 and he slept until 11, and then from 1-3! That is our normal routine now! I am able to rest and get things done around the house, and he is able to sleep and wake up feeling rested! So glad I tried it again and we are able to both feel better and have better days around here!

We have to be on some type of schedule with him around here before #2 arrives :)

Reality

Reality set in last night when I was sitting at the hospital with my husband waiting for the nurses to check out my “sample” and see if I was dehydrated at all and would need to stay and receive fluids through an IV. Reality that in a little over 3 months we would be there again to meet our sweet baby boy #2. It is hard to imagine my life with 2 boys under the age of 2! I have no idea what it is going to be like except exhausting! Being 6 months pregnant and chasing a 13 month old is exhausting in itself.

Going back to the hospital visit…It started Monday night after dinner. I had an extreme case of acid reflux/heartburn/Indigestion, which I’ve never had until I was pregnant the 1st time and it was a slight discomfort occasionally. This time it was causing extreme pain! I finally was able to get to sleep but woke up around 3am and  was throwing up a mucus acid mixture (appetizing)! Throughout the day I was unable to keep food down and barely able to drink anything. By the time I talked to my doctor she was afraid I was dehydrated which can cause many problems during pregnancy so she instructed me to go up to the hospital and be monitored and make sure everything was ok. Brian was in the middle of feeding Mason dinner and making us dinner so by the time we finished that up and made it to Dallas it was 7pm. There we sat in the labor and delivery wing at Baylor waiting for them to check everything out. As it turned out, everything was looking good. I was not dehydrated enough to need any fluids and they gave me some medicine to help with the acid reflux/indigestion problem. By the time we left a couple hours later I was feeling better than I had earlier in the day. Better safe than sorry!! Thanks to my hubby for taking the day off and taking care of Mase & I! I am still not feeling 100% today, I was super sleepy and weak but not throwing up!

All & all being at the hospital was a reality check that in a few months we would be there meeting our sweet baby and until then I needed to make sure and take good care of myself. Sometimes, it is hard to think about taking care of me when I’m chasing Mason all day. How will I ever take care of myself with 2 babies?!

Gracie loves Mason

 

Mason's 1st 2 months of life!

* Iphone pics!

DAY 3

Mason's agenda today when we got home was to pull all the DVD's off the shelf by the TV and he accomplished that for sure! He had whole wheat cereal with Mangos and Peaches Earth's Best organic baby food for dinner and he ate it ALL! Daddy gave him a bath, read to him, and put him in bed tonight and he went right to sleep again! He slept all night last night and I am hoping for the same result again. He is so smart and such a great baby...I think it's because of his parents ;)

DAY 2

So last night Mason fell asleep after about 45 minutes of crying and me checking on him every 10 minutes. Then, he woke up around 3 and I only had to go in once and check on him and he was back asleep.

TONIGHT: We had a bath, read Peek-a-Boo I Love You, and then I put him in his bed and off I went downstairs. He was asleep in about 3 minutes! By the time I walked downstairs and got the monitor he was asleep.

Amazing how babies train us :)

When I got home today Mason & I played in the floor. He is such a happy, happy, happy little guy! He screams laughing all day long! His newest trick is holding his own bottle!

SLEEP!

Something I don't get much of these days! Working an hour away and taking Mason with me every morning makes for an EARLY start to our days. We have to leave the house by 6:00-6:15 (I don't have to be at work until 7:40)! I have to get from Keller to Mesquite, drop off Mase, go by the rents to fix my hair and pick up Josh, and THEN I'm off to work! Mason has gone through periods of time where he was sleeping great. Lately, he has NOT been sleeping through the night and it has been like this for awhile now. He is waking up around 1 and around 4 and I have been feeding him a bottle both times. I have got to do something to help him put himself back to sleep! Tonight, I started the cry-it-out method. He cried for about 40 min. with me going to check on him every 10 min. and finally it was silent. I was leaving the room with tears in my eyes! We'll see how it goes later in the night! DAY 1 of this was not easy! I hope that we can both benefit from it in the future! We'll see!