Owen - 6 Weeks Old

Oh, how the time is flying by!! Our summer vacation is half way over - this makes me sad for the time with my children and fun summer activities, but also excited and anxious as I'm starting yet another new grade this year. I'm considering starting a different blog for that adventure - but then again, who has time for such things? I can barely keep up with this one!


WAKE TIME
Still no clue -- I thought it was exactly 60 minutes, but sometimes it seems to be more, and sometimes less. He is so, so confusing during the day.

NURSING
All done with nursing and pumping. Bittersweet really.

GAS
He still gets gas drops after each feeding. We've also moved to the Gentle formula. He no longer wakes up or screams when he has to pass gas.

NAPS
On the average day - Owen takes several 10-30 min. cat naps throughout the day. You need to bounce or rock him for him to sleep, or drive him in the car. This is so not ideal. The only good part is by mid-afternoon he's so exhausted he will sleep with me during Henry's nap time, so I usually get at least a 30 min. snoozer in there too. The problem is I was going to stay home and do CIO bootcamp next week when it's going to be miserably hot outside - but really, the problem isn't him falling asleep. It's staying asleep. I cannot figure out what's waking him up all the time.

NIGHTTIME SLEEP
Lovely here -- he goes down still between 8-9:30ish - gets up usually only once to eat, and goes right back down most nights. Once in a while he's awake and I need to bouncy seat him for 15-20 min. before we go back to bed.

OUTINGS/EVENTS
Owens best napping happened this week when we took a car ride at every single nap time. He took 3 solid naps this day. And he was a happier, more interactive baby because of it. I know he needs better naps.

EMOTIONS
Doing much better here - only had one evening of major breakdown this last week.

HEARING
Owen passed his hearing test! Thank goodness!

SAHM
Oh, this is not easy. The thought "Why on earth does anyone ever have more children" has entered my mind more than once. I am so lucky that Nick gets out of work at 2pm so he's home by 3 most nights. And I'm so so lucky that he's unbelievably helpful with our children!

My other issue here is that Henry does so much better (as do I) when we try to get out of the house at least every other day, if not every day. But to really sleep train Owen, I need to commit to being home all day for a week or two. Hmmm...

We have been having lots of fun traveling to visit friends, toddler time at the library, and the zoo.