So it looks like I will have to stay in our spare bedroom for a while, with our son. Neither husband, nor I, and our son for that matter, have been getting enough sleep.
Dex likes to roll over and since he has never been able to sleep on his back, he wakes up and starts crying. I try to roll him back over to his tummy, and he just rolls right back over. I decided I'm going to have to let him CIO (cry it out) for the time being, that way at least daddy will get some sleep since he has to go back to work. I really don't like using that CIO method but I don't feel like there is any other way, Dex needs to learn to self soothe and put himself back to sleep when he rolls over otherwise I'm not sure if he will ever learn to do that.
I've been reading for a couple of months now, on the baby center Feb2013 birth club board, about how some moms use the CIO method and now their babies are sleeping through the night now. Don't get me wrong, up until now I haven't forced or pushed anything on my son, he has/is learning to do things on his own, its just his sleep he is having trouble with and I feel like this is the only way to 'fix' it. I was never worried about him learning to crawl or roll over or sit up or reaching any other milestone so far, and he has taught himself/ learned to do those things on his own. I couldn't be more proud of him!
Now some bragging time:
We bought him a walker when he was 5 months old. He wasn't able to reach the floor then, but is now going all over the house in it! He "walks" backwards, side to side, and now hops forward. He is so smart and can get himself out of tight areas without my help. When he is ready to get out he will come over to where I am and reach his arms up to me!! He loves swinging in his jumper and when he has had enough in that and I come toward him to get him out, he jumps to me and holds my leg! He is just the cutest thing ever!!
I've been teaching him some sign language (what very little I know, the rest I YouTube it haha). He knows: "All done", "up", "cereal" and "daddy". We are working on "more", "bottle", and waving hello! I'm sure there are others he knows just by me saying them but as I'm typing this and watchin him, my mind is kind of at 3 places at once so I'm forgetting some. We bought him some rubberoo socks and he looks like he is wearing shoes now (so cute so cute), and that means I can skip a day in between sweeping now, yay!
I haven't been able to scrap much these last 2 weeks, and feel a bit stressed because of it. Hahah sounds weird because scrapbooking is what relieves my stress. I really really miss my BFF so so much. She and her husband are missionaries and are in Africa right now. It's be an adjustment learning that I can only communicate with her through email. I miss talking to her and txting her at random times about random things. We have a care package waiting to be sent because money has been tight these days, but now that things are getting caught up I'm hoping I can surprise her and send it soon, with her belated birthday present in it. I'm sure she won't mind, I just wish it didn't cost an arm to send it!
I haven't heard from my brother in over a month and although it scares me, I have faith he is alright. He rarely talks to my mom and since he now lives alone I guess my anxiety has elevated a bit. Asking my mom how he is, is the only way I know he is still alive! I always thought we were close, but I guess not as close as I'm hoping.
So I'm still praying about my life changing secret and hopefully soon I'll have an answer on that.
We BBQ'd yesterday and now we have food to eat off of for the next couple weeks, I was even able to freeze some! I grilled some zucchini (sp?) for Dex and am going to mash it up tonight and see how he likes it! I tried it once and thought it was alright, and am hoping to raise Dex to like foods daddy and I don't normally eat on a regular basis. I want to broaden his food pallet more than my own and be adventurous! I don't eat sweet potatos but have been making baby food outta them for about 3 weeks now! I accidentally made the puree too watery and added banana to it and man, that stuff was good!!
I was able to calculate how much I'm spending on his food and we average about >$5 for 2 weeks worth of food for him. We do have wic but since I'm making his food, I was thinking of donating the baby food we do get from that to some family members that need it (I know I'm not supposed to do that but I'm gonna do it anyway). I keep forgetting to ask my family but will hopefully do that soon!!!
Well Dex is done jumping now so I guess I'll end it here....toodles
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