Oh the joys of Sundays...Gabe's schedule always gets messed up on Sundays. He got up at 8-something and so I decided to switch his first two feedings again and gave him cereal and fruit with a bottle so I could just give him a bottle at church, since that is easier. I had to wake him from his morning nap to go to church, and he was tired but unable to sleep at church because it's just so uncomfortable in my arms. ;-) I was planning on sitting towards the middle where Tim and I usually sit or even more towards the back because I knew I'd have to take him out eventually to feed him, but when I got there and was headed to my row, Angie's daughter, Tia, who has an almost two-month-old motioned for me to sit next to them on the SECOND row. I did, and Gabe was fine during the singing (he always is..he loves the music) and during announcements, prayer time and communion he was a bit squirmy, and got a little upset when he saw Tia feeding her baby a bottle that is exactly like his. He actually tried to grab it a couple of times. During the sermon he started to get tired and fussy and it was almost time for him to eat so I took him out. But there were lots of noisy kids in the nursery, and a family in the cry room trying to get their daughter to sleep, so I fed him in Tim's office and he wouldn't let me hold him so I put him on the floor for a little bit and then went out to the lobby and the people in the cry room weren't there any more so we sat in there for the remainder of the time and listened to the speaker. Shelley wasn't preaching, it was a man who the church supports in Russia giving an update about the work there. Gabe and I are used to the cry room. :-) We go there every week. One of his feedings almost always falls during service, and he's not a quiet calm baby anymore who will take his bottle and just fall asleep in your arms. He is so active and now getting more vocal I feel bad keeping him in the service, and for some reason have a really hard time leaving him in the nursery. If there aren't any other kids there I will sometimes leave him, but like today I could tell it was pretty busy and I just don't feel comfortable leaving him there when the nursery worker has her hands full.
After church he had a nice nap and then ate some yummy green beans and played. I posted a video of him trying to stack his cups but getting very distracted and silly. I used my laptop to record it and the camera is in the front so he could see himself on the screen and was totally not paying attention to me. But it made for an entertaining video! Next time I think I'll tape a piece of paper over the screen and maybe get a good video of his talent. He had just done it very well right before I decided to record him. The little stinker...
Later we skyped with Mimi, and she got to witness a temper tantrum. He had got a hold of my camera, and was just looking at it, but then he put the string in his mouth and spit up at the same time, so I cleaned it off and said he couldn't have it any more and put it on the table, and he got really mad! There was crying and flailing about and it was just so attractive. He didn't get the camera back though! He was doing it more because he was tired, so after a few minutes we hung up with Mimi and tried to go to bed. I knew it was too late really for a nap because it was already 5ish and he still had two feedings to go. He refused to sleep and wouldn't stop screaming so I fed him a bottle early, and tried putting him back down but that didn't work so I got him up and he played until GG saw me on Skype, so we Skyped with her (well, she saw and heard us, but her camera and microphone weren't working) until he got fussy again and I gave him a bath, fed him his last meal of Pears and Oatmeal and a bottle, and he went to bed with no problem.
I have been taking notes about when he eats and when he naps and for how long to see if I can figure out a pattern, but so far there hasn't been one because we keep having interruptions. I wonder if this not waking up till after 8 thing is going to be a normal thing. He actually wakes up a little after 6 but I go in and put the pacifier back in and he's asleep again. He does definitely need a morning nap and afternoon nap, but it's after the 3rd feeding that's hard because it's really too late to be napping because it's so close to bed time, but he gets tired, so I have to try to keep him busy so he doesn't get cranky. And he fights the nap if I try to put him down anyway.
Tomorrow I'm having lunch with a friend at a park, but I'm making sure it's at a good time for Gabe when he'll be awake and will make sure we're home for his nap. Oh, and I gave him mangoes for the first time yesterday and he seemed to like them.
Time for bed for this tired mommy so she can rest up for another fun day with her crazy boy!
After church he had a nice nap and then ate some yummy green beans and played. I posted a video of him trying to stack his cups but getting very distracted and silly. I used my laptop to record it and the camera is in the front so he could see himself on the screen and was totally not paying attention to me. But it made for an entertaining video! Next time I think I'll tape a piece of paper over the screen and maybe get a good video of his talent. He had just done it very well right before I decided to record him. The little stinker...
Later we skyped with Mimi, and she got to witness a temper tantrum. He had got a hold of my camera, and was just looking at it, but then he put the string in his mouth and spit up at the same time, so I cleaned it off and said he couldn't have it any more and put it on the table, and he got really mad! There was crying and flailing about and it was just so attractive. He didn't get the camera back though! He was doing it more because he was tired, so after a few minutes we hung up with Mimi and tried to go to bed. I knew it was too late really for a nap because it was already 5ish and he still had two feedings to go. He refused to sleep and wouldn't stop screaming so I fed him a bottle early, and tried putting him back down but that didn't work so I got him up and he played until GG saw me on Skype, so we Skyped with her (well, she saw and heard us, but her camera and microphone weren't working) until he got fussy again and I gave him a bath, fed him his last meal of Pears and Oatmeal and a bottle, and he went to bed with no problem.
I have been taking notes about when he eats and when he naps and for how long to see if I can figure out a pattern, but so far there hasn't been one because we keep having interruptions. I wonder if this not waking up till after 8 thing is going to be a normal thing. He actually wakes up a little after 6 but I go in and put the pacifier back in and he's asleep again. He does definitely need a morning nap and afternoon nap, but it's after the 3rd feeding that's hard because it's really too late to be napping because it's so close to bed time, but he gets tired, so I have to try to keep him busy so he doesn't get cranky. And he fights the nap if I try to put him down anyway.
Tomorrow I'm having lunch with a friend at a park, but I'm making sure it's at a good time for Gabe when he'll be awake and will make sure we're home for his nap. Oh, and I gave him mangoes for the first time yesterday and he seemed to like them.
Time for bed for this tired mommy so she can rest up for another fun day with her crazy boy!
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Love, love, love your blog Amy!!! Great job! It's almost like we're right there with you... but we're not or we could help you!! :)
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