1. I am very thankful that J got to be home for 4 weeks straight after little man was born. Typically he travels ALOT and this week was his first week gone.
2. Little man, at only 4 weeks and 3 days, definitely sensed that Daddy left on Monday. I know this because the second he kissed us goodbye and left, all hell broke loose and it took a hot minute to make him happy again.
3. Even though Jamison seems to hate Target and car rides (given the breakdown that happens), he very much enjoyed the sushi date we had with his Godmother Brittany. It sure helped that the place we went to has the most sparkly walls that he stared at for half of the meal.
3. If you are pregnant or just had (or have) a child, I do not suggest watching The Impossible. You will risk squeezing your baby too tight (out of love) and will have a stopped up nose from the cryfest all day long.
4. The kid likes to be close to his Momma. I wanted so badly to eat the dinner that Brittany cooked for me on Wednesday (without it getting cold first) so I broke out the front carrier while he was fussing and he was out like a light as soon as he went in there.
3. He is NOT a BabyWise follower. Although I am going by the Eat Schedule (every 3 hours), the concept of Eat/Play/Sleep does not fully work for my little guy. Plus I couldn't quite fathom how he is supposed to sleep that long (practically all day) and still be able to sleep at night. I will say that when we first started him in his nursery he was sleeping about 5-8 hours through the night. The past two days since starting the Eat/Play/Sleep he wakes every 2-3...this makes for one tired Momma and a cranky little boy! J agreed, so for now, we'll just stick to him eating every 3 hours during the day and not be so obsessive about his naps and where he's taking them. He did just fine before I went all "planner" on him. And although his first three feedings/naps of the day were golden to me (who doesn't love a straight hour and 45 minutes to themselves every day, 3 times a day??) it wasn't worth the rest of the afternoon crankiness and lack of sleep at night. I thought it was going great after a day and a half but when poor J got home and all he wanted to do is kiss his wife (check) and love on his son but can't because he's napping or only has 10 more minutes left of "play" time - it turns into not so great. Jamison literally had 3 hours of actually being awake from 6am until 3pm. I know he's only 5 weeks old, but I also know that he can nap on his own right now without being forced and still have the right amount of sleep he needs. AND he'll be starting Childcare in 3 weeks - I need to get in all the loving and cuddles that I can instead of making sure he strictly stays on a schedule and ONLY naps in his room. Now this is not to say that if his fussiness is at an all time high that I won't try and rock him to sleep or that he won't ever nap in his room again. It just won't be on a crazy schedule that looks like this:
4. We missed Daddy like crazy. I'm used to him traveling but it was different this time. It was part of my family gone and I hated it. He is going to start a tradition with little man though and get him a souvenir from every trip he's on to give to him. He'll put it in a box and will have the gift labeled with the date and place. His first little gift is a key chain with a baseball on it. And surrounding it it says Chicago. I love knowing that this is something that those two will share together always.
5. Last but not least, I survived! Ask anyone, prior to Jamison I've always been a little skiddish around babies. The thought of being alone with one, especially for a week, terrified me. But now that I have Jamison, I'm no longer scared, just thankful that God chose me to be his Momma and I try and make everyday count with him. I've had fun with him this week. I'll admit, I had my Mom on standby in case I couldn't handle it and needed her to come stay. But I didn't need it - I'm his Momma, I know what's best and how to handle it. Even if I try a million different things to make my boy happy - some that fail and some that don't. These are the times we're going to miss when he's older so I'm just going to cherish every thing - from the sleep deprivation all the way to the sweet cuddles!
Congrats on surviving the first travel week! My hubby travels every week and has for 6+ years. So I'm used to it too but it's different with baby. I still remember that very first week (about the same age) of solo duty... It does get a lot easier as they get older!
ReplyDeletePs forget that baby wise crap :) we are schedule people but just fell into our own. You will too if you want to and when you are both ready :)
Congrats on surviving the first travel week! My hubby travels every week and has for 6+ years. So I'm used to it too but it's different with baby. I still remember that very first week (about the same age) of solo duty... It does get a lot easier as they get older!
ReplyDeletePs forget that baby wise crap :) we are schedule people but just fell into our own. You will too if you want to and when you are both ready :)