4 Months Old!

Tommy is 4 months old! He is 14lbs 4oz and 25 inches long. He is in size 2 diapers during the day and size 3s at night since he has been wetting through. He is still wearing some 3 month size clothes but we are starting to put him in 6 month size in some things. He is still drinking 6 oz bottles while at daycare and breastfeeding at night and on the weekends. We tried rice cereal as directed by the pediatrician and while he liked the taste, it gave him terrible gas pains. We are putting cereal on hold for another month. He is still teething and although you can see his little top teeth right below the gums, none have popped out yet. He is batting at toys and just yesterday realized that he can pull down the vibrating toys and does it constantly! He getting so aware of his surroundings!

I am so thankful that we have such a happy, healthy boy!

Sometimes Tommy's a Night Owl

Wide awake at 1:00 am

Last night I fed Tommy at 8:00 and went to bed. I slept blissfully from 9-11 when I was awoken by Tommy's little hunger noises. I took him from his chair and fed him. Usually, I have to change his diaper between each side to wake him up enough to eat again so I changed his diaper and he hungrily ate from the other side. At this point, he's usually in a milk coma and I can go back to sleep. Not last night! My little man was still looking up at me like, "now what do we do?" when he had finished eating. I tried putting him back in his chair but he started crying. I held him and rocked him hoping he'd go sleep. Nope. He was WIDE awake. After about an hour, he started to drift off. I waited until I thought he was sleeping deeply enough to put him in his chair but he bolted right awake again as soon as his bum hit the seat. I ended up feeding him again at 1 and he finally went back to sleep at 2. Bill got up and left for work at 3 and I told him that if he woke up the baby I'd kill him. Luckily, he slept through the noise and didn't wake up until 6. I was able to go back to sleep for another hour after I fed him again but those 3 hours in the middle of the night were a killer.

I tried to figure out why he was so wide awake and I have 2 theories. One is that my grandmother ended up coming over yesterday and held Tommy for 5 hours, only giving him up so I could feed him. He slept soundly the whole time. Not only did he get a lot of sleep, it was also all while being held. My second theory is that I might have accidentally hopped him up on caffeine. I got a migraine yesterday afternoon and drank two caffeinated sodas to get rid of it. I drank them around 5:00 so I'm not sure if there would be a 6 hour delay in effects but who knows.

Or maybe Tommy doesn't sleep between 11 and 2 anymore. I hope this isn't the case.

In other news, I ordered a Fisher Price Rock n' Play. I know the pediatrician said it was ok for him to sleep in his bouncer but I did some searching around online and saw that a lot of moms recommended this product for babies who don't like to sleep flat on their backs. I finally signed up for Amazon Mom and bought a Rock n' Play. It should arrive today and we'll give it a shot. I'll let you know how it works. I also ordered a nursing bra. I have 2 that I wore at the end of my pregnancy but they have underwire and I read that you're not supposed to wear underwire while nursing because the pressure can block ducts. We'll see how a supportive a non-underwire bra is for me. I have a rather, um, large chest. I've been living in nursing tanks so far but I'd really like something with more support to wear out in public. We'll see how this goes.

ps. I'm going to brag for a minute, I got on the scale today and I'm down 20 of the 40 pounds I had gained! Yay!

Trying not to whine

I have to say, I've been extremely lucky in my pregnancy so far. I never had traditional morning sickness, I never threw up. I had food aversions and bionic fatigue for a couple of weeks but my first trimester really wasn't that bad. Second trimester was filled with tons of energy and weight gain that is on the high end but not enough to worry doctors. I felt pretty great. Until this week.

Depending on who you ask, the third trimester either starts at week 27 or week 28. My doctor and my favorite pregnancy book (The Pregnancy Countdown Book) say that week 28 is the beginning of the third trimester and I definitely felt it on Wednesday when I hit the 28 week mark. I had a few charlie-horse type leg cramps back in the second tri and my doctor recommended upping my calcium intake. That helped and the cramps disappeared for the most part. This week though, they are back with a vengeance. I got one in my left leg Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning and the knot is still there and still painful. Last night, I got a cramp in my right leg and the cramp is still a dull pain. I can't walk normally without it hurting. I tried stretching both legs out all day yesterday and last night before bed but it doesn't seem to be doing anything. Wahhh.

Then, yesterday I went for my bridesmaids dress fitting since I'm in a wedding on June 11. I ordered the dress back in January and got it 3 sizes bigger (eek!) and when it came in a month ago, I was swimming in it. Yesterday, it was huge in the boobs, shoulders, and back but slightly tight in the belly. The back puffed out in a way that made my butt look super extra wide as well as flat.

The seamstress was slightly baffled. She said we could take out the pleats in the back to make the back more flattering and free up some fabric for the front but in order to make the front look right we need to basically lift it up to an empire waist dress which then makes the hem length too short. There is a little bit of fabric they can let out in the hem to make it longer but I'm nervous. I go back tomorrow for another fitting and will go again the week of the wedding to make sure it all fits.

Ok, whining over. It's been a rough week between finding out that my cousin and his wife used the name we had picked out, the cramps, and the dress fitting. The good news? I am healthy. The baby is healthy. I have a wonderful husband who is my strength. I have a fabulous, supportive family. And of course, we're having a baby! It will all be worth it, I just know it.