Wednesday, February 27, 2008

oh the joys of being a 1st time mom...

so jack's sleeping habits continue to get weirder. last night he didn't go to bed until 10:30 and proceeded to wake up at 11:30, 1am, 2:30am, 3:50am, 6am & 7am for the day. finally at the 3:50 am feeding i had mike give him a bottle because i knew he could not possibly be hungry again and sure enough he only ate about 2.5 ounces!?

so convinced that something must be wrong with him, we went to see the dr. today. wouldn't you know that he is perfectly healthy and not a thing is wrong with him(i'm sure the dr. thinks i'm nuts?!). i am however feeding him too often and need to work on cutting his feeding from 8-10/day to 6...gradually of course. man...i thought for sure the dr. was going to tell me such and such was wrong with him and it would explain everything! basically the dr. told me he probably just wants to see me...well great its not as if he doesn't see me ALL day long!?

anyways, i know i've been threatening him for a month now that sleep training was in his future, but this time i'm serious...i'm way too sleep deprived to mess around?!

and as you can see from jack's face, he has no idea what's coming;)

2 comments:

Meg Boyd said...

I think it is October babies..it sounds just like my life. Macklin and Jack should hang out together in the middle of the night then maybe we could get some sleep.

Melissa Taylor said...

Oh, Kristin- I'm sorry and I wish I could say that he's guaranteed to sleep better soon! However, as I write this your nephew, Ben, has woken up 3 times since falling asleep at 8pm... and it's only 10:15pm. Not typical, but not completely unheard of, either. I say it's BOYS that are the challenging ones when it comes to sleep!! There's something to say for letting them cry some... I haven't responded- YET- to Ben, and he's gone back to sleep each time. Wish I could help... you look amazing for being sleep-deprived, and Jack looks so healthy, too. Cheer up- you're not alone!