Smiles, Starvation, and Sleep Deprivation
We have been a very busy household lately. Last Friday, Nathan and I had a reunion with Lisa and Meghan, my co-workers, and their daughters, Gabriela and Emily. Lisa, Meghan, and I were all pregnant at the same time but Lisa had her daughter first and then me, and then Meghan. We all had a great time together, particularly watching Gabriela pose for the camera (no joke - every time the camera was out, she was modeling). It was fun to see the different stages of development, and scary to think that in just a few months Nathan will be all over the place. Actually, he already is - he is now rolling over both ways (left and right sides, front to back and back to front) and yesterday at the mommy group he was scooting all over the floor grabbing and chewing on all the other babies and their clothing. I couldn't keep him still! But it makes me laugh at the same time - he is so very social and enjoys being around other babies. Of course when we got home I tried to get him to show Scott how he scoots and he had no interest...
His latest obsession is his jumping chair - we hang it in the doorway and he bounds around and turns in circles. It is the only activity not affected by his A.D.D. and I say it is because he feels like a big boy.
The latest with the sleep and eating is that Nathan saw a gastroenterologist last week who recommended that I eliminate soy and dairy from my diet. I agreed, not knowing that 90% of the food I eat has one or the other in it. So now I am not only sleep deprived, but starving. The things I do for this kid....all for love. Actually, all for Nathan's smiles. He just smiles and smiles all day long! The nurse at the mommy group even remarked how well adjusted he is and how Nathan is above and beyond for his age group so he doesn't seem to be affected by any of the roller coaster with his tummy and sleep. So far it seems to be working as he is doing better, but he is still waking up at night. SO, we recruited Scott for the non-eating wake-ups, hoping that Nathan would not be entertained by his daddy and just stop waking up at those times. We'll let you know how it goes.
Tonight is a reunion with Nathan's friend Nikolas as the parents go out for a quick bite together. Then we are sticking around for Labor Day to work on Nathan's sleep and spend some quality family time together before I go back to work in the office full-time.
An unhappy Emily (she wasn't in the mood for the photo op, Gabriela, and Nathan)
Scott calls this the "give me two fingers of whisky and a cigar photo"
Nathan staring at the lovely Gabriela...or her maracas rattle
Uh oh - he discovered the tv. This was Nathan's response to Scott coming home from work - he was very preoccupied with Baby Einstein
A close - up
His latest obsession is his jumping chair - we hang it in the doorway and he bounds around and turns in circles. It is the only activity not affected by his A.D.D. and I say it is because he feels like a big boy.
The latest with the sleep and eating is that Nathan saw a gastroenterologist last week who recommended that I eliminate soy and dairy from my diet. I agreed, not knowing that 90% of the food I eat has one or the other in it. So now I am not only sleep deprived, but starving. The things I do for this kid....all for love. Actually, all for Nathan's smiles. He just smiles and smiles all day long! The nurse at the mommy group even remarked how well adjusted he is and how Nathan is above and beyond for his age group so he doesn't seem to be affected by any of the roller coaster with his tummy and sleep. So far it seems to be working as he is doing better, but he is still waking up at night. SO, we recruited Scott for the non-eating wake-ups, hoping that Nathan would not be entertained by his daddy and just stop waking up at those times. We'll let you know how it goes.
Tonight is a reunion with Nathan's friend Nikolas as the parents go out for a quick bite together. Then we are sticking around for Labor Day to work on Nathan's sleep and spend some quality family time together before I go back to work in the office full-time.
An unhappy Emily (she wasn't in the mood for the photo op, Gabriela, and Nathan)
Scott calls this the "give me two fingers of whisky and a cigar photo"
Nathan staring at the lovely Gabriela...or her maracas rattle
Uh oh - he discovered the tv. This was Nathan's response to Scott coming home from work - he was very preoccupied with Baby Einstein
A close - up
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