Nathaniel ¤ Nathan ¤ Nate: Bouncing Baby Boy (literally)

Another week flying by and Nathan continues to grow! Everyone has said how quickly kids change and they were right! Day to day, Nathan is doing something different. Lately he has found his feet and toes and loves to chew on them while lying on the floor. He hardly lies still - he is constantly rolling around or scooting across the floor, checking out the latest toy or furniture, or anything that is in his line of sight. His favorite activity is his jumpy seat (see photos below) - each day he learns how to make it go higher and yesterday was even laughing while jumping around. It was very cute!

After many trials and tribulations with his stomach, I finally decided to stop the madness and trying to "fix" Nathan and just let him be, with the exception of the Zantac which was the only thing that actually worked. Traditional medicine has let me down once again and I am tired of getting the brush off from the doctors so that they can move on to the next patient. Just goes to show how you have to be your own doctor these days. Very disappointing. However, the good news is that with a new regimen of rice cereal, pear juice, and breast milk, Nathan seems to be doing much better - I keep my fingers crossed that this will continue. In a couple of weeks we will be starting on that yummy mushy baby food and I just can't wait to see his face! He always loves to try new things.

In order to get more sleep we have also started some sleep training with Nathan. I think the one or two nights when Scott got no sleep made him realize that we needed to do something (funny how he can't handle a couple of nights and I have been sleepless for almost three months). SO, we are trying to let Nathan soothe himself back to sleep at night and only reassuring him rather than jiggling him for hours until he goes to sleep. So far we are inspired by the success we've had (waking up only once a night) and hope it continues. I am not getting my hopes up though...I don't want to get excited about more sleep and then have it backfire.

Things have changed for me too as I am back at work four days a week. I really miss the little man, but it makes my mornings and evenings more precious. I will also look forward to Fridays when we can have our "play dates" with friends and quality time all day together. Another life change, but we'll handle it in stride like everything else.