Health: This has been a difficult health month. Bennett caught a cold, which may have actually been RSV, which turned in to Bronchiolitis. His breathing was very course and wet and raspy and slightly labored, and he was running a fever of 103. We gave him Tylenol the evening he was running a fever and he was able to sleep a little better, and then took him in to the doctor. His breathing wasn't so labored that he needed any interventions, but it was a rough few days, poor baby. His cold has persisted and he did start having a productive cough after a time. Currently he's still coughing and has a runny nose, but miraculously, he's stayed a happy little baby this whole time!
Sleep: Ugggggghhhhh...... This month has been horrible. He's up 4-5 times a night.... I don't want to talk about it... He's sick so we don't want to sleep train him. Plus he's a little too young still. We did take the swaddle off because we figured his sleep couldn't get any worse so we may as well get the swaddle issue over and done with, so that's one good thing that has come out of the sick/sleep regression.
Clothes/Diaper Size: Bennett has been wearing 3-6 and 6 mo clothes, and size 2 diapers this month.
Diet: We got the go-ahead to start solids with him after his 4 mo well-child visit. So every once in awhile, we put him in the bumbo and see if he's interested in spoon feeding. So far all he wants to do is grab the spoon and chew on it though! If I do manage to get food in his mouth, he tongues it out. So... he's not ready for solids just yet! He still mostly gets formula, though I did break out the breastmilk stash when he got sick on the off chance that it helped.
Baby Gear Love: We also transitioned Bennett out of his Rock n' Play this month, but up until now that bed has been amazing! I love the Solly and keep it in the diaper bag. It folds up so nicely and easy to transport anywhere! We have also switched mostly over to MAM bottles, which he does really nicely with.
Milestones/Firsts:
- Wine & Dine at Annie and Aaron's house
- First overnight trip away from mommy and daddy! We went down to Sacramento to piggyback off of one of Bryann's work trips. Cherie came and picked up the kids and they stayed with her in Jamestown while Bryann and I stayed in Sacramento for a few days. I missed the kiddos but I sure did appreciate catching up on sleep for a few nights!
- Bennett rolled over from tummy to back a few times this month! Although, it was like he learned how to do it, and then lost interest in it and resumed just screaming when he's on tummy time instead of rolling himself back over!
- Bennett was sick for the first time :-(
- We're also getting so many smiles and squeals out of him. He's developing such a fun, happy personality!
Likes: Being held, interacting with people, bath time, his sister
Dislikes: Not being held, being alone. That's pretty much it!
Things I Don't Want to Forget:
- Bennett hums while he's settling in to sleep. It's like he's trying to talk to me still, but he is just so sleepy!! It's the cutest sound in the world!
- If both kids are still asleep by the time I'm ready for work, I wake Bennett up first and then I bring him in to wake up Callie. She loves him so much! If she doesn't want to wake up, she'll be crabby and cranky at me. But if I bring in Bennett, she'll either cuddle him in her bed for a few minutes (gently) or she'll sit up and want to hold him and coo and him and love on him.
- Bryann has been traveling a lot for the last year or so for work. It's been really difficult to be at home alone with the kids so frequently, and it's especially difficult being the only one on night duty when Bennett wakes up 4-5 times and I don't get more than an hour of sleep at a time. But Bryann makes up for it when he is home. He takes night duty more often, he lets me sleep in on weekends, and he really just tries to give me whatever breaks I need.
