Now 6 weeks old, Eli is still getting up at least once a night and most of the time, twice. That's ok! He eats, burps, and goes right back to bed. Although, there is the occasional spit up where more than just him has to change clothes. I have had nights where I have had 3 different sets of pajamas on and so has he. He's staying awake for longer periods. Right now that means 2 or 3 hours once or twice a day. The rest of the time he is only awake about an hour and a half. Usually our day consists of waking around 6 or 6:30 to eat. Stay awake until about 9 and eat again and then sleep until about 11:30. Eat again, awake until 1:30ish and then sleep until about 2:45 or 3:00. Eat, awake until 4:00 and then back to sleep until about 5:30 and then awake until about 8:30. Take a short nap and then eat around 9:30. Right back to sleep and then awake around 1:30 for food, back to sleep, and then awake at 4:30, back to sleep and then up around 6:30 for the day. His fussy time is usually around 8:00 to 9:00 in the morning or around 10:00 to 11:00 in the morning. He's a pretty happy baby in the evening unless, of course, he needs to burp or has the dreadful hiccups. His hiccups seem to make him quite mad and that doesn't help him get rid of them. Tonight, for the first time, I resorted to sugar water to help. After an hour of my ear drums hurting and my legs hurting from pacing the floor, I caved. One ounce later, he was happy and lying on the floor. Why didn't I think of that sooner?
Dylan is coping well with being the big brother. We do hear "I love you, Mommy" or "I love you, Daddy" a lot more than we used to. That's not a bad thing, but sometimes you know he's saying it because he's feeling insecure. Chris was gone two weeks ago for the whole week and by Wednesday you could tell it was affecting Dylan. He wanted me to lay with him for naps and before bed time. He would say, "Do _____ like Daddy does". I'm glad he missed him. I want him to know how important his Daddy is to making this family run smoothly. It was a good experience for us all even though I don't want it to happen very often, if ever again. Dylan likes to hold Eli. It usually doesn't last very long but it's great that he tries. He will go check on Eli when he's crying and he's glad to go get things out of Eli's room for you, like a burp rag to help clean up a huge spit up mess. He says Eli is his buddy. I hope that remains true as they get older. I want them to have a bond beyond being "brothers".
For those of you who know me, this is going to come as a surprise. I haven't made or drank sweet tea in almost 3 weeks now. Other than the juice in my smoothies, I haven't had any of it. I have only had, and this is the big shocker...only one glass of chocolate milk in the last 8 days. I have been drinking water and I finally switched to Ozarka water. I've been trying to eat more vegetables and fruit. It's hard for me to just sit down and eat fruit so Chris and I decided to make smoothies a part of our diet. We buy frozen fruit and stick it in a blender with a little bit of orange or apple juice and some ice. Voila! I'm still struggling with finding time to do a daily exercise. I'll get there, though! I'm determined to get back to pre-pregnancy weight within 6 months. It took almost a year and a half with Dylan. I didn't care for being like that. With the fall coming and cooler weather I hope to be able to get outside more before winter keeps us indoor too much. We're working on eating more whole grains. I think the hardest part for me is cutting out sweets. I'm addicted!
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