The GOOD
Bear started nursing faster, sleeping more (during the day), crying less. HURRAH!
He is a super smiley little guy. He much prefers looking at people to looking at toys and gets a giant smile on his face when someone smiles at or talks to him. He loves watching Z play and basically has a happiness explosion every time Z deigns to interact with him. (Z, I'm pretty sure, still thinks that Bear might be some sort of toy we brought home for him that rarely lives up to the hype.) He laughs and coos all the time and is frighteningly strong and coordinated. He's working really hard on inch worm crawling, sitting by himself (he's getting scary good at this) and trying to roll from back to front. It terrifies me.
The BAD
Bear is really hit or miss with night time sleep so far, which equals a very tired mommy. He tends to sleep in stretches that decrease as the night progresses. Goes down between 7 and 8, up at 11, 2, 4, and 6. Z was sleeping from 7-6, waking up for an hour and going back to sleep at this time, so Bear is kinda killing me with this. As my mom always says, every kid is different. Bear won't sleep like this forever so I just have to battle through. I know that Z did have a sleep regression somewhere in the 4-5 months range, but it was never as hard since Joe was sharing the night time duties.
I'm struggling a little to adjust to Bear's time at daycare, but I know I need to be patient and allow time for him to get used to something different. As all working moms know, it's really hard to leave your baby who has always depended on you with someone else, no matter how great they are. But, I am overwhelmed by guilt anytime he cries.
I'm having some pain with breastfeeding and pumping, which is lame. I've been trying to work on Bear's latch but it doesn't seem to be working.
He also almost made me go crazy this last month, but we won't dwell on that since he has made so many delightful improvements.
The AWESOME
Bear is becoming more like a real person now. I feel like we're finally getting into the part that makes me love being a parent- watching their personalities emerge and all of the new discoveries every day. I can't wait to find out more about Bear and see him interact more with all of us. I'm loving watching he and Z together.
Like I said in another post, I feel like I'm turning the corner and getting out of the part that's really hard for me. Not that parenting older babies or my toddler is easy all the time, but it's just a brand of kid that's easier for me to cope with. I don't know why, I just know that's how it works for me. Fortunately the newborn phase is short lived.
Know what ages I am nervous about? 11 to 14. Yikes.
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