Thanks!

Thank you all for your input. It was a growth spurt. His feedings are usually 3-4 hours apart, but for about 3 days he ate every 2 - 2 1/2 hours! I usually give him one 6 oz bottle of formula for his nighttime feeding, but he'd eat 8 oz. AND nurse!!! So it definately was a growth spurt!

Sleep disruptions....any suggestions?

LJ has been fairly consistently sleeping through the night since around 9 weeks, but about half of the nights in the last 2 weeks he's started waking up again in the middle of the night. Most of the time I just have to put his pacifier in his mouth again and he'll go back to sleep. Only twice I've actually had to nurse him, the rest of the time he just needed to suck on his pacifier. He has been drooling A LOT and biting down (hard!) on things, so I'm wondering if he's starting to teethe. I don't see any white dots yet, but I've heard that they can start having signs of teething 2-3 months before any actually appear. So I guess my question is, other mothers out there, did your baby(ies) go through this? Is it just something I'll have to get used to, or is there some sort of magic spell or recipe that helps this???? :o)

Back to work

Well, I'm back to work 2 days a week (Tuesdays and Wednesdays). My mother-in-law watches LJ one day and my mom the next. So it gives LJ some time to spend with his grandparents, and his grandparents a chance to spoil him rotten. Furthermore, it gives me 2 days a week to get away from being Mommy and doing housework, and a chance to use my brain for more than figuring out why LJ is upset, what we're having for dinner, or where the cats could have possibly wondered off to. I really feel I NEED to work just a little, because I do grow tired and annoyed of the same-ol', same-ol', and by the end of the day Wednesday, I'm ready to get back to being Mommy with renewed energy. So I really feel that getting a break makes me a better mom. For those of you wondering if I cried...yes, I did shed a few tears, but it wasn't bawling or anything, mostly just tearing-up.

LJ is really getting to be a hoot. He has great baby accomplishments quite often now, like FINALLY getting ONLY his thumb in his mouth (he's been working on that since the day he was born), and sitting in his bumbo and knocking all the toys off the tray that I put on (although I don't think he knocks them off intentionally, but he seems to like watching me put them back on). He's also getting very close to holding a bottle. He REALLY tries to put his pacifier back in his mouth when it falls out, but he's not quite there yet. At least he has the right idea, though!

Gary, Binx, Nala and I are all doing well too. Binx and Nala are always up to whatever mischeif there is to be had. Recently, they've been catching a field mouse almost every day (outside, so far this year...but we'll get one in the house, no doubt). Gary's taking off tomorrow and we're going to try to take LJ on his first hike. Hopefully that'll go well!

If it weren't for the eyes, I really think I could mistake the baby below for LJ. Oh, I almost forgot, this is a picture of my Dad.


The pictures below aren't good for comparison, just because of the facial expressions on LJ's face, but I figured I'd post them anyway. I'll try to get a good comparison picture posted soon. Maybe I could get a baby picture of Gary too. There's no doubt LJ has Gary's eyes, and maybe chin, but I really think everything else comes from my side of the family....at this point.....

LJ ready to listen to the game!

LJ snuggling with his Momma.

(I don't know why that text at the top is underlined, but I didn't want to take the time to fix it)

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile. We've undertaken a couple more house projects that have kept me occupied. Gary and I (mostly Gary) painted the carport, and I got the trim painted in my bathroom. All that's left in my bathroom is to replace the flooring and go over the vanity with a glaze. Then I need to do it all over again but to Gary's bathroom.

LJ is getting big. He has a dr. appointment a week from tomorrow, so I'll find out how much he weighs. Based on our scale here at home, he weighs 12.5 lbs! When I pick up Binx now I almost throw him through the ceiling because he's so light compared to LJ!!!