Eli is such a blessing. We are loving every exhausting moment! He is so funny and he makes us laugh with his funny faces. He has alot of character for being so little!
Well, after a week of antibiotics, his circ has finally cleared up and looks a million times better. And the breastfeeding is continuing to be great. We have got naps sort of figured out and he is napping much better during the day. However, he is still having difficulty napping in the evening which leads to a cranky baby. He feeds on a good 3 hour schedule, feeding at about 1230, 330, 630 and 930 around the clock, although he sometimes lets us sleep 4-5 hours at night. And he usually eats for about 20 mins on each side, totaling 40 mins of eat time plus burp and diaper change time so its usually an hour before we are all done. After his 630 pm feeding, however, he wants to stay awake the whole time which makes him cranky at his 930 feeding and then his crankiness just continues to increase until he has been awake for 6 hours, which makes it difficult for him to go to bed. We normally go to bed between 10-midnight, but would like him to go to bed for the evening after that 930 feeding, putting him to bed for the night at 1030. But that is about when his crankiness escalates. He is pretty much an angel by day and then becomes a "crazy baby" after that 930 feeding. We are trying to follow a book called Babywise which suggest having sleep time, followed by feeding time followed by wake time then back to sleep. (although at night you exclude the wake time) This works GREAT during the day but its not working for the evening for some reason. One of my friends, Laura, suggested a book called "healthy sleep habits, healthy child" and I am going to read that and try to combine the two into something that will work for us. Today we are going to try Babywise by day, but change up the schedule for tonite and see how it goes. Tonight I am going to try sleep time, waketime, feed time and back to sleep. Laura found by doing this with her son that he got a much more peaceful sleep which made a less cranky baby. So we are going to try this for the evening hours and pray that it works!
Here is our little man after a bath in his daddy towel. He is beginning to enjoy his bathtime more, although its still not his favorite thing in the world.
Tomarrow we are taking Eli to JCPENNY for a newborn photo session and I am really looking forward to it. We are seeing someone that our friend referred us to and she got amazing photos of her baby. Praying for a peaceful baby Eli during that photo session tomarrow ;)
I would like to leave you with an adorable commerical that my dad sent me. I can't wait til Eli can dress up as Darth Vader ;)
