Some big accomplishments this past month. He is grinning so often now and loves to talk. He loves to lay on his changing table and look at his ceiling fan and grin and talk. We have some of our most serious talks over a dirty diaper. I just listen and occasionally throw a ohhh in there to keep him going. He is still sleeping through the night. We put him down starting about 9:00 and he is out by 10:00 and most mornings I am waking him up about 7:15. The hardest accomplishment for momma this month was defiantly dropping him off that first day at the sitters when I went back to work. I cried so hard and with mascara running and a blotchy red face I went to work only to have my mom tear up when she saw me. The second day I only teared up, now I can kiss him and tell him goodbye without a single emotion but I do count down the hours till I can go pick him up. Miss Jan is wonderful! She has already fallen in love with Lil Hoff and I don't know how she gets anything done when she spends the whole day holding him. It's a race when I show up in the morning to see how fast she can get him out of his car seat and start loving on him. She is also pretty sweet to me as well, that first day she called me just to let me know that he was doing great, I appreciated it so much!
Lil Hoff is eating 6 ounces every 2 1/2 to 3 hours of a mixture of Enfamil 1 and Enfamil AR with stands for added rice. We started him on the AR when he kept spitting up so bad that I was afraid that he was losing everything that he had just ate, but then the AR caused some stomach problems so we had to start mixing it, although at night he gets a full 6 oz of AR and he sleeps like a baby. We have started putting him to sleep without rocking him. We get him ready for bed by swaddling him and then we feed him, read a book, and then lay him down. Most times he does really well, you just have to give him a pacifier a couple of times and he will put himself to sleep. Other times we have to make up some more formula and get him good and full and then like every other man, if his belly is full, sleep comes quickly.
I can honestly just take pictures of him all day long. I never get tired of seeing his facial expressions change and I constantly am always wondering what he is thinking. He will get so serious and then next second he is smiling. I can't wait to see what the next month brings.
Here is my picture of the day. This is his lamb swing which a dear friend let us borrow when he was born. I could not have done Christmas if it was not for the lamb swing. He got spoiled rotten and slept many of hours swinging in the lamb swing. The lamb swing practically raised him while I was shopping, wrapping, baking, cleaning, and what not. But onto why I love this picture. We no long let him swing in the lamb swing (refer back to not wanting to get in the habit of rocking) but he does like to lay in it and watch the mobile and the TV is close by and he likes to watch the lights change on it. So this morning I laid him in it and I loved how he had his little hands on the outside of the blanket like he was holding on and he just looked so content and peaceful. He has so gotten me wrapped around his finger.
XOXO - Sandi Rose
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