and Aiden makes 3!: June 2010

Thursday, June 24, 2010

sleep trials

so yesterday i started working on sleep with aiden - i guess sleep training for lack of a better term - i've been reading Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child. aiden has been fighting the swaddle for a while now - and i have wanted to try to wean him off the swaddle for a while - i have tried the only wrapping one arm and leaving one arm out - but that didn't take very well. and then about a week ago (or so) aiden started waking up a lot more often at night - he used to only wake up once a night - feed and then go right back to sleep... well he was now waking up 3-5 times a night but still only hungry at one of those times - the other times he would fall back to sleep as soon as i picked him up. every time he was struggling trying to get his arms out of his swaddle and up to his mouth.

so after a lot of reading and research i decided that aiden was letting me know that he was ready to be unswaddled... this was going to be tough. he still hadn't shown me that he had full control over his arms and he still didn't know how to soothe himself. i just decided to bite the bullet and go for it cold turkey - so nap #1 - he cried - i went in to soothe him and then he napped for 30 min... nap #2 - he cried - i went in to soothe him and then he napped for 2 hours and nap #3- he fell asleep in the car and once we got home and got him into his crib he napped for about 30 min... and then at night he again fell asleep in the car and once we got home and got him in his crib - he cried and i went in to soothe him again and then he slept for about 2 hours - woke up and fought going back to sleep so we fed him 2 oz. (at midnight) to help soothe him and he went back to sleep for about 30 min. so i gave in and swaddled him... he slept until 5am - fed him 3 oz. and he went back to sleep almost immediately until 7am.

today he napped from about 8:45 - 10:15 in his swing... and he's back down again.... i put him down at 11:55 and he cried - i went in to soothe him - and he fell asleep and he's still sleeping.

i don't know if i'm doing this right... it's hard to hear him cry - but when i rock him, bounce him, walk him and he fights going to sleep -it's time to do something new... and when he fights the swaddle so much that he kicks out of it and struggles to get his hands out... it's time to stop swaddling.

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

3 months!

well aiden turned 3 months on sunday! he's getting SO BIG! and that was verified at our WIC appt and Dr. appt on tuesday and wednesday - respectively.

Aiden is 16 lbs 5 oz (95%) - 25" long (90%) - head circumference 17 cm (90%)

WHAT'S NEW IN THE PAST MONTH...

went to see the chiropractor
been working really hard to roll over... made it to his left side!
squeals and talks a lot more
really batting at toys
grabbing at toys and hold on to them for a little
found his feet
sleep - usually only wakes up 1 time a night - but is also up by 6:30am (how did i get a morning bird?)

as for me... i've really tried to get back to the gym - and i have a little - but not as much as i wish. i do get some workout in at home a couple days a week... but really need to get back to the gym more.