Remember when he used to sleep through the night?

Yeah, that isn't happening anymore. : ( Apparently, he is uber hungry and he keeps waking up to eat about three times each night. Doc says that once he starts eating cereal and other solids more regularly, we'll probably see those 10-12 hour stretches of sleep returning. In the meantime,...*drifting off to sleep*

Holy crap I'm tired.

Actually, last night, I packed him full of food each time he woke up and he ended up waking only twice instead of three times. I have the hugest, hungriest baby ever.

Trying On New Hats

A more classic style...

A bit avant garde...

In A Very Good Mood

Working the glasses...

Totally cute. I would have bought them for him if I thought he would actually need them.

Back to Sleeping through the night!

Help! Morty the Moose is getting me!

Well, I am happy to announce that Garrett has gone from waking up three times each night (10:30pm, 1:45am, and 4am) back to sleeping all through the night! Last night, he went to bed around 8pm and woke up this morning around 7:30am. It took a little bit of work, but we managed to get him back on track.

I was reading one of my baby development books last night and it said that to try to help baby learn to sleep through the night, you have to use a series of progressive waiting techniques. Up to this point, we had been waiting for 5 minutes from the time he started crying, til the time I went in to feed him. Well, I decided to wait for 10 minutes. Happily, he stopped crying abruptly at the 9 minute mark. Then, he slept quietly all through the night until 7:30 in the morning. Happy mommy.

I LOVE naked time! There's nothing like the feeling of my butt cheeks flappin' in the wind!

This morning was Garrett's four month appointment for a well check and shots. He is currently 16 pounds even and 25.5 inches long. Our doctor talked to us about starting cereal and we're looking forward to making it part of our daily routine. He has been a little frustrated with our attempts at cereal last week, but the doc said we should try to feed him when he isn't super hungry and see if that works better. I'm sure we'll have some pictures of that adventure as it progresses.



This video was taken of Garrett at his Grandma and Grandpa's house this weekend. Garrett had his first real interaction with their golden retriever, Walker, and had lots to say about it!

New pictures

Last night, I was reviewing what video we have captured of Baby G since he was born. As it turns out, not so much! Apparently, we haven't taped him doing anything since end of June, which would have made him about a month old. Thankfully, we have been taking lots of pictures. Here are some recent goodies.

Yummy, tasty fist.

Going shopping on a day when Garrett was in an especially good mood. All the people we saw in the store were enamored with what a sweet baby he is (WAS).

Garrett likes to spend naked time on the floor everyday. Today, Dad got to be part of it.

Sleeping Regression

Little Garrett has been going down to sleep so easily for a long time. About a month or so. However, just recently, he has been crying and crying when it's time to go down for sleep. He used to suck his thumb to calm himself down and go to sleep, but he's not doing that anymore. It's weird.

So now, we are back to timing him when we put him down. I go in after 3 minutes, then 5 minutes, then he's usually asleep. But this pattern seems to be getting worse instead of better. He woke up to eat around 11pm last night and refused to go back to sleep when he was done. Usually, he would go back down sucking his thumb and sleep so easily.

I wonder if he's going through a growth spurt or some other weird thing that is keeping him uncomfortable. But why stopping the thumb sucking? You know, I can handle the crying, it doesn't bother me as much as it used to. However, I just feel sorry for my little guy who seems to be suffering.

Awww...

I LOVE my new stripey socks!

Last week we procured some funky new striped socks that Garrett appears to love. When I put the blue stripes on him, he couldn't stop staring at his feet and grabbing at those socks! I think they look pretty darn cute on him.

Oatmeal Bath for Baby's Skin

Little G's problem with eczema persists and we gave him an oatmeal bath tonight to help him deal with the itching and discomfort. He was pretty chill in the water and sat just like this the entire time. That thumb didn't leave his mouth and he just hung out till we took him to his room for lotioning. That's when the sh!t really hit the fan. This kid really hates being lotioned up. Maybe that's why we're dealing with eczema now...Mom shirked her lotioning responsibilities when Garrett screamed through it one too many times.