Naps

So, this week has probably been the worst week we've had since those horrible first two weeks. Big guy decided last Friday to stop napping. Instead, he cries, screams, and essentially freaks out with any attempt I make at getting him to rest. Being put in his crib pisses him off, being rocked in my arms pisses him off, laying down next to me in bed pisses him off, the swing really pisses him off, and walking in the stroller keeps him quiet but not asleep.
Thus we've been taking a lot of car rides this week! We run errands, drive through the pricey neighborhoods and look at mansions, drive for a few minutes until we fall asleep while I sit in the driveway and read. It's rather pathetic. On the one hand I'm ok with it b/c he needs to sleep. He's so grouchy and tired. However, I'm afraid of making him only be able to sleep when we are driving places. It's a fine line of craziness!
The only positive about this is that he's been sleeping like a champ at night. Like eleven and a half hours! Which is really nice. When we went to BF group the LC T said to keep doing what I was doing and he'll eventually get back to normal. And that he doesn't know that even when he gets a good night, he still needs to nap. Silly baby! Now you can see why I haven't written about this. Driving in car all day is time consuming, can't type very well when I've been crying, and entertaining grouchy baby is a full time job! Also, I was hoping to not have to write about it. Here's to napping- I'm all for it!

Weight again

Big guy and I got weighed again. I'm down a total of 5.4 lbs, big guy is up 2.5 ounces. Must be all that oatmeal!

Hair

Ok, this is going to be kind of mushy. You've been warned. When big guy was born, he had a thick mop of really dark brown hair, it was almost black. It was also really soft and I would obsessively run my fingers through it. I loved washing it and brushing it into the "republican" style. Good friend A told me it would eventually fall out and be replaced. I couldn't believe her, his newborn hair was too perfect. Then it happened. The left side of his head started to shed first. Which was really funny because he looked like he had a twisted mullet. From the left side he had a mo-hawk. From the right side, business. All that is left of big guy's newborn hair is his tail- which hubs is always threatening to cut. Now he has light brown hair, it's a little longer than a crew cut. I call this his baby hair. It isn't as soft and can't really be styled, but I think it's more him- as it looks more like my hair color. But I still miss the newborn hair.

Blankets

Big guy loves blankets. Since he was born, he's always had blankets to sleep with. However, now he loves cuddling with them. The other day I put big guy down b/c he was screaming from exhaustion and though he wasn't anywhere near a blanket, he scooted himself up the bed to find the sheet/blanket at the end of my bed. He then proceeded to do some happy chirps and pull the sheet onto his forehead. It looked like when I get out of the shower and put a towel around my head. Then he grabbed the blanket and pulled it over his face. When I lifted it up, he had a huge grin on his face. Big guy also likes his own blankets. If one is laid on top of him and he is awake, he instantly grabs it with his hands and brings to his mouth to munch on. I wonder if he'll be a blanky kid. If I'll have to have like 30 of his favorite blankets and keep secretly trading them to wash them.

Oatmeal

Big guy started oatmeal on Friday night. The stage was set. Breastmilk was mixed with baby oatmeal in a paper bowl with cute baby spoons. A blue spoon for the big guy and a supplementary spoon to play with. Big guy sat on hubs' lap. I gave the oatmeal a stir(it's really a liquid more than a solid) and moved the spoon towards big guy's mouth and he opened up really wide and took the spoonful. Of course the majority of it came right back out in drool, but he seemed to like it. We continued to eat this way with bubbles, raspberries, and more drool expelling a good amount of oatmeal. However, he really liked eating and truthfully this is just practice for eating, as he is still breastfeeding for all of his meals. It was really cute having him open his mouth really wide and smile as he was eating. And he slept great that night to boot! I think our first oatmeal experience was definitely a success. Which also means my little man is growing up now that he's eating real food.

Windchime

I know I've written about this windchime before, but it has recently become our favorite item in the house. The windchime was $15 athe rite aid. It has a bunch of little suns alternating with redish beads that dangle around the metal tubes. Hanging at the bottom is a really big sun. Big guy loves this windchime. First thing in the morning he reaches his hand out to grab the sun. And when he sees it throuhgout the day, his face lights up with a huge smile. Sometimes he grabs the sun, sometimes he bats at it, other times he grabs he silver tubes, and occasionally he manages to grab the string holding the big sun and tries to take it with him. It really is the best $15 I've ever spent. It brings so much joy and music into our home.

inchworm

On Friday, the big guy was doing some belly time. He has this new thing of sitting upright and then launching himself forward onto his belly. Usually in an attempt to grab something interesting in front if him. And then he usually gets pissed off that he is on his belly, eventhough he can roll over onto his back- I guess it's more fun to scream and make me pick him up! Anyway, big guy was belly down and was attempting to move forward. He scrunched up his legs like a frog and lurched himself forward. He looked like an inchworm. His back would go up and then he would scoot forward again. It was funny to see! If course this only got him so far before he started to yell for me to move him instead.