And a new look to the blog. No special reason. I was just getting a little tired of the old look.
This past week started off with a bang! Silas decided he needed to eat every 2 hours during the day and a shorter stretch at night. Can you say GROWTH SPURT? It was really frustrating me for two reasons. The first was that it was my birthday week, and I kind of thought it would be nice of him to sleep longer for my birthday. He decided just to be cute instead.
And secondly, this is the week Amos started sleeping 10 hours at night. And he never stopped. My mom reminded me that Silas is chubbier than Amos and may just need a little more food. Here's to hoping the magic starts this week!
Jason was taking me out on Friday for my birthday so we tried all week to get Silas to take a bottle. We had VERY little success. I've now tried 4 different bottles. Any suggestions? I'm just going to continue to try once a day in hopes that he finally get it by Saturday because we have a out of town wedding to attend.
At Silas' Dr. appointment, we were told to try hydrocortisone on his cheeks. It has been amazing. And his cheeks are finally starting to clear up. He's put on lots of pounds (5 of them) since birth so no problems with breast-feeding and he's in size 2 diapers now. We're starting cloth very soon!
We're still swaddling for sleep, but he's getting really close to busting out so we may be ending that soon. And to be honest, I look forward to it. I know it helps so much with sleep now, but its pretty annoying to have to swaddle for every nap and night. He's getting more accurate at hitting his toys in his bouncer and activity gym. I hope that's a sign that he'll be ready for no swaddle soon!
Speaking of his toys, he loves to play with them. He's so content anywhere, but he really likes to talk to toys that are hanging within his eye sight.
