We had Alex's 4 month check up on Tuesday. Poor little bug got 3 shots again, but he is such a tough guy he hardly cried. OK, so he screamed, but it's less damaging to Mama if we all play along and say he hardly cried. OK? Thankyouverymuch. His legs were a little sore that night and the next morning, but he was totally fine by the next afternoon. What a trooper!
Our totally wonderful pediatrician (we'll call her Dr. Fantastic) also told us that it's time to put him to bed when he's not asleep. So, bath time, lotion rubdown, story and/or song as usual... but no more rocking to sleep. He has to learn to fall asleep on his own. Of course it makes sense, and sounds logical and right and all... but that means he'd have to CRY himself to sleep until he got the hang of it. We could comfort him and pat him but we couldn't pick him up. HA! I spring up like a jack-in-the-box if I even hear him sniffle over the monitor at night, how am I going to sit there and listen to him cry? Well, I'm not! That's where the super hero Daddy comes in. For example...
Night #1 - Tuesday night after our bedtime routine, I deposited little man in his crib with tons of kisses and bravely walked away as he started to whimper. Then I stood in our room and counted the seconds until the excruciatingly long 5 minutes I was instructed to wait was up. Well I got to like 3 minutes and was inching myself closer and closer to the door. Luckily at that point Dan came in, sent me to the basement and took over. He sat next to the crib and comforted Alex at the appropriate intervals... what nerves of steel he must have. But lo and behold, after less than 15 minutes Bugaboo was sound asleep! He did it! He went to sleep! Dr. Fantastic told us it usually takes about 4 nights before they go to sleep without crying. Four long nights.
Night #2 - Wednesday. We ran a few errands that took us past his usual bed time, so we weren't sure how he'd do. He was sooooo tired, and after nursing I figured he was so sleepy that we'd skip the bath because it would only wake him up at that point. So at 8 o'clock with jammie jams on, burritoed in the blanket down he goes. Silently. Not even a whimper. Super Dad stayed by the crib for a good 10 minutes just to make sure, but sure enough. No crying and sound asleep. Go figure, we have a super baby!!! AND he slept until.... 4:30. Yea Bugaboo!!!
Dr. Fantastic also told us it's OK to start giving him some rice cereal. We've gotten a few spoonfuls down in the evenings, and a couple more this morning, but not enough to really make a huge impact on his calorie intake. He mostly swishes it around in his mouth enjoying the texture of it, then grins and squooshes it all out. I do think he actually swallowed some this morning though! We'll keep trying. Once he gets the hang of this we're on to veggies... YUM!
More pictures to come. He's so proud of his new toy - the exerbouncer - he loves to bounce!
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