"Junior" has been here now for a little more than a few weeks and is growing, growing, growing. We have gotten over the - I don't fit anything and therefore, I pee everywhere phase. His sleep patterns have been fairly the same if we can keep him up during the day then he has been waking up only twice at night to eat - this I could handle. Now, with the next Grandma in town everything has changed. How fast little one's learn - Grandma was hear for a day and half and of course she wants to hold her new little grandson, so I don't think anything of it and she holds him and holds him and holds. Well, that night was a NIGHTMARE! When I went to put him down, he fussed until I picked him up and then he'd crash, put him down and he fussed - AHHH. Poor guy - I was getting really irritated and told Dan, I'm going downstairs for the night, I have to break him of this now. So, downstairs we went and into his pack n play and I let him scream it out for awhile and I finally did get a little bit of sleep that night, but he woke up every couple of hours to eat and fuss when I put him down. The next day there were new rules in the Davids household - no holding the baby after he falls asleep, into bed he goes. Last night was a much better night, he went to bed around 9:30pm and woke up at 1am to eat and then a diaper change at 3am and to eat at 5am and then at 8am.
He was been a really happy little guy - we have only had one major problem - Diaper Rash and it ain't pretty. He is on his second round of really horrible diaper rash where his poor little bum is completely raw and we have to let him lay around naked to really dry it out. It must be something with his digestive system because he is one runny mess. I have been breastfeeding only, but today with the diaper rash thing and runs happening again deciding it's time to start transition to both breast milk and formula and see what happens. I was going to start the next week anyways so that it's a month long process before I head back to work. I have been feeding and pumping and have a little supply in the freezer and today he got 2 oz of formula as well, I am hoping over the next couple of days that this will somehow help the butt rash and such and we can move on from this ordeal.
"Junior" has his one month check-up on Monday and I'll show some stats after the appt.
Hey - I just saw this one and thought I'd throw my two cents in if you haven't gotten this resolved already. With Shayla, we had major diaper rash problems (bleeding, bumps - horribly painful). Anyways, Aquaphor proved to be a lifesaver. If you haven't used it before get some... by the gallon. Seriously, the diaper rash was gone within a day or two, something that had gone on for weeks. You may, and probably already knew this one, but just in case you didn't... :)
ReplyDeleteThis second one will go SO fast. I kept reminding myself, during the sleepless nights, that this was my last one... enjoy it!
It's worked for the most part!
Hope to see you guys soon.