Jul 17 2008
When Big Sean visited a few weeks ago, we got a picture of him holding Little Sean just like he did when Little Sean was just 2 weeks old. He has gotten so big!!
Jul 14 2008
New Pictures
Sorry! I haven’t posted ANY pictures so far this month. I apologize!
Here’s a bunch, from the past two weeks:
Jul 13 2008
Baby steps
We’ve been taking small steps toward trying to get Sean to fall asleep on his own, instead of being rocked to sleep every night. He has put himself to sleep for a nap (when he can’t keep his eyes open) but never at night. He takes about 10 minutes of wiggling and rolling before he can get himself drifted off to sleep. We have been using our “aquarium” (even though it’s the jungle one, we still call it the aquarium) that we got from “the cousins” to get him used to hearing the music and associating it with sleep. He’s done really well and now falls asleep in our arms in about 2 minutes after hearing the music start.
Tonight was the first night that I fed him his bottle, burped him, sang him one song, then put him in his crib. 20 minutes later and without any cries or fussing, he’s sound asleep. Yay Sean! Hopefully he’ll continue to do it by himself…it’d save us a lot of time at night!
Jul 09 2008
Laugh out loud
Colleen and Cate came from New York to visit this week. They watched Sean during the day while I was working and he had a ball with them! Check out this video of Cate holding Sean while Colleen tries to “get his neck.” He laughs so hard he can hardly get a breath! CLICK HERE
Jul 03 2008
I think we’re finally back
We’ve been struggling with Sean’s sleeping routine for a few weeks now. He decided that he likes to wake up 2-3 times/night instead of 1. The past 3 nights have been great. He slept all the way through the night 2 nights ago (8pm-515am) and last night slept from 7:30-4:15, then went back to sleep until 6:30. I feel much more rested (and I’m sure Paul does too) and Sean’s a happy camper. Still doing the Vick’s rub too; seems to be doing a good job!
Paul’s family is coming tonight to visit. Little Sean is very excited to see everyone and show off all his new tricks!
Jul 01 2008
Don’t ask me how…
“Don’t ask me how it works, I just know it does.” That’s what a pharmacist told me last night about something I read on the internet.
I’ve been searching for a solution to help Sean with his congestion. He’s started getting congested again a few days ago, and hasn’t been able to sleep in his crib again. I had to sleep sitting straight up with him again on Monday because if he lays down in his crib he gets immediatly stuffed up and can’t breathe. I looked on the internet and saw that Vicks makes a baby rub. I also read that if you put the vicks on the bottom of their feet and put socks on them, that it helps with congestion and coughing. Huh?
Well, I was willing to try anythign so I ran to CVS and the pharmacist there agreed. I took it home, applied it to his feet and put him to bed. He slept 4 hours, woke up briefly, went back to sleep and woke up around 1am for a bottle. Slept again, and woke up at 515am (which has become his new time to start the day…grr). So, he did wake up a bit, but was able to sleep in his crib without lots of congestion! Wow. Amazing. Don’t ask me how it works, but it did. I’m a believer.
Jun 30 2008
Conversations with Sean
Sean has been very talkative lately. We got a really cute video of him babbling away, talking to his plane that his Uncle Brian got him. When I picked him up from daycare today, the lady said that he never stopped babbling the entire day. She said during tummy time, he was facing a little girl and just talked and talked and talked to her. What a flirt! Apparently he was pretty good entertainment today. Check out the video and you’ll see what I mean 🙂
Jun 27 2008
More please!
Sean is starting to like eating his oatmeal now. He only makes a scrunchy face for the first bite, then does his “mmm!” and kicks his legs. I think he eats partially because he sees me getting really excited about it and making silly faces and saying “mmmm!” back at him 🙂 Either way, it’s awfully cute.
Oh, and he’s starting to sit really well too. He’s up to about 20 seconds by himself without falling over!
Jun 27 2008
Good parenting advice for dads
Came across this article today while surfing around the interwebs. Its titled “Fathering in America: What’s a Dad Supposed to Do?” Thought it had some useful advice and would be nice to share with other dads (and dad’s to be!) who may read this blog. Its brief but to the point.
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