Finally, baseball has officially returned. Baseball is my favorite sport. It's really the only sport I truly enjoy. Hockey is fun. Football is okay. But Baseball is where it's at.
This year I have to brush up on my team (the New York Mets). It seems like there are new people all over the place. Carlos Beltran is playing right field?? Who is this new 2nd baseman? Who is in our pitching rotation?
I've recently added college baseball to my list of things to do also. Robby and I went to a Georgia Tech baseball game for our date night last month. I hope to go to at least two more games before the season is over.
Ahhhh Spring is in the air!
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Teething Pain and Separation Anxiety
Last Thursday night, Alan was up at 1:30am and didn't really go back to sleep all night. He would cry. I would put his paci in. He would be quiet for 15 minutes. Then he would cry again. This went on all the rest of the night.
When I went in to put the paci in, I would check his gums to see if maybe a tooth was coming. I would think I felt it, and then the next time I wouldn't feel it. It was as if it was teasing us. Finally at 3:30 when I thought I felt it again, I was smart enough to give him some infant Tylenol. It didn't seem to help though, as he continued to wake up ever 15 minutes.
The tooth finally broke through for good on Friday morning.
With the tooth came some separation anxiety that had never been there before. In the past, Alan would talk himself to sleep at night and go right back to sleep if I put his pacifier in when he woke up. Now when he notices me leave the room, he starts crying. I can't just put the pacifier in without letting him cry. In the past, he had gotten to where he would sleep through the night, from when I put him down around 8 until about 5am. Now, he is waking up multiple times a night. It's like having a newborn all over again.
In addition to nighttime separation anxiety, he has a little daytime anxiety as well. He is much more clingy. I can't leave the room without him noticing and crying for me to come back. It is really difficult to get any work done when I'm working from home now.
And the sleep deprivation continues...
When I went in to put the paci in, I would check his gums to see if maybe a tooth was coming. I would think I felt it, and then the next time I wouldn't feel it. It was as if it was teasing us. Finally at 3:30 when I thought I felt it again, I was smart enough to give him some infant Tylenol. It didn't seem to help though, as he continued to wake up ever 15 minutes.
The tooth finally broke through for good on Friday morning.
With the tooth came some separation anxiety that had never been there before. In the past, Alan would talk himself to sleep at night and go right back to sleep if I put his pacifier in when he woke up. Now when he notices me leave the room, he starts crying. I can't just put the pacifier in without letting him cry. In the past, he had gotten to where he would sleep through the night, from when I put him down around 8 until about 5am. Now, he is waking up multiple times a night. It's like having a newborn all over again.
In addition to nighttime separation anxiety, he has a little daytime anxiety as well. He is much more clingy. I can't leave the room without him noticing and crying for me to come back. It is really difficult to get any work done when I'm working from home now.
And the sleep deprivation continues...
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Mister Mom
Rob's mother usually watches Alan most days during the week. On Sunday, she took a nasty spill and had to get stitches on her forehead. The doctors said that she wasn't supposed to lift anything heavier than a gallon of milk for the next two days.
Alan is definitely heavier than a gallon of milk. I work from home on Tuesdays, so that wasn't a problem, but we had to make other arrangements for Alan on Monday. The daycare requires 24 hrs notice for drop in service to ensure they have enough staff available, so that option was out. Rob managed to rearrange the schedule at work so that he could be at home to watch Alan all day on Monday.
I am pleased to say that Rob did a fabulous job! It isn't easy staying with Alan sometimes. He can get cranky, and it's sometimes hard to figure out what exactly to do with him to keep him occupied.
Rob fed him his breakfast (cereal and yogurt), lunch (squash and cereal), and three bottles and gave him two naps. He only had to call me once to ask a question about lunch.
Sometimes I underestimate how great a dad Rob is. Alan was happy as can be when I got home from work. I'm sure he enjoyed spending time with just him and Daddy.
Alan is definitely heavier than a gallon of milk. I work from home on Tuesdays, so that wasn't a problem, but we had to make other arrangements for Alan on Monday. The daycare requires 24 hrs notice for drop in service to ensure they have enough staff available, so that option was out. Rob managed to rearrange the schedule at work so that he could be at home to watch Alan all day on Monday.
I am pleased to say that Rob did a fabulous job! It isn't easy staying with Alan sometimes. He can get cranky, and it's sometimes hard to figure out what exactly to do with him to keep him occupied.
Rob fed him his breakfast (cereal and yogurt), lunch (squash and cereal), and three bottles and gave him two naps. He only had to call me once to ask a question about lunch.
Sometimes I underestimate how great a dad Rob is. Alan was happy as can be when I got home from work. I'm sure he enjoyed spending time with just him and Daddy.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Daylight Savings Time Woes
Who thought it was a good idea to flip our world upside down by changing the time twice a year?? Whoever it was obviously did not have an infant to deal with.
This weekend we changed our clocks for daylight savings time. It seems like an hour wouldn't make much difference, and on Sunday I didn't think it would be much of an issue. But Sunday night, when I was trying to get Alan ready for bed at what used to be 6:30pm instead of 7:30pm, I realized that it was going to be an issue.
First of all, it is still light now when I put him to bed. I know eventually, if we hadn't changed the clocks, it would be light still at 7:30. But I think Alan thinks he was just going down for a nap.
Second of all, we had a great bedtime routine: bath, PJs, nursing, story, "dessert" (his vitamin drops, which he loves), and then bed. Well, due to the time change, he had just eaten two hours before bed, so he wasn't ready to eat yet. So we had to mess with the routine and put him to bed and then get him up again to eat his last bottle.
Thirdly, the seasons are changing at the same time that the time is changing, which is causing allergies or colds. Alan's nose is running and he's coughing up a storm, so he isn't in the best of health right now.
Because of all these things, he did not sleep well last night. He was up most of the 10 o'clock hour and most of the midnight hour. Needless to say, the great sleep mommy got on Saturday was negated by the horrible sleep (or lack there of) last night.
This weekend we changed our clocks for daylight savings time. It seems like an hour wouldn't make much difference, and on Sunday I didn't think it would be much of an issue. But Sunday night, when I was trying to get Alan ready for bed at what used to be 6:30pm instead of 7:30pm, I realized that it was going to be an issue.
First of all, it is still light now when I put him to bed. I know eventually, if we hadn't changed the clocks, it would be light still at 7:30. But I think Alan thinks he was just going down for a nap.
Second of all, we had a great bedtime routine: bath, PJs, nursing, story, "dessert" (his vitamin drops, which he loves), and then bed. Well, due to the time change, he had just eaten two hours before bed, so he wasn't ready to eat yet. So we had to mess with the routine and put him to bed and then get him up again to eat his last bottle.
Thirdly, the seasons are changing at the same time that the time is changing, which is causing allergies or colds. Alan's nose is running and he's coughing up a storm, so he isn't in the best of health right now.
Because of all these things, he did not sleep well last night. He was up most of the 10 o'clock hour and most of the midnight hour. Needless to say, the great sleep mommy got on Saturday was negated by the horrible sleep (or lack there of) last night.
Monday, March 7, 2011
First Tooth!
Alan got his first tooth last Thursday. It was barely visible Thursday, but you could sure feel that it broke through the gums. Today it is pretty obvious that it's a tooth, although he likes to hide it with his tongue. It has emerged.
I haven't been bitten yet, which is definitely a good thing. I can't really tell yet when he's eating that he has it. I'm sure that will change as he gets more of them.
He is also doing a GREAT job of sitting. I don't even have to worry about him anymore. He rarely falls over, but when he does, he gets on his belly and starts scooting around. He can't crawl yet (which I'm glad about - no hurry!), but he can do a little inchworm thing and scoot around.
I'll try to get some pictures of the tooth to share, if he'll let me.
I haven't been bitten yet, which is definitely a good thing. I can't really tell yet when he's eating that he has it. I'm sure that will change as he gets more of them.
He is also doing a GREAT job of sitting. I don't even have to worry about him anymore. He rarely falls over, but when he does, he gets on his belly and starts scooting around. He can't crawl yet (which I'm glad about - no hurry!), but he can do a little inchworm thing and scoot around.
I'll try to get some pictures of the tooth to share, if he'll let me.
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